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When we went to the spring 2010 Northeast rally I noticed that several people had outside TVs. I thought it would
be nice to add an outside TV to our rig but after discussing it with DW we came to the conclusion that mounting a
TV in one of our basement compartments would not work for us.
Our Monaco Cayman has side hinged compartment doors that are fairly large. Having the TV in a compartment could be
a problem, The doors only open to 90 degrees which could be in the way of people walking by if left open to watch
tv and they would block half of the viewing area.
So we discussed how we could mount a TV to the outside of the rig with out screwing in to the side wall of the coach.
So I welded up a receiver for 1" box tube with brackets to bolt it to the existing frame under our coach. This receiver
is recessed 2" from the side of the RV and is just below the side.
Its a little hard to see here:
I then welded a "Tongue" to go in the receiver and on the end of the tongue is a 1x2 tube that runs parallel to the
side wall of the coach. On the top of this tube I bolted the base for the articulating arm that holds the TV. I ran
quick disconnect cable wire and power wire through the tube.
We can quickly remove the TV (with articulating arm) and store it in the compartment and leave the bracket in place until we break camp.
when we are ready to break camp I pull one pin and the tongue / vertical bracket can be removed and stored in the compartment.
The articulating arm gives us great freedom in how we want to aim the TV. It can be rotated 180* and tilted up or down so
you can have good visibility from a large area.
This outside TV uses the existing coach wiring which allows it to display the DVD player, cable and antenna. It also can be run from the inverter.
Quick project but it came out nice. Cant wait to try it on a camp site.
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