Date:    Mon, 16 Apr 2001 1                     8:48:03 MDT
From:    Joe Fortino <biker.pride@USA.NET>
Subject: t.v hookup for van

anyone have a t.v hooked up and if so what are some nice ways
to maybe go about this. yes i have kids and sometimes it stops
them from asking " are we there yet " when are we going to get there

thanks,
Joe

Joe,
        I recently took an extended trip with my kids.  Purchased a 13"
TV/VCR combo from wal-mart.  It sits nicely in the top of the cabinet (over
the sink) and is secured in place during travel with a bungee cord, one
horizontally around the base hooked over the edge of the sink/stove cover,
and another shorter one vertically from the center of the first cord up to
the overhead rack/pop top linkage.
        You can buy TV/VCR that run off of 12V but they are more expensive
due to the internal DC power supply.  Since the kids have a Sony
Playstation, that runs exclusively off of 110V AC, I purchased an AC only TV
and a 300 watt-plug-in-your-cigarette-lighter-converter (also from
wallyworld) to power it all.  The converter drew too much power from the
lighter socket and blew the fuse so we wired a lighter socket/adapter
(included with the converter) directly to the battery.  Works great...

Greg Fetner