Electric outlet in the bed, what can it handle?

Hi guys im on a camping trip and wanna charge my cellephone but dont wanna turn the truck on to not waste gas, will my battery loose its power if i leave it like 1h on that outlet ? (Without actually starting the truck)

 

Just plug it into the lighter and turn the key to ACC with the radio and the lights off.

The inverter has a fair amount of parasitic loss, and charging the phone, you'd be taking 12vdc, jacking it to 120vac, then dumping it back down to 5-12vdc.

 

Ok thanks man!

 

My phone charges in about an hour on the inverter. Not long enough to drain the battery. It takes much longer than that charging on the cigarette lighter because the lighter charger puts out less. My last camping trip I connected a power bar so everyone could charge their phones/kindles at once. It worked fine. I would start my truck every hour or so just in case though. Although I do have a brand new battery too (2k miles on 2013) In my old truck I have nearly killed the battery charging stuff though. I do believe the truck will cut the inverter power off when the battery gets too low though.

 

Charges my laptop and inflater for my mattress when camping.