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Hi, Can anyone recommend a decent tv aerial to use in the van ? I have just bought a 12 volt digital/analogue tv , so went out and bought a caravan aerial (battery powered )from "Go Outdoors" . However its proved to be very erratic (it was cheap and you get what you pay for ) and I wondered if anyone could suggest one that really works ?!
Also on the back of the Tv set it says "Use only 12V-5.83A AC adaptor", as well as using off the cigarette lighter socket can an adaptor be used for mains ( in case we use mains hook up on site ? ) If so where do we get adaptor ? Please excuse my ignorance on all things elactrical. Any advice would be great thanks..................

dont mess with a adaptor, spend the money on making your lleisure battery charge when you aare on hookup, then use the tv off the cig socket like you are when not on hook up.

filbay wrote:Hi, Can anyone recommend a decent tv aerial to use in the van ? I have just bought a 12 volt digital/analogue tv , so went out and bought a caravan aerial (battery powered )from "Go Outdoors" . However its proved to be very erratic (it was cheap and you get what you pay for ) and I wondered if anyone could suggest one that really works ?!
Also on the back of the Tv set it says "Use only 12V-5.83A AC adaptor", as well as using off the cigarette lighter socket can an adaptor be used for mains ( in case we use mains hook up on site ? ) If so where do we get adaptor ? Please excuse my ignorance on all things elactrical. Any advice would be great thanks..................

I tried more than one with poor results,in the end I just got a house tv aeriel out of a skip down the road and put it in the best postion when on a site.I have slung it up a tree and also wedged on a scaffold pole.

This one works for me. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STATUS-620-CARAVA ... 1144wt_905

This seemed to work OK on the one I saw

I,m sure that vans got my old weller wheels on ! Still its a very impressive aerial as well, and thanks for all the tips from everyone........