Ecoflow Alternator Charger in Truck Bed

Ran the cable from the back of the truck bed to the front. Used a 3/4 rubber grommet on the hole exiting the truck bed. Worked out OK.

 

Thanks for the post. Anything you would you have e done different?

 

Not so far. The cable is stable and no greater amount of dust is coming in through the hole. Waiting to see how it does in the rain but other than that so far so good. I wanted the cable to go straight into the unit and not have to struggle with it pulling in a different direction. You doing something like it?

 

Yes. The cable is too short to route it anywhere towards the end of the bed.

 

Yes, I tested that first and the cable was too short to go all the way to the end of the bed even on my short bed. You could always try to splice for a longer cable but the front of the bed really made more sense to me but I did not want to drill a hole but now that I did it, I am happy with it as it is small enough. Good luck with your installation, I would love to hear and see what you do with it.

 

thanks for the input. Which way sid you route the cable down the engine bay

 

Once the cable went out the hole, it was routed through the frame being careful not to have it close near anything hot or that will move. You could route it via the way the other factory cables are routed but I did not want to cut more holes any where. I want to keep the truck as unholy as possible There is ample space to have the cable safe and once I was close to the engine, there is also alot of space to feed the cables through all the way to the battery. I want to add another terminal to make it be more clean at the connection point.

 

I put the hole in the driver side, as it’s closer to the battery. I shoulda drilled the hole a bit higher because I’m building a cabinet. I used some siding tape to tape over the entry.

 

Nice, what Gen Toyota did you set this up? I imagine Gen 3, how did you run the cables?

 

Running it through the frame and with the factory harness outside the frame. We’ll see if there’s any issues