Yes, I agree, what are good 12 volt televisions?

I bought a 21 inch "Highlander" (unknown brand) from Ebay 12 months ago, Cant say enough good things about this TV! Inbuilt DVD and USB port which i can plug in a hard drive with many movies on it without going thru a computer and it chews up very little power. Big thumbs up.

2ish amps ... divide 100 amp hour battery by the 2 ish amps... about 50 ish hours... say 40 hours to be conservative.

Agent000 said...

I reckon halve that 40 hours again. if you want your battery to last only half "empty" it

Use deep cycle batteries!

felixdcat said...

Agent000 said...

I reckon halve that 40 hours again. if you want your battery to last only half "empty" it

Use deep cycle batteries!

Agree with Agent on this one - even with deep cycle lead-acid batteries, to get the best life out of them I've read experts recommend to not routinely discharge them below 50%. Frustrating - pay for a 200AH bank, but only get to use 100AH.

The newer type Lithium Polymer battery packs can be discharged 90%, and are lighter. But they are still very expensive.

On a side note .. if a battery is listed as having an amp hour rating then its a deep cycle battery ... if it has a CCA rating its a starting battery as the CCA refers to cranking amps ...

N 70's are a popular size marine type batteries and are rated at 100 amp hours... I prefer gel batteries as they can be run at any angle and even upside down.. but I have wet cell maintenance free cat batteries and I am very happy with them ...

After growing up on boats I have to ask, why the hell do you want a TV on a boat??

I go on a boat, crusing, sailing whatever, to get away from things like TV!!

If you want it to just watch the news, cricket or footy, ABC radio is pretty good you know!!

If you want it to keep the kids occupied, eg a babysitter, bloody shame on you!! If you can't keep kids occupied on a boat then you quite simply are not trying!!

I grew up spending our whole summers cruising around the river and we were NEVER bored!!
Fishing, swimming, rowing, sinking the dinghy, making a mast and sail for the dinghy, playing cards, reading, walking the beach/beach combing, diving, snorkling, eating, sleeping, kayaking and doing massive bombs off the boat ;) If you can't find something to do in that lot, rain, hail or shine, well I give up!!!

Anyway, rant over!!!

The boat is where the likes of Lord of Rings and Starwars live. I love getting holed up somewhere sitting out a blow add guitar, surfboard, sup, books...sleep

BENNYP said...

i like your rant, and i dont dissagree with what you have to say, but i trup your rant with... my wife wants a tv on the boat and i want her to want to come out on the boat, so i think its a small price to pay.

Good on ya mate!! Whatever it takes!! Once you get DW aboard, she will discover all the magic that the sailing lifestyle has to offer!!

Disralei said...

TV, to have or not to have

Settle down Cisco, you tech head, I no your going to say" I could get a monitor and mount on the wall and plug into the laptop"

Strewth!! I'd never have thought of that and B A's toenails are none of your business.

Sorry Cisco & B A, one to many chardi's last night and the A D D thing that the wife tells me I have must have kicked in.

Hope your guy's are all good and are having a sailing time of your life.

Disralei said...

Sorry Cisco & B A, one to many chardi's last night and the A D D thing that the wife tells me I have must have kicked in.

Hope your guy's are all good and are having a sailing time of your life.

hehe, think she's right!! That's okay mate

More a living-aboard time of my life!! Loving it!! Have an interesting story about time on the hard and the transition to life aboard...will sit down and pen it when time is more plentiful.

southace said...

I have had TV on my yacht for 6 years and just updated from 19inch to 24inch flat screen LED just make sure you shop around and purchace one with a power box that steps down from 240vlt to 12vlt then its simple to run 12volt strait into ships cirrcut board rather than using a inverter.I also boast a JVC 12volt car CD player that also runs DVDs which I conect to TV which also runs surround sound as most small TV sound is crap.Being a solo sailier I have over 300 dvds onboard which I find making long passages a little shorter!

Nice but whats the clipsal type switches under you speaker? I also like how you built the tv. thanks it given me some ideas.

Any more pictures around your yacht. What you have shown so far looks beautiful and I am sure the rest of it is to the same standard.

What is the view like from the cockpit.

What you have done is really magnificent. Enjoy the fruits of your labour and persistent hangovers.