fun42moore
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I plan on taking my trailer down for some football games and even though I do not plan on having a TV in the trailer when camping, I would like to bring a large screen TV when tailgating. Does anyone know what size generator would be required to run the TV? I would imagine the battery alone would not be sufficient. I do have access to a Honda650 generator, would that work?
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kaydeejay
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How much power does the TV consume? It will be on a label there somewhere.
Depending on how long you want to run it, an inverter may be all you need.
Make sure other folks around you don't object to you running the gen if that's what you end up using. And a 650W gen should do just fine with power to spare.
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Every piece of electronics equipment I've ever bought shows power demand in the owner's manual. Try the manufacturer's web site if you don't have the manual any longer.
My guts say you'll be fine, but check the manual first.
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I would say it depends on the tv. The newer non projection tv's would probably work as long as nothing else was being used. Just one persons thought on the subject.
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skipnchar
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Should take you all of 5 minutes to hook it up and find out  Most likely it'll work just fine.
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jrat
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Check the manual - LCD's and especially plasmas use more power than traditional tv's but there is no start up load so my guy says you'll be ok.
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Most of the flat-panel LCD TV's I see today are particularly efficient on power when compared to older tube TV's 15-19 inch models usually use around 60 watts or less. 21-27 inch models will use up to about 80 watts or so. 29-37 inch sets are in the 80-150 watt range.
Divide the wattage rating of your set by 12 to get the amperage consumption at 12 volts. You may be able to get by running the Television off of a set of 12 volt deep-cycle batteries and an inverter if the set is not particularly huge. Are you going to have a tow-vehicle handy? If so, you could just recharge the batteries by firing up the tow vehicle and clamping on a set of jumper cables.
Plasma TV's OTOH, can consume over 500 watts or so, and the load depends on how bright the picture is
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nowgrn4
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I would consider using a power conditioner when running any expensive electronics with a non inverter(modified sine wave) type genny.I'm sure the Honda 650 will run your TV but a inverter (pure sine wave) genny would be much safer to protect it's delicate circuitry.
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fun42moore
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The trailer has a built in inverter and I intend to plug it into the 120 power socket in the trailer. I just looked up the LCD TV rating and it indicates 180w.
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Chuck_S
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When did you install the inverter?
None are available as options on any hybrid I'm aware of.
If you have an inverter and large enough batteries you don't need a genset. 120 watts will pull 11 or 12 amps counting the inverter loss.
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