running appliances on batteries

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> In a message dated 11/01/2010 14:40:50 GMT Standard Time,
> [hidden email] <jkurlant%40yahoo.com> writes:
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> Hi,
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> I'm trying to run as much in my house on DC, rather than AC, which
> somestimes bothers me. Has anyone run their computer monitor, or their TV,
> off of
> a car battery or some other kind of battery that works on direct current?
> Is this possible at all?
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> Thanks for any help,
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> Josh
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> You can run a 12V tv of a car abttery but you will need to constantly top
> the battery up as most tvs evan lcd ones ammount to more than 50 plus
> watts. You could get a deep cycle battery which would be better but same
> applies for charging up. You can also get a voltage regulator that will run
> off
> 12 volt battery and supply up to 20 volts for your laptop, maplin do one,
> and of course you can get an inverter but cheap ones are very noisy interms
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> of spikey power conversions
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> puk
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> It's easier with older monitors that have an external "brick"
> power supply. But the voltage could be something hard
> to match like 16V. There are voltage converters but the ones that lower the
> voltage are potentially much less bad than those that upconvert. Having the
> voltages as similar as possible will minimize noise caused by the
> converter. Unless you are off the grid forget inverters and just filter the
> grid power.
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> There are portable TVs that have a battery... they are small but give it a
> try. Likewise laptop computers are already DC.
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> There is a good chance that the reason AC bothers you is the dirty power.A
> serious 100 or 200 amp 3 leg filter will cost around $5000 or more new.
> Filtering just the circuits you really need is cheaper, but you need an RF
> ground and the filter becomes a bad EMF zone within 40 feet or so...
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> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:53 AM, <paulpjc@...> wrote:
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> > In a message dated 11/01/2010 14:40:50 GMT Standard Time,
> > jkurlant@... <jkurlant%40yahoo.com> writes:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to run as much in my house on DC, rather than AC, which
> > somestimes bothers me. Has anyone run their computer monitor, or their TV,
> > off of
> > a car battery or some other kind of battery that works on direct current?
> > Is this possible at all?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > You can run a 12V tv of a car abttery but you will need to constantly top
> > the battery up as most tvs evan lcd ones ammount to more than 50 plus
> > watts. You could get a deep cycle battery which would be better but same
> > applies for charging up. You can also get a voltage regulator that willrun
> > off
> > 12 volt battery and supply up to 20 volts for your laptop, maplin do one,
> > and of course you can get an inverter but cheap ones are very noisy interms
> >
> > of spikey power conversions
> >
> > puk
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