hi just started my new job and will be doing a few night out each week i want a tv but i dont know much about what sort to get ? ie 24 v or a invertor and use a 24v like at home? any tips would be very helpful thanks 
slackeye:
hi just started my new job and will be doing a few night out each week i want a tv but i dont know much about what sort to get ? ie 24 v or a invertor and use a 24v like at home? any tips would be very helpful thanks
I use a normal house T.V and a 300watt inverter in my truck, when you look at how much it would cost to buy a 24volt T.V your looking at top money and there normally only 10" ,i paid £45 for my 14" tv , £28 for a dvd player and £28 for my inverter and it is just the job… and it fits nicely in the middle locker in my Topliner.
Maplin have got some good deals at the moment mate. I think you can get a 12v tv with freeview for about £140 . Just plug it in your 12v supply or get a dropper from any truck shop and you are good to go…
Budge:
slackeye:
hi just started my new job and will be doing a few night out each week i want a tv but i dont know much about what sort to get ? ie 24 v or a invertor and use a 24v like at home? any tips would be very helpful thanksI use a normal house T.V and a 300watt inverter in my truck, when you look at how much it would cost to buy a 24volt T.V your looking at top money and there normally only 10" ,i paid £45 for my 14" tv , £28 for a dvd player and £28 for my inverter and it is just the job… and it fits nicely in the middle locker in my Topliner.
I have a topliner where do you put all that stuff??
jimboy124:
I have a topliner where do you put all that stuff??
Does it have the bunk at the front?
Mines a twin bunk, with the lockers at the front, i took the middle shelf out TV fits nice in there and the inverter sits next to it (there’s a rubber bung if you lift that there’s a 24V feed in there, no wires showing anywhere) and the DVD goes on the shelf under the left locker, I have my XBOX on top of that too… 
DHL standard fleet motor … Yes i do have bunk over the drivers
seat. You will laugh at this by the way…
Parked in Krefeld lovely night not a cloud in the sky… so off i trot to the pub… all of a sudden it goes dark in the pub ,big clap of thunder and it starts [zb] down . Thats when i realised i have left the sun roof open!!
I went back to the cab and it was [zb] soaked!!
I had to sleep on the back bed !!
That’s his account of how the bed got wet and he is sticking to it. 
You didn’t mention all the water in the headlining Jim. 
Coffeeholic:
That’s his account of how the bed got wet and he is sticking to it.You didn’t mention all the water in the headlining Jim.
pmsl is probably not a good thing to say at this moment…
do i need a 24 v or 12 v invertor? and how do u fit them? in the ciggy lighter socket or do u have to wire them up? thanks
think there on about rain in this thread. dont leave ya sunroof open lol
buy a 12v digi telly but get a good ariel as well…your looking at £200
i see no point in having â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– old telly
who,s got time to watch the telly ?
hitch:
buy a 12v digi telly but get a good ariel as well…your looking at £200
i see no point in having â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– old telly
A 12 or 24v telly is also designed and built to be much more efficient than a 240v one. So your truck batteries are more likely to go flat with a 240v telly and inverter compared to a 12 or 24v one.
One thing that is vitally important (as I have found out 
) is a decent aerial.
What with analogue tv on its way out, and the crappy reception anyway in most truck parks, a good signal is hard to come by.
I had to watch ITV wales the other night, and I don’t speak a word of it !
I was trying to translate using what I had picked up from the road signs, but they don’t often say ARAF on tv.
slackeye:
do i need a 24 v or 12 v invertor? and how do u fit them? in the ciggy lighter socket or do u have to wire them up? thanks
It depends what your using it for, if you just want a TV on it then a 12volt 150watt will do, if you want a TV DVD and games console then your better with a 24volt 300watt or 600 watt, they go upto some stupid wattage but thats if your running everything off them. you can hardwire them into the 12v-24v socket on the scania to the left of the dash, or you can just use the plug,
I can’t remember what the layout is on the scania witht the bed at the front. but on the twin back bunks theres a rubber bung under the middle shelf and you can just hardwire it straight in there.
As for an aerial i brought a house one from wilko cost me a tenner and its pucker, can get most digital channels on the freeview box to…!
As for it flattening the batteries i watch a lot of telly in the day ( â– â– â– â– that Fenny lock ) and i never have any problem with starting the wagon after watching 4 hours of telly. 
So thats about £150 for a telly, dvd , inverter, freeview box and aerial!!!
( and £300 for an x box 360 but thats optional 
)
I got a Roadstar 10" 24v/12v 240v £179,no problems with it.
A plug in 12v aerial from Tesco.It had a 240v lead on it which I cut off and I just use one of those multi cross adapter things plugged in the back wired into the 12v socket.
bought a DVD player for £18 which I plug into my inverter