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Add Multiple Power Outlets to Your Car
Monday, April 13th, 2009 running time 13:37
Tired of not having enough power points in your car to keep your phone charged, your GPS on, and your DVD/monitor combo playing? Change all that by adding additional 12 volt power outlets to your car.
These days, with so many gadgets to keep powered and running, expanding on the number of power outlets in your car is a must! Most modern cars sport two or even three 12-volt outlets but if you drive something pre-21st century you're probably stuck with only one. So how do you convert that one into many?
One way is to use an adapter like this one here to turn one outlet into three. Simple, but not the most elegant solution especially if you want to locate an outlet somewhere other than near the front seats.
Alternatively you can purchase a single outlet and run the wires under the carpet to the back seats, trunk or elsewhere. Patrick prefers this method, as he runs additional leads out to the tailgate of his truck.
Of course, one thing to note is the capacity of your car's battery and alternator combo to keep up with the all the devices you're plugging in. You're pretty safe with small devices like GPS, cellphones, mp3 players but if you plan on using a power inverter, you want to calculate the total load to ensure you're not draining the battery even while the engine is on.
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" Yeah well. Spring break is busted battle which means redshirt season is here and if you're cruising in my mind there's an iPod GPS -- that somebody -- wouldn't power it everybody wants to keep -- cell phones topped off. And there's one lonely cigar lighter yeah. Car power accessory outlet buried deep in the dashboard. Decency of legislators will all the nice to see if you can pull up averages them on the card or other had a safely add more power it's -- scoop in this episode of systm. This episode system has brought you by Squarespace. Godaddy.com. And Netflix. Well the system -- Kevin Norton and I Roger Chang. Actually they're -- cigar lighter power outlet there is a great read on from the society of automotive engineers cigarettes -- power the occasional tool -- coffee maker -- power everything from iPods notebook sandwich makers a cell phones. Often simultaneously. Chances are you wish you had more than one. Power outlet in your passport or in the trunk if you don't feel like -- we can't quarter -- the -- works just begging to be ripped off added an additional power outlet or four is pretty easy once you figure out where you want to locate."
" Under the dash in the dash in the nifty plastic cover that goes over the hump you know in between the two front -- the console. Well there are automotive power outlets that are designed to be mounted just about anywhere."
" The trick is right there's some that are actually basically you drill -- hole like insider console and it slides in these screw it down or it got the ones that are basically just like an L clip that did -- somewhere. You have the space form. The trick is to make sure the have a good source of power and hooked up -- the proper size wire in a properly refused unless of course you can -- your card out which case don't. Tell anybody about system. Aren't so -- to avoid turning your -- to a smoldering insurers write off what do we need in terms of parks what's -- parks British actor has the classic global PC card power accessory outlet sells for seven bucks it is great it is solidly built it is -- it's got these gage -- on it and you can find them well that he RadioShack which means is about a billion places the bottom. Now the key to keep we need is gonna vary with the distance you're running. You've probably seen the recommended. Cable size by power distance table is a good -- over the twelve volt dot com and three -- by the camper it's across the length of wire or B power in watts across and like the wire if you don't remember you get want -- calculating -- times camps. For a five -- cigar socket you're talking sixty watts."
" Now eighteen gauge is enough for single -- it up to fifteen feet conservatives -- wiring multiple sockets at the -- together to calculate the total possible look. If you suck it doesn't come with refusing to pick up a fuse holder and many believe inland feels holder or to roughly about 269 it mean if sexy -- you know 12 -- need."
" If you're connecting this to an open spot on your fuse block. For your car that you probably don't need additional fuse holder on that. But if you don't have a few in this the power supply. -- just begging for trouble -- unity credible connectors in the right size for your gage wire that scripting tool he treaty to be something shrink it would it. And -- drill to make a whole for thread through lighter socket or to drill the holes for your lighter socket now we'll help bracket comes the lighter socket so. Let's take a moment thank one of our fabulous sponsors scored a space here to tell you more is our fabulous senator -- yeah."
