I'm about to start design work on a drawer system and plan to have a 12V outlet on the rear face. Whilst I'm designing/building it seems like a good opportunity to also put a 230V outlet there if I can.
Questions on this before I start taking things apart:
1) Where is the inverter located?
2) What does the termination on the rear of the standard outlet look like?
3) Anyone else done this?
4) Is there a PID in the system to tell me the real time load on the 230V system? (I doubt it)
The additional socket will have suitable circuit protection to prevent overloading the original system.
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Anyone fitted a 230v outlet in the tray?
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Personally Goochie, I wouldn't be running 240v from the inverter (located in the console I believe) all the way to the back of the car. Could you just mount an additional inverter in the tray, supplied by the 12v supply that you're running there? Then you won't have to worry about overloading the factory one either.
Just a thought mate...
Just a thought mate...
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As per Gerry, do not extend the existing 240v outlet as you are just asking for trouble. Max current drawer is rubbish, they blow up when current draw is too high, you have a fair chance of killing someone if an additional circuit breakers are not installed and and and........ do not do it!
For the price basic inverters these day, just purchase another and install in your setup. From memory the stock unit is only 150w which is not much use for anything bar charging a laptop and at 59$ for a complete 150w inverter it is not worth all the work of extending the existing one.
There are no PIDS listed and it does not have a canbus connection anyway.
For the price basic inverters these day, just purchase another and install in your setup. From memory the stock unit is only 150w which is not much use for anything bar charging a laptop and at 59$ for a complete 150w inverter it is not worth all the work of extending the existing one.
There are no PIDS listed and it does not have a canbus connection anyway.
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