Bed Power Outlet - What are you powering??

[CactusJack]

Just curious what uses other members have found for the bed outlet so far, and what it is capable of powering. Also, does the truck need to be running to power these things, or just accessory power?

I haven't had a chance to use mine yet, but wondering what I could plan on powering when the time comes. Some ideas:
-Coffee Maker
-Air Compressor
-Rotary Shop Fan (cooling down racecar engine bay and brakes)
-Flood Lights
-Battery Charger for ice auger
-Space Heater

What are you using yours for, and what's some creative ideas to utilize it??

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[VelocityRaptor]

During hurricane Milton I used the outlet in the bed to power my garage door opener because my dumbass didn’t think it through and the generator was stuck inside the garage and I couldn’t reach the manual opening string

 

[OddEntity]

Paddle board electric inflator pump. It was super convenient having it back there!

 

[joordan]

Just curious what uses other members have found for the bed outlet so far, and what it is capable of powering. Also, does the truck need to be running to power these things, or just accessory power?

I haven't had a chance to use mine yet, but wondering what I could plan on powering when the time comes. Some ideas:
-Coffee Maker
-Air Compressor
-Rotary Shop Fan (cooling down racecar engine bay and brakes)
-Flood Lights
-Battery Charger for ice auger
-Space Heater

What are you using yours for, and what's some creative ideas to utilize it??

I run several working tools, quite convenient, with a caveat. the max power is 400W, above that the inverter goes into protection mode, light blinks and stops giving power.
400W are not much, and above all a lot of loads have peak power that goes beyond at start, and make the inverter tripping. so you need to be mindful of that limitation.

there is another limitation that annoys me more than tot power, which is the fact Ford put a crapy inverter on our trucks, that outputs squared wave instead of pure sine. this makes several tools unusable (especially if they are electronic based) cause that waveform does not play nice with electronics.

most of the things you listed won't work within 400W

outlet is on with accessory power only, but you will drain your battery rather quickly

 

[SubaruRaptor]

I run several working tools, quite convenient, with a caveat. the max power is 400W, above that the inverter goes into protection mode, light blinks and stops giving power.
400W are not much, and above all a lot of loads have peak power that goes beyond at start, and make the inverter tripping. so you need to be mindful of that limitation.

there is another limitation that annoys me more than tot power, which is the fact Ford put a crapy inverter on our trucks, that outputs squared wave instead of pure sine. this makes several tools unusable (especially if they are electronic based) cause that waveform does not play nice with electronics.

most of the things you listed won't work within 400W

outlet is on with accessory power only, but you will drain your battery rather quickly

I mean to be fair, it is very difficult to find cheap pure sine wave anything. Lots of things have a synthetic waves like that inverter. If you look for consumer UPS's a LOT of them in the 200-300 space are synthetic.

 

[joordan]

I mean to be fair, it is very difficult to find cheap pure sine wave anything. Lots of things have a synthetic waves like that inverter. If you look for consumer UPS's a LOT of them in the 200-300 space are synthetic.

I have a 100$ pure inverter, 600W. and works perfectly even connected to the power outlet...ford probably spent 30-40$ for that crap, another 30-40 would have not put them in bankruptcy...especially when the power outlet is an optionthat you pay on top of the truck price tag. If I knew it was not pure sine, I'd have saved that money and just used my 100$ inverter in the 12V socket. I tried to find a solution to replace the ford inverter, but it's custom built...

 

[SubaruRaptor]

I have a 100$ pure inverter, 600W. and works perfectly even connected to the power outlet...ford probably spent 30-40$ for that crap, another 30-40 would have not put them in bankruptcy...especially when the power outlet is an optionthat you pay on top of the truck price tag. If I knew it was not pure sine, I'd have saved that money and just used my 100$ inverter in the 12V socket. I tried to find a solution to replace the ford inverter, but it's custom built...

