At 12:02 PM 5/11/2001, Royston, Jerry wrote: >buying one of those AC/DC converters that plug into the lighter and then >using a regular 13" TV rather than buying one of those 9" AC/DC jobs. Test the particular combination of inverter and TV that you want to use before you commit -- issues are 1) will it power up from a cold start and 2) will you get rolling lines on the display. >Obviously, this would not be a problem in a campground with electrical >hookup. Would this drain the battery down more than the AC/DC combo? Would >this necessitate getting a second battery? Roughly, you are going to draw 10 amps from the battery for every one amp at the load...all else follows from that.
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