Tom,
Will the TS480 run properly at 12 volts?  My TS850 sounds distorted 
if its input voltage goes that low.
Just a question.
Pat, K9JAU At 09:04 PM 4/27/2014, you wrote:
>Ed:
>
>I've actually thought of that.
>
>But, I'll need to find exactly where the house battery is, in relation to
>where my operating position will be.
>
>In our older RV, the batteries were way on the other side of the unit, in
>relation to where I operated from.
>
>They pack so much stuff into RV's these days that sometimes, it's almost a
>mystery to figure out what they have stashed where.
>
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Ed Malmgren
>Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 9:34 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: TS480 Current Draw
>
>Tom, why not just use the 12 bolt bats in your R V and then you don't have
>to mess with powers plies, the converter in your R V will keep the bats
>charged, much simpler.  73
>
>
>
>ED K7UC
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Behler
>Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 5:59 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: TS480 Current Draw
>
>Alan:
>
>I'm using the TS480 SAT--the 100-watt version.
>
>Sorry for the omitted info in my previous posts.
>
>I believe the Samlex supply I have is 30-amp continuous, and 35 amp surge,
>which should be more than enough for anything I might need out at the camp
>site, but as I indicated earlier, I'm considering other options if it turns
>out that I'm wrong.
>
>The reason for all of this is that my XYL and I have traded our 7-year-old
>drivable motor home in for a larger stand-alone trailer, and I'll be running
>my TMV71A from my main operating position, rather than from the cab of the
>original drivable RV.
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Alan R. Downing
>Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 7:40 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: TS480 Current Draw
>
>Hello Tom,  I can't give you the published current requirements, but I have
>my TS480SAT connected to a 30 amp switcher, and there is also a pair of
>commercial Kenwood mobiles connected to it, and just for the fun of it, I
>put the 480 on RTTY, and then keyed all 3 rigs up at the same time.  The 30
>amp supply was more than enough for all 3 rigs being keyed up at full
>throttle at the same time.  BTW, you didn't state which version of the 480
>you have.  Clearly the 200 watt HX model will draw more than the 100 watt
>model like mine.
>
>
>Alan/KD7GC
>
>
>.
>
>
>Alan R. Downing
>Phoenix, AZ
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Tom Behler
>Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 3:52 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: TS480 Current Draw
>
>Hi, all.
>
>
>
>I am going to be re-vamping my ham radio  setup out at the RV this summer,
>and was wondering if someone happens to know the amperage power draw for the
>TS480.
>
>
>
>I'm looking for the non-transmit amperage, plus the maximum amperage if
>transmitting in CW or RTTY mode at 100 watts.
>
>
>
>For some reason, the text version of the manual that I have only gives me a
>partial list of specifications, and current draw is not one of them.
>
>
>
>I can obviously approximate, but the actual figures would be preferred.
>
>
>
>I'm trying to figure out the best power supply arrangement to have out at
>the camp site.
>
>
>
>I'll also be using a TMV71A for VHF and UHF, and am trying to see if one of
>my power supplies will be enough to power both rigs.  This assumes, of
>course, that I'll not be transmitting with both the TS480 and TMV71A
>simultaneously.
>
>
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