Does Anyone Acually Use the Power Outlet in the Bed????

I rigged up a DC to AC converter to a wireless backup camera system - instead of connecting the camera to the backup lights -and plugged it into the outlet. I can switch it on/off from the cab whenever I need it. Works great.

 

When I add an outlet I think it'll be this:



saw it at the supply house and thought it'd be cool, it looks the same color as the console too.

 

I own a compressor like this albeit a few years old and only 125 psi max but same motor. Can anyone tell me if the ac outlet should run this? I tried it and it does not. Thanx

http://www.craftsman.com/craftsman-3-gallon-portable-air-compressor/p-00915362000P

 

Nope, draws way too many amps @ 15 amps.

 

Thanks.

 

Yup

 

I use it to charge my dog's GPS collar, because charging it from the USB port inside the cab doesn't charge it anywhere near fast enough.

I also use it to run my coffee grinder, to have fresh ground coffee out in the woods when camping.

 

For my air pump to fill air mattress' when camping.

 

On the same topic, is there any built in feature to stop it from draining out the battery?

 

Yep!
HVAC, coffee, air mattress.
Wait til old age arrives.

 

Hey!

 

Give me a break.

 

Some family member borrowed my extension cord out of my garage without telling me. The only one I had left wasn't long enough for me to edge the far corner of my yard, so I backed the Tacoma up to it and plugged my weed whacker in.

 

Does anyone know the rough cutoff point for the 400 watt setting for when the inverter trips? Sometimes its below the nominal, sometimes above. Alternatively, whats the largest appliance or tool you guys have run off this?

 

I've charged my iphone with it at a football game

 

Nonsense! See below.....

Great minds think alike. Blender for Margaritas!

 

Not sure why you need a break? O.P. asked what we have used our outlets for. I've used it to run my coffee grinder in the mornings when I'm camping, which I do frequently throughout spring, summer, and fall.

There's nothing like waking up in the great outdoors and grinding a batch of Kona beans from Greenwell Farms to get the day started. Once you start drinking good coffee, you can never go back. It's like trying a smooth top shelf whiskey, and then trying to go back to Jim Beam or Wild Turkey.

 

Considering a USB port puts out about 1/2 of one single watt, I think 100 watts while running and 400 watts while stopped is at least pretty good for charging stuff.

My dog's GPS Collar and GPS handheld would go dead way faster than I can charge them through the USB port, but no problems charging through the AC outlet. I wouldn't be able to let my hound dog run free after her collar goes dead without it, especially when camping in the middle of no where.

 

air mattress pump, dremel....