The larger vehicles like the Ascent especially the new ones with lots of parasitic power draws. I wouldn’t even bother. If you have a need for a fridge or some other powered device I would just build a power box that gets strapped down in the back and maybe a 12v socket feed from the rear socket to a charge controller to top up the box when your driving.
My Toyota Sequoia has needed me to jump it many times after as little as 20-25 minutes sitting with the key left on powering who knows what systems killing a prefectly good battery pretty fast. The Ascent and it’s light weight battery, shish no way.
My Toyota Sequoia has needed me to jump it many times after as little as 20-25 minutes sitting with the key left on powering who knows what systems killing a prefectly good battery pretty fast. The Ascent and it’s light weight battery, shish no way.
I checked today there is no specific relay for the power outlets
I wanted to power my rear dimmable LED strip anytime, say if I was car camping or had the rear hatch open for longer than 30mins. Looks like I’ll just tap into the cargo light power.
If I were to run any wires I’d just go big (2GA and branch it out in the back with a Bluesea 6 circuit) but won’t be running a fridge after all.
I bought a CTEK DS250 smart charger for the Subaru and was planning on sticking a lithium 50ah house battery in the storage area and a flexible solar panel on the roof but just don’t drive it often enough to justify having a 12v fridge running 24/7.
That’s another reason going to the portable power box with solar or 12v socket power as a charge source. Easy to pop out and use at home or other car etc with no complicated hack jobs on the car.
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