I understand that, but sourcing 60,000 of them is a different beast. Also most electronics today will work just fine with a synthetic wave. Only nerds tend to care about that, and it only really matters for specialized or delicate items. Laptops, Phones will be just fine, there are zero people in this world that care what sine wave they are plugging in their laptop or phone to. Power is power. The outlet isnt designed for sensitive electronics, and Id be curious what you think you have that it will matter for.

 

[joordan]

I understand that, but sourcing 60,000 of them is a different beast. Also most electronics today will work just fine with a synthetic wave. Only nerds tend to care about that, and it only really matters for specialized or delicate items. Laptops, Phones will be just fine, there are zero people in this world that care what sine wave they are plugging in their laptop or phone to. Power is power. The outlet isnt designed for sensitive electronics, and Id be curious what you think you have that it will matter for.

bike charger won't work. just one example. and any mosfet-based converter won't ether

 

[joordan]

I understand that, but sourcing 60,000 of them is a different beast. Also most electronics today will work just fine with a synthetic wave. Only nerds tend to care about that, and it only really matters for specialized or delicate items. Laptops, Phones will be just fine, there are zero people in this world that care what sine wave they are plugging in their laptop or phone to. Power is power. The outlet isnt designed for sensitive electronics, and Id be curious what you think you have that it will matter for.

power is not power...waveform in AC matters a lot (and even on safety). any electronic converter plugged into that outlet will heat up when connected to a synthetic wave inverter. that won't play nicely nor in reliability neither in safety

 

[SubaruRaptor]

power is not power...waveform in AC matters a lot (and even on safety). any electronic converter plugged into that outlet will heat up when connected to a synthetic wave inverter. that won't play nicely nor in reliability neither in safety

I am not arguing the wave form doesnt matter, I am saying the vast majority of things dont care and will work fine. You have something that appears to want a pure sine wave and thats fine cool you have an edge case. My argument for sourcing a cheap pure sine wave inverter still holds. Things requiring pure sine waves are far and few in-between for what the majority of folks are going to be using, and you have a work around for your edge case.

 

[joordan]

I am not arguing the wave form doesnt matter, I am saying the vast majority of things dont care and will work fine. You have something that appears to want a pure sine wave and thats fine cool you have an edge case. My argument for sourcing a cheap pure sine wave inverter still holds. Things requiring pure sine waves are far and few in-between for what the majority of folks are going to be using, and you have a work around for your edge case.

well yeah, I object on both points cause again the pure sine inverter costs nothing nowadays. and again, when the customer is the one paying, why should you really care?adding the inverter, power outlets etc costs 750$ option here. Yet, I know a bunch of people that goes around with their bikes on the truck, and who runs electric bike do complain to have no way to recharge them en-route

 

[High Plains Drifter]

I run several working tools, quite convenient, with a caveat. the max power is 400W, above that the inverter goes into protection mode, light blinks and stops giving power.
400W are not much, and above all a lot of loads have peak power that goes beyond at start, and make the inverter tripping. so you need to be mindful of that limitation.

there is another limitation that annoys me more than tot power, which is the fact Ford put a crapy inverter on our trucks, that outputs squared wave instead of pure sine. this makes several tools unusable (especially if they are electronic based) cause that waveform does not play nice with electronics.

most of the things you listed won't work within 400W

outlet is on with accessory power only, but you will drain your battery rather quickly

What do you need to do to reset the inverter?

 

[joordan]

What do you need to do to reset the inverter?

nothing. just unplug and replug in the tool. and if still in fault mode, on/off button

 

[NickyFlippers]

The power

...outlet is on with accessory power only, but you will drain your battery rather quickly

Just tested my bike's air compressor and it does not power on in Accessory mode but it does while motor is running. Must be too much powahhh.

 

[joordan]

The power


Just tested my bike's air compressor and it does not power on in Accessory mode but it does while motor is running. Must be too much powahhh.

maybe different setting in your country. mine works when accessory is on. all outlet have lights on

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