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04-05-2022, 09:02 AM
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12 volt tvs?
Looking for some first hand thoughts, likes and dislikes from 12v rv users. Want to pick up a 32 or 40 for my camper and it looks like it pretty much comes down to a Jensen or free signal transit. Anyone running either of them?
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04-05-2022, 09:05 AM
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Why would you want a 12V TV? Jensen is not known for quality products! Seems that most everyone is replacing them with regular TV's now. 
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04-05-2022, 09:17 AM
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I have a Transit 12v. It works just fine. It's silly to have to turn on your inverter, just to run a 30w appliance. Your inverter uses more power than the TV.
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04-05-2022, 09:25 AM
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Probably no more money to buy a regular 120 VAC TV and small PSW inverter.
And, certainly a lot more choices in what will fit.
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04-05-2022, 09:37 AM
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Our camper came with a Jensen JTV4015DC 40" LEDC 12v TV. We don't use it that much but quality seems fine. From a power consumption perspective the TV antenna booster takes ~.08 amps, the TV in standby mode takes ~.05 amps and powered on is ~3 amps. My preference is to use native 12v appliances where possible as more often than not we dry camp so this works well for us.
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04-05-2022, 09:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MSHappyCampers
Why would you want a 12V TV? Jensen is not known for quality products! Seems that most everyone is replacing them with regular TV's now. |
I don’t do rv parks so it’s running a generator for the wife to map with a movie. Did the inverter on the last rig and will not do it again. Not exactly a lot of brands that make a large 12v tv.
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04-05-2022, 02:19 PM
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I have a ~10 year old Westinghouse 40" LCD that uses the exact same power brick as one of my old laptops. The brick is 19 volts with a 90 watt maximum output. I am sure I could power it with a 12-24 volt "cigarette lighter" such as this random one on Amazon. This DC-DC setup should be more power efficient than DC-AC-DC but I have no idea by how much.
Go down to Best Buy, Costco, etc. and look around the backs of the TVs to see if any still use a power brick. The review site rtings.com also has lots of pictures of the inputs that should let you identify the power cord style.
The used market could be a good source, but watch the weight if you are wall mounting. My 40" is very heavy by today's standards and I would not want to trust a camper 2x2 holding it in place.
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04-05-2022, 02:25 PM
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We use our 12 volt T,V, all the time.
But some folks call them laptops.
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04-05-2022, 02:27 PM
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There are many more choices out there as many flat screen LED/LCD TVs (and monitors) actually run on 12V but include an external power "brick" that is just a transformer that converts the 120V AC to 12V DC. Just go to a Best Buy (or equal) and ask a tech to show you TVs that run on 12V and they should be able to help. The power in plugs are a std lo V plug and many MHs have a 12V cigarette style plug near the TVs that can be used to power a 12V TV
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