Keith,
Well, it is a good sign that the TV set comes with a cigarette lighter
plug...
Can you tell us how many amps it draws?
My guess would be that it will be okay on the alternator, but I might have
some concern for how many amps they are putting through the cigarette
lighter socket.... the wires that supply it are pretty small... I forget the
gauge.

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Olsen <VintagePkr@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, April 09, 2000 7:36 PM
Subject: Will my alternator survive a TV VCR combo?

Hi all,
We are prepping our 87 Wolfsburg automatic for a trip from NY to Orlando for
the kids first Disney trip.  Now today, while hoofing it through our local
wherehouse type store we happened upon a small AC/DC color TV/VCR combo with
cigarette lighter power plug (now we�re not real TV addicts but the thought
of making a trip of that distance with a 10 & 2yr old in the back is a
challenge that a few well placed feature flix could help us conquer)  Is
there any threshold of power draw that I should look for in such a plug in
unit running a stock alternator?  Could such a unit hasten the demise of an
otherwise healthy charging system?  Would it help that it is an automatic
and
that in order to keep up with highway speed, revs of steady 3800ish is not
uncommon?
TIA
Keith Olsen
87 Wolfsburg GL
82 Diesel L
79 Loaf
85 Golf diesel