Folks, having just returned from our yearly trip to visit my ailing mother, with three adult children, 2 large dogs, my wife and myself in the 1990 GMC Suburban (now with 332000 miles), the need for more electrical accessory power is definitely felt.
With portable DVD players, Laptop computers, MP3 players and cell phones, the one lone cigarette lighter adapter has serious limitations. I tried using a multiple female cigarette lighter thingy that plugged into the cigarette lighter, but the kids in the back of the car had a hard time getting juice to power their devices.
I used a 60 watt little power inverter from Harbor Freight, which worked very well, but just didn't put out enough juice to power everyone's electronic devices.
I am thinking of purchasing a larger inverter, but I am not sure how to wire it in.
Ideally, I think if I attached at least one more female cigarette lighter to the rear of the center console, and if I could provide a power strip or several 110 outlets also at the rear of the center console, that would be a great solution.
Has anyone else done this, and what has your experience been? How do you wire things in? Some things I'm concerned about with a larger, permanently wired power inverter is that someone would turn it on and after the car was shut off it would run down the battery.
Any suggestions, help and advice are greatly appreciated, thanks so much in advance!
With portable DVD players, Laptop computers, MP3 players and cell phones, the one lone cigarette lighter adapter has serious limitations. I tried using a multiple female cigarette lighter thingy that plugged into the cigarette lighter, but the kids in the back of the car had a hard time getting juice to power their devices.
I used a 60 watt little power inverter from Harbor Freight, which worked very well, but just didn't put out enough juice to power everyone's electronic devices.
I am thinking of purchasing a larger inverter, but I am not sure how to wire it in.
Ideally, I think if I attached at least one more female cigarette lighter to the rear of the center console, and if I could provide a power strip or several 110 outlets also at the rear of the center console, that would be a great solution.
Has anyone else done this, and what has your experience been? How do you wire things in? Some things I'm concerned about with a larger, permanently wired power inverter is that someone would turn it on and after the car was shut off it would run down the battery.
Any suggestions, help and advice are greatly appreciated, thanks so much in advance!