" Hey everything of the editors this them and I'm here to tell you about Squarespace the smarter web publishing site -- take that seventy at. I don't -- Squarespace is a fully hosted environments which means that you don't have to worry about installing any code on any server. That combined with the great template design and gotten to take advantage of their fourteen day free trial. I was up and running within an hour and that includes the complete importing of my previous blog with their -- tools. And even better use the code system that's SY ST and to get 10% off the light of your order. So head on over to Squarespace dot com and you won't be disappointed."
" one of the first things you wanna do is decide where you're gonna pull the power right you people directly off the battery you could pull off the distribution block area one place for car stereo. If there's an auxiliary basically open he's area on this fuse block that powers your car. You can tap into one of the auxiliary of the few blogs it would really of the -- gives -- the -- Jesus thank you yes. It happened when the -- is. Don't like -- it would happen the wires and don't do the classic -- are rigged. Pull up the fuse sticking a wire jammed the fuses and because it's temporary except it's gonna last for a few years. Make sure you've got a good clean source of power and make sure you're not tapping into something you tell us you don't happen to the C controllers or anything like it just. Do yourself a favor fighting clean source of power. Wired -- also find good place to ground so we're behind you dashboard is probably a bunch of wire running into a bolt that's tied into the frame or the stealing your car basically look for the black wires running here basically bolted to the ground. It that a good place to ground is to be. See amounts basically the -- the vouchers seeds or if you have a specific grounding point that runs back to the battery your car stereo. -- Run the cable cut the cable you I can argue back and forth."
" Now my my suggestion was to run a little bit longer cable so you would have some play and then if you need to do when -- got everything mounted you could cool. I'll be exterior and you know and then just lined up with us. -- well."
" I think this way. -- And then run the cable I like to run the cable off the loop and then cut the cable and how long it's gonna be. You can cut the cable first is make chase would you enough -- especially if you're safe you know running under the carpet through your car into the trunk because. You know. It may be a Linear TV from like the battery block you know the the distribution block in the in the we call that thing the hood under the hood under the under the hood there's a trunk. --"
" All the cars Terry you know these whacked her husband are no longer my suggestion is to leave a little bit more at. Roger doesn't he's a -- out of the car I'm not particularly afraid that doesn't stupid or drive old cars but basically at some point you're gonna need to get the bright he."
" Connector for your wire into it you're gonna need to strip the wire encrypted on there you can't solder on top crimping if you're sort of a belt and suspenders and concrete kind of gal. But to be honest with you crimping is enough to hold. Your connection and a lot of cases in some cases. Soldering actually damages. Insulation in either case an extreme slightly over a piece of heat -- first before you permanently make that connection. Are."
" So -- got all wired up know so little weights you're glowing green that means there's twelve -- this fuse hasn't blown everything's good. Two things 100 -- the switch into this I want to be on when they engine. Ignition is off most people actually most cars -- set -- that it shuts off the -- optional battery down. Don't be able to run my computer off this without having to leave my engine running and I'm gonna put a switch -- in turn it off than a -- constantly -- my batteries. Because really these are gonna take more than two maybe 3456812. Weeks to drain my battery but I want to be able -- set it off in case anything that's. And just Syria and everything's run and put that in checking out. -- sandwich makers of the structure."
" So. Get reliable secure web hosting without the long term contract godaddy hosting plans are bigger and better than ever with -- I've is that up time free 24 sevenths support and no annual commitment. Keep -- personal information away from spammers hackers and your crazy ex roommate private domain registration from godaddy.com protects your privacy by keeping your address phone number and more out of the public database. Scored just out of course you do -- co exist five that's as well as five and check out you'll save an additional ten dollars off any order of forty dollars or more. Or restrictions do apply policing the site for details and get your piece the Internet particularly a dot com. If you use that code SYS five wouldn't do it you'll be helping us out to."
