Reddit reviews K-TOR Power Box 20 Watt Pedal Generator, Emergency Charger, Any Portable Devices Charger, Can Charge a 12 Volt Battery, Lightweight, Strong Polycarbonate Plastic
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Pedal Generator with 120 Volt 20 Watt outputFolds to small size, easily protable and to set upeasy to pedal for long periods of time, uses standard bike pedalsCan be screwed down for stable operationCharge all portable electronics directly, laptops thru external battery and other appliance through 12 volt battery
Your best bet is to replace your TV with a 12V LED TV. They only use 18watts-30watts
example: https://www.amazon.com/SuperSonic-1080p-Widescreen-Compatible-22-Inch/dp/B0066AE4M8/
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You connect them directly to a 12V battery. No inverter or solar panels necessary. (Inverters waste about 20% of battery power converting DC to AC (and then the TV adaptor itself wastes another 10% converting BACK to DC) Just get a deep-cycle battery and charge it at home before leaving, and you'll be good for 8 to 12 hours. If you want to, you can bring along a 50W solar panel and a cheap little 5-amp charge controller to keep it running all day as well.
Alternatively, if you feel like a workout, get one of these: https://www.amazon.com/K-TOR-Generator-Emergency-Lightweight-Polycarbonate/dp/B00EZS8VQS. (20W max) The advantage is it will work rain-or-shine and you can keep that TV running a long long time
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best of all, they use a lot less power. Even a nice 40" LED TV uses only 30 watts or so. you'll be good to go all night.
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80w is just too much power requirement to make sense for solar.
>I was talking with my girlfriend about some spin class she wants to do. I said “it’s a shame they don’t hook all those bikes up with generators and have them feed the grid” (apparently they can do that now.)
That reminds me of the "15 Million Merits" of "Black Mirror" (which I highly recommend if you haven't seen it).
We have a Honda 2000i for when it's cloudy for multiple days (1100 watts of solar panels on the roof, so we don't need it much even with a compressor fridge), and when it's on eco mode, it's really quiet. If you are really doing this because of the noise, I don't think you'll be any quieter pedaling.
You might just want to build one of these into your bike frame
http://www.amazon.com/Generator-Emergency-Portable-Lightweight-Polycarbonate/dp/B00EZS8VQS/
for charging up a laptop or phone.
Note: you'll be doing a LOT of pedaling if you're actually trying to power all of your RV (with a lot of energy loss).
ETA: you might want to read this:
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/05/bike-powered-electricity-generators.html
https://www.amazon.com/Generator-Emergency-Portable-Lightweight-Polycarbonate/dp/B00EZS8VQS?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00EZS8VQS
Poic Charger.....
Knock yourself out.