Solar or Generator for Boondocking
This is for a truck camper, no a/c. This would be to keep batteries charged. I was putting together a solar kit (on paper, for purchase at a later date) and started thinking about a generator and wh...
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Newer flat screens can be very low draw. Last year we used a 150w inverter for out 19 inch flat screen and portable satellite system.
By the way, you don't have to have a inverter to enjoy TV. Buy a TV that uses a power brick on the cord and replace it with a 12v cord with the proper end to fit the TV. You will lose less power by not having a inverter with its loses creating 120Vac only to be converted back down to 12v by the TV power brick.
They also make 12v TVs but they tend to be more expensive.
We had a tiny rechargeable TV that ran off of 12v, then a larger TV/DVD combo with the cord replaced. We went to a 120Vac TV since the satellite uses 120Vac anyways.
By the way, you don't have to have a inverter to enjoy TV. Buy a TV that uses a power brick on the cord and replace it with a 12v cord with the proper end to fit the TV. You will lose less power by not having a inverter with its loses creating 120Vac only to be converted back down to 12v by the TV power brick.
They also make 12v TVs but they tend to be more expensive.
We had a tiny rechargeable TV that ran off of 12v, then a larger TV/DVD combo with the cord replaced. We went to a 120Vac TV since the satellite uses 120Vac anyways.
