ice shack electrical

[Dmoen]

before I start, im not in the const. business, or electrical business.

I, over the past few months, have built an 8x12 ice house to leave on the lake and occasionally stay over night in. I do not have it wired yet.
I did buy a battery, a roll of 14/2, a light switch housing and 4 light "fixtures". Plan is to wire it all 12v, and run it off a deep cycle marine battery. Will also be a 19" led tv (120v) and a radio in there (12v). The lights however, id like to keep 12v. I found some 12v light bulbs at our hardware store, look jut like a standard 50w house bulb.

so the only thing I run off 120v is my tv. regular car power inverter should work right? any helpful ideas before I start?

 

[Beemer533]

You need to look at the power consumption of the TV in watts or amps) and make sure the invertor you have or will purchase can handle it.

If the TV uses 100 watts as an example, you will want an invertor rated accordingly.

I can't imagine that TV will take much power, but you still want to verify.. Won't be an issue either way.

 

[SantaAna12]

Sounds good. You might want to check the draw.on the light bulbs.....the incandescent dc bulbs draw alot of amps. LEDs are much more efficient.

 

[Dmoen]

ok guys, just noticed I did not put this in the electrical forum like I had thought. oops. hopefully a mod will move it sometime.

while I was at the hard ware store they had some led light bulbs, power usage was very minimal, but didn't state wether 12v or 120v. I assume 120v though. woman there didn't know either.. looking online at home I find some 12v led bulbs, but they are crazy expensive ($30) each..

the generator I picked up is an ALLPOWER 3500watt. think its 2000watt continuous, 3500 peak. should work ok to keep battery maintained I would think.

 

[fourjeepin]

If you are near a large truck stop, it might help to stop in. They will have lots of 12v stuff.

 

[Beemer533]

Checkout https://www.superbrightleds.com for some reasonably-priced LEDs.

Something like this would probably work well: https://www.superbrightleds.com/mor...-vehicle-and-trailer-12v-led-task-light/2080/

I have gotten quite a bit of stuff from them over the year with no issues. There are plenty of fairly cheap 12vdc lights that should work very well for you.