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115V AC power outlet in bed

68K views 137 replies 51 participants last post by  SantaCrusin  
The stock inverter is behind the right rear seat. It's not too difficult to get to. Should be easy too install a more powerful inverter if needed... Unless there is something in the electrical system that prevents that upgrade.
Is this where you would also reset the inverter? I popped mine on my initial test and was going to ask the dealer to do a reset the first time I go in for a checkup (even though I will likely never have use for it).
 
LOL! That’s why I took a fling, and without looking up the rating in the manual, just plugged in a drill to see what would happen. I’m not losing any sleep over the breaker being triggered. And my phone charges on the pad in the cab (even when I don’t want it to). that outlet is the “bogus bonus."
 
It didn't have a high value for me to begin with, which was why I was willing to push my luck to test it. Would like to know what level of power is supplied in "real trucks."
 
I have And mine is dead as a doornail. I knew it didn’t provide much power, so I plugged in a variable-speed drill, so I could start with a very low draw and watch and listen to see how cooperative it was. Almost immediately a red light showed (out of the corner of my vision) and the supply shut down. This was with only a barely moving drill motor with no load. I figured, "ok, that didn’t take much!" I’ll just replace the fuse and not try that again. NOPE. Seems there is no fuse, and I read somewhere that if you overload the circuit it shuts down and has to be reset by a shop! Haven’t asked the dealer to correct it. It has such a low capacity I can’t imagine anything I would ever want to use it for. If you could go to a big box and cut a few 2x4s in half with a small jigsaw so you could load them into the bed it would be useful, but as it is, I don’t think I’ll even try to fix it. Should have read the details about it’s limits and checked them against my tools draw before testing, but I figured the fuse would just blow if I over-drew it. Guess not!