" It's working now how much power to a quick question for you how many outlets are you gonna put in your particular truck I'll probably put. Eventually put to in the back at least three in the front of them permanently wiring in my iPhone charger. If you think -- right you see like minivans these days where there's you know an Xbox or PS3 for the kids and they've got a pair of monitors on the back of the scenes where they needed that you look at it -- the minivans ICI five -- little children zoning out on video games. But it's it's actually can. At that part of the thing is. If it's low here if if it's items that that don't draw a lot efforts to little notebooks like one amp had a 120 volts to answer 120 -- for the charger. Which is like -- 10200 watts that's the whole Lotta energy if you're like. On the tailgating guy but the football game a couple under the blunders -- like 700 watts then things start to get interesting. Remember if you're running it -- it is a source that shuts off with the car horns solo switch that shuts off power of the burger when the voltage drops low enough. Because there's a bit more embarrassing than not being able to start your car as -- front of the car battery so. Certainly for people in the audience -- double childhood subwoofer that car battery -- being."
" Yes so I mean normally from some basic the rule of thumb is to start slow or or low with their devices repugnant and you know as you see kind of -- max out if you don't certainly want to just you know plug in the deep fryer. On it you know fried chicken's ready get get -- and yet know it."
" Then the the thing is right for certain devices you know it's a typical. You know there's typical device that's designed to be plugged into you know these these a court order receptacle or car power outlet. It's probably. On the way -- could be drawn like three or five apps. If you're certainty sorted jury rigged together at 3000 Wattenberg do not plugged that into. A cigar lighter socket. Do not basically do the math on the campers do the math on the voltage figure out how much you're drawing and make sure it's a safe mode before it connected."
" Study after a Netflix sponsored pick of the week this week. Well as the launching pad for David Hasselhoff career -- brighter. After your fatal shot the face Michael Long that's even -- off character has plastic surgery has given a new identity as Michael Knight. Cemetery -- at the chance to fight crab mentality flags latest creation of the Knight industries 2000. -- aid -- and automated artificially intelligent Pontiac Tran is that with a slew of high tech here. Action and adventure ensues kit and Michael set up to save went bad -- ratings for four seasons and -- what TV -- to spin offs and a sequel. Not recovered deep check out the other 90000 titles Netflix has to offer including Blu-ray titles I've told a book -- ratified anybody looking for with forty shipping centers almost all deliveries happen in a single business day shipping both ways. For free. Plans start at four dollars and 99 cents but as a system you or you can get a free trial by signing up today. -- David W dot netflix.com slash system please support system by supporting our sponsors. --"
" As well as -- place to go for views and opinions about the hottest movies videogames and comics this week -- and assets broke its new movie observer report and a couple huge relief is on the PS3 of the week which you could wire back your car. -- a Revision 3 com slash T our gas."
" Yeah well. Spring break is busted battle which means redshirt season is here and if you're cruising in my mind there's an iPod GPS -- that somebody -- wouldn't power it everybody wants to keep -- cell phones topped off. And there's one lonely cigar lighter yeah. Car power accessory outlet buried deep in the dashboard. Decency of legislators will all the nice to see if you can pull up averages them on the card or other had a safely add more power it's -- scoop in this episode of systm. This episode system has brought you by Squarespace. Godaddy.com. And Netflix. Well the system -- Kevin Norton and I Roger Chang. Actually they're -- cigar lighter power outlet there is a great read on from the society of automotive engineers cigarettes -- power the occasional tool -- coffee maker -- power everything from iPods notebook sandwich makers a cell phones. Often simultaneously. Chances are you wish you had more than one. Power outlet in your passport or in the trunk if you don't feel like -- we can't quarter -- the -- works just begging to be ripped off added an additional power outlet or four is pretty easy once you figure out where you want to locate."
" Under the dash in the dash in the nifty plastic cover that goes over the hump you know in between the two front -- the console. Well there are automotive power outlets that are designed to be mounted just about anywhere."
