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Amber Beasley Posted on Feb 11, 2017
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How do u keep both tvs charged in the vehicle. One will go dead within 30 mins of playing

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I suspect you are using an inverter to run your TVs, which are very power-hungry, thus no surprise that your car battery is going dead.
You could add another set of batteries in the trunk. I have done that with my RV, where I put two large golf-cart batteries into a food cooler. This gives me about 8 hours run-time with my TVs. You can connect these batteries to your car's charging system through a "battery isolator" which is basically a one-way valve for electricity. This way, you could run your auxiliary batteries right down, without affecting your car battery's ability to start your car.

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