Satellite t.v.? Wineguard system anyone?

I bought my Wineguard system at a RV dealer.. But mines a roof mount.. Love it, would never go back to the old dish setup and having to set it up every time and then take it down in the morning

 

I went with the dish tailgater, around 350 including the receiver. Monthly charge is $60, but I don't have movie channels.

 

A small one, I think its four hundred watts, I can check tomorrow. It runs my tv, satellite and Aventi cooler, plus a small crock pot type unit on occasion

 

If you are using an inverter that plugs in to the 12V socket you can expect around 150W maximum, so base it on that figure.
The 300W output is dependent on connecting it directly to the battery.

If you are using an inverter that connects directly to the battery there is no reason to get such a small one.

But even if you can't run both using a plug-in inverter, you could always get two inverters and plug them in to different circuits. One in a dash plug and the other in the bunk area.
In some trucks every plug is on its own circuit, while in others some of them share. Be sure how your truck is set up before you try to use two inverters.

 

I went with the smaller unit because its twice as much as I need and I didn't want to spend the extra money for bigger wire to install a bigger unit.

 

If you're going to spend the money for a SatTV, why not go all out and spring for a 2K watt inverter?

 

Bigger is better with an inverter.
You don't want to run it at near max output. It will burn out much sooner.
It's the same with computer power supplies.

With a 25% load it may last forever, but may fail in a few months under a 75% load.