" The trick is right there's some that are actually basically you drill -- hole like insider console and it slides in these screw it down or it got the ones that are basically just like an L clip that did -- somewhere. You have the space form. The trick is to make sure the have a good source of power and hooked up -- the proper size wire in a properly refused unless of course you can -- your card out which case don't. Tell anybody about system. Aren't so -- to avoid turning your -- to a smoldering insurers write off what do we need in terms of parks what's -- parks British actor has the classic global PC card power accessory outlet sells for seven bucks it is great it is solidly built it is -- it's got these gage -- on it and you can find them well that he RadioShack which means is about a billion places the bottom. Now the key to keep we need is gonna vary with the distance you're running. You've probably seen the recommended. Cable size by power distance table is a good -- over the twelve volt dot com and three -- by the camper it's across the length of wire or B power in watts across and like the wire if you don't remember you get want -- calculating -- times camps. For a five -- cigar socket you're talking sixty watts."
" Now eighteen gauge is enough for single -- it up to fifteen feet conservatives -- wiring multiple sockets at the -- together to calculate the total possible look. If you suck it doesn't come with refusing to pick up a fuse holder and many believe inland feels holder or to roughly about 269 it mean if sexy -- you know 12 -- need."
" If you're connecting this to an open spot on your fuse block. For your car that you probably don't need additional fuse holder on that. But if you don't have a few in this the power supply. -- just begging for trouble -- unity credible connectors in the right size for your gage wire that scripting tool he treaty to be something shrink it would it. And -- drill to make a whole for thread through lighter socket or to drill the holes for your lighter socket now we'll help bracket comes the lighter socket so. Let's take a moment thank one of our fabulous sponsors scored a space here to tell you more is our fabulous senator -- yeah."
" Hey everything of the editors this them and I'm here to tell you about Squarespace the smarter web publishing site -- take that seventy at. I don't -- Squarespace is a fully hosted environments which means that you don't have to worry about installing any code on any server. That combined with the great template design and gotten to take advantage of their fourteen day free trial. I was up and running within an hour and that includes the complete importing of my previous blog with their -- tools. And even better use the code system that's SY ST and to get 10% off the light of your order. So head on over to Squarespace dot com and you won't be disappointed."
" one of the first things you wanna do is decide where you're gonna pull the power right you people directly off the battery you could pull off the distribution block area one place for car stereo. If there's an auxiliary basically open he's area on this fuse block that powers your car. You can tap into one of the auxiliary of the few blogs it would really of the -- gives -- the -- Jesus thank you yes. It happened when the -- is. Don't like -- it would happen the wires and don't do the classic -- are rigged. Pull up the fuse sticking a wire jammed the fuses and because it's temporary except it's gonna last for a few years. Make sure you've got a good clean source of power and make sure you're not tapping into something you tell us you don't happen to the C controllers or anything like it just. Do yourself a favor fighting clean source of power. Wired -- also find good place to ground so we're behind you dashboard is probably a bunch of wire running into a bolt that's tied into the frame or the stealing your car basically look for the black wires running here basically bolted to the ground. It that a good place to ground is to be. See amounts basically the -- the vouchers seeds or if you have a specific grounding point that runs back to the battery your car stereo. -- Run the cable cut the cable you I can argue back and forth."
" Now my my suggestion was to run a little bit longer cable so you would have some play and then if you need to do when -- got everything mounted you could cool. I'll be exterior and you know and then just lined up with us. -- well."
" I think this way. -- And then run the cable I like to run the cable off the loop and then cut the cable and how long it's gonna be. You can cut the cable first is make chase would you enough -- especially if you're safe you know running under the carpet through your car into the trunk because. You know. It may be a Linear TV from like the battery block you know the the distribution block in the in the we call that thing the hood under the hood under the under the hood there's a trunk. --"
" All the cars Terry you know these whacked her husband are no longer my suggestion is to leave a little bit more at. Roger doesn't he's a -- out of the car I'm not particularly afraid that doesn't stupid or drive old cars but basically at some point you're gonna need to get the bright he."
