BED OUTLET

[Keola P]

Has anyone used the electrical outlet in the rear drivers side of the bed? I've been looking at it for a while and I have been wanting to make use of it, just don't know how or for what.

 

[George Mayer]

I use mine for my cooler.(keeps the milk nice and cold)

 

[Jason Housman]

I've used it a few times. I've plugged a spotlight into it, an inflator for an airmattress while camping, a plug in cooler, my laptop and i think that's about it. I like having the outlet back there. I keep a spotlight in my truck in case I ever need to change a tire at night on a dark road. I've also used it to hook up tow straps to another vehicle at night.

 

[Aaron Yarbough]

Comes in real handy if you have an air compressor that plugs into a cigarette lighter outlet.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

I used to carry a small inverter behind the ST's back seats for increasing the usefulness of the cig-plug in the bed.



Used to power laptops, DVD players, coffee makers, etc, when tailgating.



TJR

 

[Kirk Risseler]

Wish mine worked

 

[Gavin Allan]

Mine is on the PASSENGER's side of the bed...

 

[Frank Vannostrand]

i am an electrician and i was wondering how cool it would be to hide the inverter somewhere in the truck and run a duplex outlet (normal household outlet )mounted flush on the bed with a weatherproof cover and all somewhere around the 12v one. I would like some info , let me know what you guys think, i might just do it and make a tech article about it, INPUT INPUT

 

[JerryW Gilliland]

I pull a float in our town's Christmas parade every year. I put an inverter back there, plug in the lights for the float and it works out nicely. I think mine is 750 watts. I've also charged a cell phone and used it to power my AC/DC TV while camping. Pretty handy deal. Not even the Escalade EXT or Avalanche has one!

 

[Dan Long]

beach trac, you mean something like this?

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The switches you see in the center console and next to the bed power point are remote turn-on buttons for the 800W inverter mounted in the storage area. Excuse the messy wiring, it still needs some attention....

 

[Frank Vannostrand]

fuggin shweeet , nice work dude, did you use "old work" boxes and uf cable (it is made for underground wiring and has a thick sheathing around it? or just regular romex? , i must say nice work, but just to break your chops a little, it would have been nice to color match the interior outlet

 

[Brandon Seeley 3]

hey hawaiian use um for the green bottles

 

[Keola P]

Howzit my braddah, you read my mind!!!!!!!!!

 

[Brandon Seeley 3]

haha

 

[Dan Long]

Thanks, I used old work boxes and regular romex, I was just really careful how I routed it. The interior outlet is actually grey, although the flash makes it look white. Maybe I'll paint it a darker shade eventually..... too many projects, too little time.....:wacko: