Wiring tv

I just wanted to ask if it is better to straight wire a car tv directly to the battery or connect it to the accessory wire. will the tv get to much amps if i wire it to the battery directly? what if i connect a switch in it?

Ben

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Ben

Hi Ben, the TV will pull the same amount of current from either power source whether you use a switch or not. If you do connect it directly to the battery you'll want to use a switch to turn it on and off. If you connect it to an accessory lead, it will turn on and off with the key.

I am assuming that the accessory lead is just the wire when turning your vechicle on. Can I just splice into it?

Hi Ben, yes, you can splice into the accessory lead in the ignition harness. If you  tell us what year, make, and model vehicle you have, we can tell you exactly which wire you should connect to. 

your better of splicing in to the acc wire cause bad things usually happen when you run little things like that to the battery let the car alternator do the work not the battery

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Jon
Installer/Help Technician
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mecp certification is not always needed. I have it and it has not helped me out at all. my experience out shines it.

Actually i was me that asked that question. I have a 2002 Isuzu Rodeo LS (4x4). By the way where do you get your information from (I usually pick up Haynes manual from pepboys)

well most installers get there info from the field and actually doing the installs . haynes books and stuff dont tell you better than experince they are good for torching and stuff.

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Jon
Installer/Help Technician
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mecp certification is not always needed. I have it and it has not helped me out at all. my experience out shines it.

tlbuckingham.

what info do you need email me if any forther assistance is wanted or needed

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Jon
Installer/Help Technician
---coral springs florida---
mecp certification is not always needed. I have it and it has not helped me out at all. my experience out shines it.

ok,so please tell me few things:tv size,meke,model

make,model,sorry

Quote: Originally posted by djfearny2 on September 30, 2002

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your better of splicing in to the acc wire cause bad things usually happen when you run little things like that to the battery let the car alternator do the work not the battery

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Hello Jon,

I'm no expert so I need your help on my DVD/Monitor setup.  Currently my setup are all connected directly to the battery.  This is my connection, from the battery, a 14 gauge lead power wire to 10 Amp in-line fuse then to an illuminated rocker switch (20 Amp max load).  The rocker switch is grounded to the car chassis with a 14 gauge wire.  Then from the rocker switch accessory line, I connected two 16 gauge wires to power my DVD/CD Player and the 7" Monitor.  The DVD/CD Player (Power=15 watts) is equipped with built-in choke w/10 amp fuse and grounded to the car chassis.  The Monitor(Power=9.5 watts), also with built-in choke but no fuse, independently grounded to the car chassis.  In addition, connected to the DVD/CD Player's remote power line(with built-in in-line fuse of 5 amp) is the X-O Vision AN500 Coaxial Booster Antenna (Power=N/A), which is also grounded independently to the chassis.  I hope you understand all my connections, if not, I'll be happy to email you the schematics.  They all seem to be working fine.  My question is, if connecting to acc is better than directly to your battery, where or which acc wire can I connect all of the above without the overloading problem.  Like you suggested, make the alternator do all the work, not the battery.  If you can provide a better wiring schematics, I appreciate it.  I'll be more than willing to alter my current wiring to something more efficient and energy saver.  Thanking you in advance.

SickHonda