" Connector for your wire into it you're gonna need to strip the wire encrypted on there you can't solder on top crimping if you're sort of a belt and suspenders and concrete kind of gal. But to be honest with you crimping is enough to hold. Your connection and a lot of cases in some cases. Soldering actually damages. Insulation in either case an extreme slightly over a piece of heat -- first before you permanently make that connection. Are."
" So -- got all wired up know so little weights you're glowing green that means there's twelve -- this fuse hasn't blown everything's good. Two things 100 -- the switch into this I want to be on when they engine. Ignition is off most people actually most cars -- set -- that it shuts off the -- optional battery down. Don't be able to run my computer off this without having to leave my engine running and I'm gonna put a switch -- in turn it off than a -- constantly -- my batteries. Because really these are gonna take more than two maybe 3456812. Weeks to drain my battery but I want to be able -- set it off in case anything that's. And just Syria and everything's run and put that in checking out. -- sandwich makers of the structure."
" So. Get reliable secure web hosting without the long term contract godaddy hosting plans are bigger and better than ever with -- I've is that up time free 24 sevenths support and no annual commitment. Keep -- personal information away from spammers hackers and your crazy ex roommate private domain registration from godaddy.com protects your privacy by keeping your address phone number and more out of the public database. Scored just out of course you do -- co exist five that's as well as five and check out you'll save an additional ten dollars off any order of forty dollars or more. Or restrictions do apply policing the site for details and get your piece the Internet particularly a dot com. If you use that code SYS five wouldn't do it you'll be helping us out to."
" It's working now how much power to a quick question for you how many outlets are you gonna put in your particular truck I'll probably put. Eventually put to in the back at least three in the front of them permanently wiring in my iPhone charger. If you think -- right you see like minivans these days where there's you know an Xbox or PS3 for the kids and they've got a pair of monitors on the back of the scenes where they needed that you look at it -- the minivans ICI five -- little children zoning out on video games. But it's it's actually can. At that part of the thing is. If it's low here if if it's items that that don't draw a lot efforts to little notebooks like one amp had a 120 volts to answer 120 -- for the charger. Which is like -- 10200 watts that's the whole Lotta energy if you're like. On the tailgating guy but the football game a couple under the blunders -- like 700 watts then things start to get interesting. Remember if you're running it -- it is a source that shuts off with the car horns solo switch that shuts off power of the burger when the voltage drops low enough. Because there's a bit more embarrassing than not being able to start your car as -- front of the car battery so. Certainly for people in the audience -- double childhood subwoofer that car battery -- being."
" Yes so I mean normally from some basic the rule of thumb is to start slow or or low with their devices repugnant and you know as you see kind of -- max out if you don't certainly want to just you know plug in the deep fryer. On it you know fried chicken's ready get get -- and yet know it."
" Then the the thing is right for certain devices you know it's a typical. You know there's typical device that's designed to be plugged into you know these these a court order receptacle or car power outlet. It's probably. On the way -- could be drawn like three or five apps. If you're certainty sorted jury rigged together at 3000 Wattenberg do not plugged that into. A cigar lighter socket. Do not basically do the math on the campers do the math on the voltage figure out how much you're drawing and make sure it's a safe mode before it connected."
" Study after a Netflix sponsored pick of the week this week. Well as the launching pad for David Hasselhoff career -- brighter. After your fatal shot the face Michael Long that's even -- off character has plastic surgery has given a new identity as Michael Knight. Cemetery -- at the chance to fight crab mentality flags latest creation of the Knight industries 2000. -- aid -- and automated artificially intelligent Pontiac Tran is that with a slew of high tech here. Action and adventure ensues kit and Michael set up to save went bad -- ratings for four seasons and -- what TV -- to spin offs and a sequel. Not recovered deep check out the other 90000 titles Netflix has to offer including Blu-ray titles I've told a book -- ratified anybody looking for with forty shipping centers almost all deliveries happen in a single business day shipping both ways. For free. Plans start at four dollars and 99 cents but as a system you or you can get a free trial by signing up today. -- David W dot netflix.com slash system please support system by supporting our sponsors. --"
" As well as -- place to go for views and opinions about the hottest movies videogames and comics this week -- and assets broke its new movie observer report and a couple huge relief is on the PS3 of the week which you could wire back your car. -- a Revision 3 com slash T our gas."
