Mounting a flatscreen

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Scalerious

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2000 Sundancer 240
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I have a 2000 Sundancer 240 and would like to mount a 19' flatscreen to the wall that divides the cabin from the head. (I am going to tap into the electricity and add another outlet, then run a hidden extension cable under the "shelf" that wraps around the cabin. I do not have a generator and only plan on using the TV when on shore power)

My question is about mounting it to this wall. It appears there is a padded panel on top of the fiberglass wall. I don't want to drill through the fiberglass as that would additionally require removing the mirror in the head and putting bolts behind it.

Does anyone have any info on whether or not I can mount a TV to this location?
 
have you considered installing a 12VDC tv instead of a 110VAC tv?....that way you can watch TV whenever you want to, including while on shore power...i just installed a 22" inch NAXA 12VDC TV/DVD combo on my boat and it works great....you can direct wire the power supply for the TV into the boat's existing wiring which makes installation easier....very low power consumption at 35 watts and that is if the volume is turned all the way up, the screen brightness is turned all the way up, and the DVD player is running......

sorry, i can't help you with the mounting question you originally asked....

cliff
 
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Mine is on the wall in the v birth 12 volt is the way to go, and a swivel mount. The girls can see it from most any place in the cabin.
 
Not sure but I can tell I bought a 12v works great and I just plug it into a 12v socket
 
Scalerious said:
How are the 12v tv's wired up? Can they be hard wired or do I need to plug it into a cigarette lighter?
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I will shoot some tomorrow when I go to the boat. I will also try to get the name of it.
 
Scalerious said:
How are the 12v tv's wired up? Can they be hard wired or do I need to plug it into a cigarette lighter?
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either way will work...i used the power port plug.....if you direct wire it make sure you put an in-line fuse in the positive wire between the TV and power source...a 10 or 15 amp fuse should be big enough.....the TV will also likely come with an 110AC power supply...you could also use an inverter with this power supply power the TV...

cliff
 
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I have an open breaker on the converter panel. It would have been for the a/c, but alas I don't have one. Can I hook it up to there?
 
Scalerious said:
I have an open breaker on the converter panel. It would have been for the a/c, but alas I don't have one. Can I hook it up to there?
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i am not sure about that...someone better at electrical wiring will have to offer some advise here....

cliff
 
spikeitaudi said:
I just purchased by TV/DVD combo for my boat with a Monoprice mount.
Tv:
http://www.pcrichard.com/catalog/product.jsp?modelNo=PLEDV1945A

Mount:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10828&cs_id=1082802&p_id=4564&seq=1&format=2

I will be mounting this the the cabinet to the right of my microwave on my boat.
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So are you going for a 12v hookup or 110? Do you konw if that is one of the TVs that runs 12v and has the 110 down converter in the line if you plug in 110?
 
Going to just hook it up at 12V. Reading the specification on the TV and it doens't say anything about a 110 down converter. My plan was to only use this when docked at a marina for the kids.
 
If you have it working on 12v what's the advantage if also keeping the 110v?

I was planning on hardwiring a 12v tv into the electrical system. It'll still work on battery power while on shore power, right?

I should add that I have a power converter on board. If I understand this correctly, I can turn battery power on and it'll charge the batteries while I use them at shore. No?
 
I was going to go for a 12V, but I decided instead to use a small inverter - which now allows me to have a 110 outlet available for other small draw usage (guest phone chargers, etc.). I wired the inverter into a 10 AWG 12 volt feed I found running up the starboard wall behind the vinyl trim panel. I have a 24" LED tv mounted to the mirror in the front of the Vberth. It is a simple $9 flat wall mount, no articulating arms or anything - But you can see it from everywhere, the V berth, and even from outside with the door open. The TV weighs a whopping 6 pounds. I was going to drill through the mirror (bought the diamond bit and everything) - but I decided to try something else first given the limted weight - so I fastened the mount to a 5"x8" mounting board that I affixed to the mirror with 3M 20 pound double sided mounting tape. (rated for .5 pound per inch of tape, hence the 5X8). I have one of those small cheapo V shaped UHF antennas in the port V berth closet and tucked the rf cable back behind the V berth bolster. I also ran an HDMI cable behind the bolster and left an and free so I can plug in a small WDTV unit with a tiny hard drive and stream HD shows, movies, etc that I have .. err .. accumulated. All very cheap, very easy, and looks super clean!

