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.

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"