Anyone know how many watts it is rated for?
115V AC power outlet in bed
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That is confusing... using the outlet would drain the battery. I would at least run the engine once in a while so I could still drive away.
I'm with you. And it would be hard to know how often you need to do that.That is confusing... using the outlet would drain the battery. I would at least run the engine once in a while so I could still drive away.
I see commercials where guys are running circular saws, drills and all kinds of power tools off their trucks, and I don't know how much is practical and how much of that is hype. I'd want a battery isolator if I used the outlet much.
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Anyone know how many amps it can handle? I was planning on taking my pet dryer with me this weekend because my dogs love water to dry them off but not sure if the truckbed inverter can handle it or not.
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The inverter is only rated at 150 watts so at 120 volts that is only 1.25 amps, probably not enough to run a hair dryer.
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Well darn my pet dryer is 110v/13amps dang it!
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Hair dryer is one of the most power intensive electrical appliances in your home, lol! I think its more like for plugging in work lights, powered coolers, LED projector or TV for tailgating, laptop, etc.
Just get yourself a big old microfiber drying towel.
Just get yourself a big old microfiber drying towel.
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Ya you would need a 1500 watt inverter for that and it would drain your battery pretty fast.
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It's not actually an uncommon question. The following sites lay it out fairly well with math and everything:
www.caravansplus.com.au
So a $200-ish 100ah deep cycle battery + the cost of whatever inverter you buy(though the higher capacity the inverter the faster the battery will drain) will let you run that dryer for about 10-ish hours
However you charge that battery back up depends on how complicated you want to get.
(Thinking about it, simply utilizing the built in 115V inverter to run a trickle charger on the deep cycle battery would be the least complicated way to keep it charged.)
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So a $200-ish 100ah deep cycle battery + the cost of whatever inverter you buy(though the higher capacity the inverter the faster the battery will drain) will let you run that dryer for about 10-ish hours
However you charge that battery back up depends on how complicated you want to get.
(Thinking about it, simply utilizing the built in 115V inverter to run a trickle charger on the deep cycle battery would be the least complicated way to keep it charged.)
Its like an gloried USB port in terms of power. Honestly I think a standard 12V outlet back there would have been a better option since that is more realstic in terms of what you can run off this level of power. I foresee many blow fuses from people overloading this circuit.So ...... the outlet in the bed is just a gimmick?
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USB3 port maybe, power wise. I think its mostly a marketing gimmick though, because other trucks have AC outlets so someone shopping the dealership and watching reviews will see "oh cool this does too", but while the one on a F150 could run a bench saw, this one not so much.
We should make a list of reasonable things to use back there, but mostly I'm fans, shop lights, and the like. 12V would actually make more sense though, as that could be a place to hook up a tire inflator and most powered coolers also are 12V cig plug connectors, ditto for DIY bed lighting.
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Yes I agree it is partly a "keeping up with the Jones", other vehicles have them so SC should too. But comparing it to the 7.5 kWatt F150 Hybrid really isn't fair. It has a massive, comparatively, Amp Hour battery. It has wiring specifically heavy enough to carry the kind of current to run a house hold. It really is just for tailgating and camping and even tailgating you will have to watch what you plug in. a 50" LCD tv is about 150 watts and that is all you can plug in. a 50" LED tv is about 100 watts so you can have maybe a cooler or some LED lights. I haven't been keeping track of the wattage of other inverters in other vehicles but I think most of them are going to be around 150 or 300 watts other wise they have to have heavier gage wire directly to the battery.
Oh, well. I have a separate 500W inverter I could use if I had to. But I really don't know how long I could run something, even with the engine running.
And I wonder how long the SC's battery would hold up to something like a couple lights and maybe a radio while out in the wild? You sure want to have enough juice left over to start the engine the next morning!
And I wonder how long the SC's battery would hold up to something like a couple lights and maybe a radio while out in the wild? You sure want to have enough juice left over to start the engine the next morning!
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I think the Ridgeline's inverter shuts off when the battery voltage falls below a predefined level to prevent that problem.
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The inverter gracefully shuts off when overloaded and resets when the power is cycled - no blown fuses or tripped circuit breakers to worry about.
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