12-24V televisions.

[Kelvin12]

Probably come up somewhere else before so apologies if it has. Looking for a larger screen TV, (30" or thereabouts) that runs on 12 or 24V. Also video recorder on the same if possible. Any recommendations or complaints.

Dirk

[BruceS]

Dirk the amount of power lost with these more modern inverters makes it not much difference if you go 240AC or 12v DC in my opinion.
You also get a much bigger choice of models.

[native pepper]

Dirk, you may find 12v TV's over 24", are very expensive compared to a 240v one. You can get a new 32" led TV for about $250 and with a small inverter, you can have a tv as big as you want. As BruceS said, they use very little power.

[triptracks]

I use the same 350W dedicated inverter that I use for the Samsung fridge to power our 26" 240V TV

[Wilbor]

On our way to Birdsville a few months ago our telly in Wilbor died so with a final state of origin coming up I had to buy on in Winton. Price was ok but the telly was a bit bigger than I wanted, anyway when you need one you need one. The new TV is that low on power consumption I have to put something else on to keep the inverter from going into standby

[jon_d]

12 volt plus vast.

you can get them on ebay and other places too.

http://www.radioparts.com.au/product/43 ... CLqpvQxJSM

[Kelvin12]

G'Day Jon,

Thanks for the link. Seems there are a few low voltage TV's around these days. Lot more than I thought.

Dirk

[Jon and Kay]

24 inch LED TV from Kogan $135 (can purchasen 12 volt adaptor for extra $11
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-24-l ... dium=email

[triptracks]

A lot of the smaller TVs use a 240V to 12V plug pack.
The smaller Samsungs do, and specify the input as 14V. I ave cut the plugs off and installed a 12V socket and they work fine.

The larger Samsungs have an integrated 240V socket, so not as easy, but hooked into the dedicated fridge inverter provides the same result.

[Kelvin12]

Anyone got a Majestic one. Saw a 32", 12v with low current draw which would suit the hole in the cupboard. Haven't seen much in the way of comments about them on the forums. Certainly a bit dearer than the smaller units.

Dirk