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Started discussion: April 13, 2009 @ 4:50pm GMT
Episode 99 - Add Multiple Power Outlets to Your Car [discussion]
Tired of not having enough power points in your car to keep your phone charged, your GPS on, and your DVD/monitor combo playing? Change all that by adding additional 12 volt power outlets to your car.
Watch and/or download here.
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Now THIS is what I would call a spot-on Systm episode, enhancing something you use through DIY without having to pay lots of money for someone else to do it, with helpful and important info on using the right size wire, where to tap the power from, along with fusing and switching the outlet(s) to save yourself from a fire or the battery draining below the point of no return.
Just a shame this episode is absolutely no use to me, got no car :D
Systm has touched on the use of 12v batteries before with episode 57, DIY portable power pack using a 12v sealed lead acid battery, and also mentioned about the voltage not going too low. The LVDs (Low Voltage Disconnect) devices I've searched for have mostly been quite expensive, perhaps it's time someone like David Calkins did an episode on making your own LVD, using a PIC or PICAXE (probably easier for the end user considering the ease of programming one) it should be fairly easily done.
BTW, I really really hope episode 100 is something to look forward to, any hints? :)
MMgunner
last year
It would be nice to see a little bit more on the actually doing it. Fabricating your own bracket for the socket and having a switch and led indicate built into the faceplate. Something else they could do in the future is built your own distributor block/fuse box to power every thing off of. Overall if we get one click and wait episode for every solder/diy episode, as long as the diy episodes dont feel too rushed or thrown together i for one would be very happy.
fishtoprecords
last year
No mention of the joys of working under the dash. First, you have to put your feet in the air, butt on the seat (the wrong way) shoulder on the floor, and reach up. Then you get a cramp, and then you don't have the tool you need.
Then all the blood flows to your head.
Then all the blood flows to your head.
Deleted User
last year
Problems with large and small .mp4 on iPod/iPhones
There is a problem with the large and small .mp4 files playing on iPods and iPhones. We're working on fixing them.Sorry for the inconvenience.
-chuckles-
Deleted User
last year
iPod/iPhone issues - Fixed
In reply to chuckles:
There is a problem with the large and small .mp4 files playing on iPods and iPhones. We're working on fixing them.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
-chuckles-
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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The problem files have been replaced.
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Revision3Fan
last year
Voltmeter/ammeter
Wouldn't a voltmeter or an ammeter be a good thing to install in addition to the other items on this episode?Zagroseckt
last year
Content vs Advertising
I love system but the last few shows have gone from nice and interesting to repeating yourselvs over and over and over not showing the procedure and every time you start to get what your saying you start spouting out the wonders of godaddy ... Come on folks theres such a thing as TO much. it's going from hay get this great neet info about modding and this is how ya do it to. Hay check this out (neet item) buy go daddy. did ya know this neet item can do this (buy go daddy) ... Frankly it's getting to the point if i WANTED a web service i'd avoid GODADDY! like the plage Simply becos it RUINS MY FAV SHOW!Basickly (GodaddY) your talking to us in br(Godaddy)ken bi{get godaddy}ts of information (dont forget Godaddy) and its getting anoy(hay look at me godaddy)ng.
oh ya dont gorget the NETFLIX!
CHILL OUT ON THE SPOUT. You've Surpassed the product placement and gone into stupidity.
computoman
last year
If you have that many toys, why not get a second battery and charger. Seems safer.




