TV in service van?

[anthonysolino]

I have a thought that I wanted to mount a TV in my van running it off a pure sine wave inverter with an over the air waves antenna for down times or lunch

has any one ever thought to do this?

 

[K8MHZ]

Why not get a 12 volt TV?

 

[Hv&Lv]

I thought a lot of them were DC anyway, like your PC.
mine is, I use it for a screen extension. Never watched TV shows on it though...

 

[anthonysolino]

Why not get a 12 volt TV?

cause I got a spare cheap flat screen from like 6 years ago that I am doing nothing with! idk I was going to just plug it in to my inverter and try to run er off it, I though it would be cool, I saw a guy one time with a trailer for his company he had an AC unit on top and a tv in there he did all his billing in his trailer and stuff he was a pretty bad ass set up

 

[Todd0x1]

The pure sinewave inverter is also useful for charging cordless tools, etc.

 

[anthonysolino]

I had a modifed wave and it TRASHED my dewalt battery cells, I got this one, haven't had any problems, I had an issue with my lap top with my old inverter, this cured it all, its crazy what a pure wave does.

 

[anthonysolino]

LOL I made it work, its pretty nice I ended up getting like 15 channels

 

[junkhound]

grand-daughter has TV in her schoolie. Can even rotate her antenna. Both UHF and cell phone streaming to TV,

 

[LarryFine]

. . . I got this one, haven't had any problems, I had an issue with my lap top with my old inverter, this cured it all, its crazy what a pure wave does.

Which "this one" inverter?

 

[electrofelon]

I dont think its a good idea. I dont know about you, but I have trouble with motivation at work sometimes and having a TV in the van would NOT help matters

 

[LarryFine]

I dont think its a good idea. I dont know about you, but I have trouble with motivation at work sometimes and having a TV in the van would NOT help matters

"It doesn't matter how flat you make a pancake, it's still got two sides." ~ Dr. Phil

Hmmm. Maybe you're right.

 

[anthonysolino]

Which "this one" inverter?

the modified sine wave inverter the last guy who posted said the pure sine wave ones were good, I was just agreeing with him, thats the kind I run my battery chargers off of now, AND my new tv

 

[LarryFine]

I'm asking for brand and model.

 

[anthonysolino]

ohh


https://www.amazon.com/BESTEK-300Wa...pure+sine+wave+inverter&qid=1580414702&sr=8-4

 

[PaulMmn]

Here I thought you were planning something more like this:

 

[anthonysolino]

Here I thought you were planning something more like this:
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where is there room for tools and wire ?

 

[PaulMmn]

where is there room for tools and wire ?

In the trailer.

 

[LarryFine]

ohh


https://www.amazon.com/BESTEK-300Wa...pure+sine+wave+inverter&qid=1580414702&sr=8-4

Danke!

 

[Todd0x1]

For low cost pure sinewave inverters I like Cotek and Samlex, both offer NRTL listed units.

 

[ggunn]

I had a modifed wave and it TRASHED my dewalt battery cells, I got this one, haven't had any problems, I had an issue with my lap top with my old inverter, this cured it all, its crazy what a pure wave does.

"Modified sine wave" is a misnomer. It's actually a modified square wave.