Outlet in bed will not power to charge my E MTB

With the truck running it would not power my E bike. This is a 2017 4x4 TRX

what am I missing?

 

Have you verified the outlet is hot?

Does the bed outlet have sufficient wattage to support the charger?

 

Do you have it turned on?

 

How much power does your e-bike charger draw? The bed outlet is extremely low powered.

 

this is likely, too much power from charger

 

outlet provides only 3.3 A while transmission is in PARK.

 

Good info and like the issue. I need to ck the power requirement with Bosch.

 

Were you driving or the vehicle in Park with the engine running?

 

just read the sticker on the charger

 

I can almost guarantee that 100W/400W is not enough to charge an ebike.

 

400W should be plenty. 100, not so much.

My buddies have some pretty high end stuff (with Bosch motors, but who knows on the battery) and they are 168W. Quick google search shows a number charging at less than 100w.

 

My big issue is the DC to AC to DC conversion. At that point, you're just powering the charger. A DC charge controller would be much more efficient.

 

Bike's are like 48v. So at least it's a little less conversion than 12 > 110 > 12. It's 12 > 110 > 48v. 12 > 48 would be better, but don't think there are many options. A lot of proprietary connections to charge different e-bikes, and would also need to have a proper charge map for your battery. Least risky is to keep using the one that came with the bike and deal with the heat/energy loss. It's already insanely wasteful to charge anything off your truck, lol. 130amp alternator puts out like 1600w, max? on a V6? better off running a honda 1000 watt generator if you want efficiency.

 

Waiting to hear from Bosch
I figured and outlet is an outlet, but to those saying it is not enough -your probably correct because it did not work.........

 

Did your switch stay lit up on 400w or did it go out when you plugged it in?

 

Why wait? Go look at the charger and it will almost certainly say how much power it draws on the back of the converter block.

 

I'm wondering if the OP even turned it on.

 

What does the data tag on the charger say?

 

It's Friday in some parts of the world I guess.

 

Like I said above -I figured an outlet is an outlet. Did not look