"Jim" wrote in message
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Larry's discussion has some very good information. I have a couple of
questions:
1) Why are you running refrigeration through an inverter?

Well, one reason is that you can buy a small household refrigerator for
about $200 and the same sized 12 volt refrigertor will cost you about $1200.
There are reasons that the 12 volt refrigerator is better, such as automatic
switching to 110 and likely to have greater efficiency, but I know that a
lot of people prefer to go the household route just because of the cost.

2) Why, with the choices available today, are you running a TV through
an inverter?

What choices? There are a lot of 9" TVs that run off of 12 volts, and I have
seen a couple of 13", but if you want a 25" TV it is going to be 110 volts.

Rod

LCD tvs are 12 volt. I have a Sharp 20 inch in my salon that
runs off the cabin light circuit. I haven't checked the larger ones,
but I'll bet they are the same.

15" draws 4 amps, 20" uses 4.5, at 12 volts.


Rod McInnis wrote:

2) Why, with the choices available today, are you running a TV through
an inverter?


What choices? There are a lot of 9" TVs that run off of 12 volts, and I have
seen a couple of 13", but if you want a 25" TV it is going to be 110 volts.

Rod