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Rock Defender [53]
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Rich tailgaters GITT.
Jan 18, 2016, 10:12 AM
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I've got a parking spot for next season secured and would like to bring a TV along for some of the later games. Any advice on cost effectiveness (renting vs buying generator) (Dish vs OTA TV, is streaming an option?)
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If you don't want to incur the cost of a generator....
Jan 18, 2016, 10:16 AM
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I would suggest using a deep cycle marine battery and a power inverter. It works just as well, it's certainly more quiet, it's less expensive, and you don't have to pack any gasoline.
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One caveat to this recommendation....
Jan 18, 2016, 10:22 AM
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I would suggest taking two marine batteries and two inverters just in case one of them fails.
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Rock Defender [53]
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Seems like I could probably get a generator for the price of
Jan 18, 2016, 10:26 AM
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that.
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Good luck with that....
Jan 18, 2016, 10:37 AM
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A reliable Duracell or Energizer marine battery from Sam's cost less than $75. You can easily find a 500 watt power inverter for less than $30.00.
Depending upon what type of generator you buy, a 500 to 1000 watt portable generator inverter will run you in excess of $500. The Honda's and Yamaha's are two to four times that.
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Rock Defender [53]
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Thanks!***
Jan 18, 2016, 11:30 AM
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Ive been using the marine batteries forever. I really hate
Jan 18, 2016, 11:32 AM
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the ####### with the loud generators.
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Re: Ive been using the marine batteries forever. I really hate
Jan 18, 2016, 11:51 AM
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Att and Verizon work well.
T-Mobile doesn't work at all there.
Source: roommate screaming "Fck you T-Mobile" every other day.
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How long would one of these power a 40" TV?***
Jan 18, 2016, 12:23 PM
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Plasma, lcd, or led?
Jan 18, 2016, 12:53 PM
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I dunno either way.
It's Wal-Mart. By the stuff. Try it out. If you don't like it, return it a year later.
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Re: Rich tailgaters GITT.
Jan 18, 2016, 10:26 AM
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by parking, do you mean leaving your car on someone's lawn in home park?
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I'm a recovering UDP. Motor pool for 2016.***
Jan 18, 2016, 10:27 AM
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Re: I'm a recovering UDP. Motor pool for 2016.***
Jan 18, 2016, 10:28 AM
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I have no idea what that means, and I am too lazy to google it.
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You have a lot off options nowadays.
Jan 18, 2016, 10:33 AM
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Depends on what you want to power. If you want to run tv, satellite box, 2 blenders, xbox, microwave and foot massager you will need a generator. Please bUy a Yamaha or Honda. Your neighbors will thank you.
If you just want to watch tv.. the cheapest and easiest route is your phone and a portable battery jumper.
I didn't trust my generator down in Miami so I left at home for the Orange bowl and took a chance on my phone. It was the first time I tried so I was a bit worried. In the end it worked great.
I have a galaxy s3 and tmobile. I have espn app on my phone. My tmobile plan had 2 gb of data at 4glte and then unlimited at like 2g.
I bought a $10 hdmi chord for my phone to hook up to a 32 inch LED tv.
I also have an old relatively cheap ($80) portable battery jumper and a n even older cheap ac converter ($10). Today you can get way better stuff.
I plugged all that together and watched the fsu game before the Orange bowl and half the msu game before we packed up and left. I dunno how long it would have lasted.
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Good luck using your phone to stream in Clemson.***
Jan 18, 2016, 11:30 AM
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I wouldn't try tmobile in Clemson. But I hear Verizon
Jan 18, 2016, 11:46 AM
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Gets good service.
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You heard wrong. I have Verizon and can't even hardly load
Jan 18, 2016, 12:17 PM
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TNet at the tailgate without long pauses. ESPN app will take up to 5 minutes to refresh, if at all. We've even tried our hotspot...same results.
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Are ypu near the stadium? I read Verizon spent
Jan 18, 2016, 12:54 PM
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Like billions building antennas in the stadium.
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Re: Are ypu near the stadium? I read Verizon spent
Jan 18, 2016, 12:56 PM
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I agree. We park right beside the stadium and have verizon and the service before, during, and after the games absolutely sucks.
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Per previous threads. . I recall the Clemson network gets
Jan 18, 2016, 1:04 PM
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The herps on gamedays.
If you don't have dish or direct. . Do you know some one who does? Some one you trust and won't hamstring you?
If so, you can get a dish and stand cheap off the internet. Heck I see them lying on the side of the rd in my neighborhood from time to time. Once you have your own dish borrow your neighbor's satellite box.
Get a dish pointing app on your phone. First time may take awhile but once you know the general direction you will Get up and running faster and faster.
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Park in lot 10 and can at least web browse...seems like dialup.
Jan 18, 2016, 1:00 PM
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During games you can't even get most texts. Forget trying to web browse. Can't get scores off of the ESPN app.
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Rock Defender [53]
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Solid advice is solid.***
Jan 18, 2016, 11:48 AM
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Re: Rich tailgaters GITT.
Jan 18, 2016, 11:04 AM
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FWIW...I have the tailgater satellite from Dish with the no contract service. So come August, I will turn the service back on and then stop it after USC. I have DirecTV at home but none of my boxes were portable although some are. I have a Briggs and Stratton generator that cost a couple hundred less than the Honda but is just as quiet.
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Re: Rich tailgaters GITT.
Jan 18, 2016, 11:45 AM
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Based on my experience with generators (not tailgating, but power for small trailers) get a Honda eu2000i. They are whisper quiet and very portable.
Again, just my limited experience and observations.
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A Hamster threadmill and a sack of
Jan 18, 2016, 11:54 AM
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sunflower seeds is about $30.00. Hook up to an old crank phone with stretched panty hose for a belt and watch away. 50# bag of sunflower seeds is $20.00 and a threadmill at the flea market about $10.00. Get the panty hose out of the laundry w/o your wife(?) looking....
Old E-5 trick....
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