Small Generators
#1
Anyone any experience running small TVs (14") off a portable generator ? - Anything I should be careful of ?
Hoping to run a TV rated at 37W and Sky Digibox at 0.3 Amps So I reckon thats not much over (240x0.3) + 37 = 109 KVA ? (Should there be a root 2 in there to convert Watts to VA ?)
Hoping to hire a small generator (HSS do a 550 KVA one) to run a Digibox and TV whilst out of reach of mains for the footie next weekend.
Deano
Hoping to run a TV rated at 37W and Sky Digibox at 0.3 Amps So I reckon thats not much over (240x0.3) + 37 = 109 KVA ? (Should there be a root 2 in there to convert Watts to VA ?)
Hoping to hire a small generator (HSS do a 550 KVA one) to run a Digibox and TV whilst out of reach of mains for the footie next weekend.
Deano
#3
No, No, No!!!
Mixed up W & kVA
TV = 37W (seems low)
Sky = 240*0.3 = 72W
Total = 109Watts!!! not kVA (kilo volt amperes)
No root 2 needed!
By the way a 50Hz, 550kVA generator would be the size of your garage!
You could run these of a car battery with a suitable inverter to convert it back to 50hz AC! If u use a generator, you will have to have an engine to drive it!
Mixed up W & kVA
TV = 37W (seems low)
Sky = 240*0.3 = 72W
Total = 109Watts!!! not kVA (kilo volt amperes)
No root 2 needed!
By the way a 50Hz, 550kVA generator would be the size of your garage!
You could run these of a car battery with a suitable inverter to convert it back to 50hz AC! If u use a generator, you will have to have an engine to drive it!
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Just make sure you get one of the quiet generators, or a long extention.... most are 110v so make sure its 240v as well... better off getting a bigger generator so you can run electric fire knowing our weather!
David
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#7
mates mum lives on a boat and she has a small honda generator and this powers her 14inch TV fine. (no pikey comments please)
it has inverter written on the side
looks somewhat similar to
http://www.mayberrys.com/honda/generator/html/invertgenerator.htm
HTH
and if it doesnt i don't care
p.s. mate alligned his minidish in switzerland by pointing it south and hoping , and 10 mins of fiddling. (he gets a better signal than i do at home!!)
p.s. wots wrong with a local establishment for watching the footy?
it has inverter written on the side
looks somewhat similar to
http://www.mayberrys.com/honda/generator/html/invertgenerator.htm
HTH
and if it doesnt i don't care
p.s. mate alligned his minidish in switzerland by pointing it south and hoping , and 10 mins of fiddling. (he gets a better signal than i do at home!!)
p.s. wots wrong with a local establishment for watching the footy?
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#8
Spent an hour in the garden last night practicing.
Have an old 60cm dish from the house I've juts moved to. A small length of Dig sat grade coax had it hooked up to the digibox. I used to live in a small rented place where I couldn't mount a dish on the roof so have a 2ft ground mount pole.
Spent 30 mins faffing arounf failing to get a signal, then realised the compass didnt like the granite rockery next to me. Then realised the trees were too low. Now I've got the right elevation set on the bracket I can swing the dish with the compass and get it straight away
I'll be at Le Mans - so if we come second - I dont want to have to rely on finding a tele on Sat lunch time - If we win the group then it 7.30 sunday morning and I expect we wont be in a fit state to drive anywhere
plus the french might be sulking and not bother with any big screens
Deano
Have an old 60cm dish from the house I've juts moved to. A small length of Dig sat grade coax had it hooked up to the digibox. I used to live in a small rented place where I couldn't mount a dish on the roof so have a 2ft ground mount pole.
Spent 30 mins faffing arounf failing to get a signal, then realised the compass didnt like the granite rockery next to me. Then realised the trees were too low. Now I've got the right elevation set on the bracket I can swing the dish with the compass and get it straight away
I'll be at Le Mans - so if we come second - I dont want to have to rely on finding a tele on Sat lunch time - If we win the group then it 7.30 sunday morning and I expect we wont be in a fit state to drive anywhere
plus the french might be sulking and not bother with any big screens
Deano
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I dont think it will work if you take it abroad... Im sure theres something to do with the cam on the cards...
Check it out!!!
David
Check it out!!!
David
#11
Astra 2A&B north footprint covers most of france, south footprint goes down well into spain. Astra 2D is more limited but should still be fine in northern France. 60cm Dish should be good for anything down to southern spain aswell. Taking UK generator (can I run it on Optimax). Card has aboslutley no notion of where It is - only where I live for billing purposes.
Many happy caravanners () have pioneered the taking of digiboxes abroad so there are no issues
Jack - you at LeMans ? - If so we're in the Houx annex (apparently) in the large circle of tents around a satellite dish . Pop over for a stubby and the football
Deano
Many happy caravanners () have pioneered the taking of digiboxes abroad so there are no issues
Jack - you at LeMans ? - If so we're in the Houx annex (apparently) in the large circle of tents around a satellite dish . Pop over for a stubby and the football
Deano
#14
If the genny needs an earth spike make sure it has one, and it's stuck in wet ground (**** on it). A colleague of mine saw what happened when a 3-phase fairground genny had all it's load on one phase and the earth came disconnected. The thing threw itself over 2 parked cars!
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