I'm not sure I would put it where you originally asked about - I think you may be limiting the area inside from which to view it - and it sounds like a lot of work to get it installed there (properly).
 
spikeitaudi said:
I just purchased by TV/DVD combo for my boat with a Monoprice mount.
Tv:
http://www.pcrichard.com/catalog/product.jsp?modelNo=PLEDV1945A

Mount:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10828&cs_id=1082802&p_id=4564&seq=1&format=2

I will be mounting this the the cabinet to the right of my microwave on my boat.
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Reading the manual on that TV it looks like it comes with an integrated wall mount ...

Also 48W draw is very high for a 19" - make sure you keep track of your battery levels. There has also been some discussion in other threads here about hardwiring delicate electronics directly into the 12V due to surges and drops of the voltage in the boat. I went the inverter route since it turns itself off if the voltage is too low or too high, and if it ever blows, its cheap and easy to swap out.

On the flip side, with an inverter there is always a nominal draw on the battery whenever it is on, even if the stuff plugged into it is not. Luckily there is an auto shutoff on the inverter if the power dips below 10v.
 
Ok Maybe I made a mistake but I plan on plugging this into a 2 pronged wall jack for power. I am looking at the manual and it says for Power Supply: DC In: 12V/3A. Consumpion says <36W.

It does NOT come with a integrated wall mount. Not sure which TV you are looking at.

Here is the Manual to the TV:

http://www.curtisint.com/html/CustService/Manuals/PRO_PLEDV1945A-B_EN.PDF

Specs are on page 43.
 
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spikeitaudi said:
Ok Maybe I made a mistake but I plan on plugging this into a 2 pronged wall jack for power. I am looking at the manual and it says for Power Supply: DC In: 12V/3A. Consumpion says <36W.

It does NOT come with a integrated wall mount. Not sure which TV you are looking at.

Here is the Manual to the TV:

http://www.curtisint.com/html/CustService/Manuals/PRO_PLEDV1945A-B_EN.PDF

Specs are on page 43.
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i believe if you look on pg 13 you will see that the only power supply that came with your TV is a 'wall wart' that converts 110VAC to 12VDC....your TV requires 12VDC as a power source....nothing wrong with using that type of power supply...you just have to be sure that the wall outlet that the TV is plugged into has 110VAC going to it either from shore power or an on-board inverter when you want to watch the TV....if you want a little more flexibility as to when you can watch TV you can hook the TV up to 12VDC power source directly and run the TV off of one of the boat batteries......to do this you will have to get another power cord that has the same type connector on the end to fit into your TV and a 12V power port plug on the other end...then you just plug the power plug into a 12V power outlet and you are good to go....you don't have to use the power port plug...you can cut the plug off the end and direct connect the red (positive) and black (negative) wires inside the cord to a 12VDC source on the boat...you may can tap into the wiring that is nearby already such as the wiring for a cabin light....just be sure to add a 10 or 15 amp inline fuse in the red power wire of the power cord between the TV and the power source as overload protection....

instead of getting a new 12V power supply cord you could just cut the transformer off of the power cord that you have and use the cord to direct wire to a 12VDC source if you think you will never need to power the TV from a 110VAC source....

cliff
 
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spikeitaudi said:
Ok Maybe I made a mistake but I plan on plugging this into a 2 pronged wall jack for power. I am looking at the manual and it says for Power Supply: DC In: 12V/3A. Consumpion says <36W.

It does NOT come with a integrated wall mount. Not sure which TV you are looking at.

Here is the Manual to the TV:

http://www.curtisint.com/html/CustService/Manuals/PRO_PLEDV1945A-B_EN.PDF

Specs are on page 43.
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The PC richards link you pasted was for the A model - the instructions you pasted are for the A-B model.

The A Model manual states power consumption is 48 watts.

http://www.curtisint.com/html/custservice/manuals/PRO_PLEDV1945A_EN.PDF

You are right about the mount. The way the wall mount instructions were worded in the A manual it sounded like it was referring to an included mount. There is some disclaimer speak at the end of the section that it isn't.

As Cliff said, the included power supply is for plugging into 110VAC, it then converts that to 12V DC and sends it to the TV. You can either cut the cord at the wart part and wire it directly in - but you'll lose the wart if you ever wanted to plug it in to AC, and also keep in mind what I said about battery drain and potential harm to the tv components themselves by direct wiring it into DC wiring.

If you are going to do it I would tap in using something like this http://www.posi-lock.com/posiplug.html as opposed to cutting any existing wiring.
 
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