Electrical Receptacles/Outlets in Vehicle.

[OG-TERROR]

In the past I tired myself from running out of battery juice on my devices such as cameras and camcorders. So I purchased a 3000 watt inverter which I installed under the rear right passenger's seat and problem solved. Not so quick; I found out that every time I had the need to plug in a device I had to stop the vehicle, stepped out, went around to the rear passenger's side and lifted the seat to find the switch and turn on the inverter then finally plugged in my device. Too much work I told myself and thought of a better way to turn on and off my inverter and plug in my devices from the driver's seat.

So, I ran a 10 gage red wire from the battery to a 30Amp fuse then to a kill switch in the middle of the front console. Then from the switch to a relay switch close to the inverter, then to the positives side of the inverter then ran the black (negative) back straight to the battery. Next, I plugged in a 12 gage extension cord to the inverter and ran it to 2 receptacles which I installed in the middle of the front console.

Not a professional in diagrams as you can see but at least I try.

 

[Bigredmariner]

That looks pretty sweet Leo.

 

[PenguinLTZ]

Leonardo, you know those also come in gray and black, right?



Kidding, cool idea, lookin' good

 

[OG-TERROR]

The ones I installed are grey, unfortunately not as grey as the console and I thought that black would stand out too much.

 

[Matt_]

good idea, but 2 thoughts

1) where are your fuses located?? looks like you'll need multiple fuses in that circuit. make sure each is as close to the powe source as possible.

2) NEVER use a switch to break/link the power wire! that switch needs to control a relay that supplies power to the inverter.

 

[PenguinLTZ]

The ones I installed are grey, unfortunately not as grey as the console and I thought that black would stand out too much.

Gotcha. Must be my screen.

 

[Z71 Kris]

awesome job, perfect fitting as well

 

[PenguinLTZ]

awesome job, perfect fitting as well

man no kidding, I admire the patience it took to cut that out.

 

[OG-TERROR]

good idea, but 2 thoughts

1) where are your fuses located?? looks like you'll need multiple fuses in that circuit. make sure each is as close to the powe source as possible.

2) NEVER use a switch to break/link the power wire! that switch needs to control a relay that supplies power to the inverter.

Good observation, I've been procrastinating a bit but yes you statement is very true. Now that I'm familiar with relay switches one will be in stalled as soon as I get my truck back.

 

[OG-TERROR]

awesome job, perfect fitting as well

man no kidding, I admire the patience it took to cut that out.

Thankz but when you have the right tools everything is easy, a dremel was used for this project.