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115V AC power outlet in bed

68K views 137 replies 51 participants last post by  SantaCrusin  
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!
 
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).