On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:02:56 -0700, Stephen Trapani
wrote:

I have a 1500w inverter. I presume there is no way to make the thing
into 12v.

I'm not sure what you mean about making it into 12 volts.

We have a 2000 watt sine wave inverter/charger and it runs a 30 inch
HD flat screen just fine. Our house batts driving the inverter have
about 1000 amp-hours of capacity which is more than enough for an
evening of watching DVDs, running a couple of small fridge/freezers,
and several laptops.