Other than a light bulb what could you power w/100 watts?
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prwillard2
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According to this website Power Consumption of Typical Household Appliances - https://www.daftlogic.com/information-appliance-power-consumption.htm
You could use a 49" LED TV
The wife's hair straightener... Not so much
Use it to charge the Jackery I guess.
IIRC, it won't work for the Jackery. It won't charge my GZ either even with a 60W output adapter. The power brick adapters seem to draw 140+ watts so they're over the capacity of the stock inverter.
Most of us have installed some 12V output in the rear to charge.
Yeah, I might eventually do that. Right now I have an AC to 4 USB device plugged into it, currently only powering my rear dash cam.
I charge computers and cameras. And I recharge the backup battery I have that in turn can charge my MacBook Pro and camera. And if I need to plug in LED lighting I will use it. Though it would be more convenient to have USB outlets in the 3rd row area. For that matter it would be nice to have them in the 2nd row area! (I use a 2-USB adapter off of the accessory plug; but still. It reminds me of old hotels that have one outlet for the whole room.)
greynolds
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It's pretty easy to get power from the battery, through the firewall, and to the back of the center console and there's space to install USB power outlets there. The only trick, really, is if you want the outlets to be switched by the ignition.
CharlieS
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I may be an outlier, but I prefer to not have the rear power switched to the ignition, so I can do things like charge phones, camera batteries, use the lights, whatever, when the vehicle is off (like when we’re camping). It’s easy enough to run power through a relay, but I prefer not to.
afgman786
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So turned the 200 on today after I want to say 2 weeks or so? And the amount of white smoke that started billowing out the exhaust almost made me have a baby. Thankfully it went away after maybe 5seconds. Thoughts on what this could be?
It was heavy white smoke for the first 5sec or so similar to a blown head gasket upon start up then looked like light smoke you'd get from condensation.
I'm hoping the pcv I've been meaning to replace is the cause.
It was heavy white smoke for the first 5sec or so similar to a blown head gasket upon start up then looked like light smoke you'd get from condensation.
I'm hoping the pcv I've been meaning to replace is the cause.
I do that as well.
I have my rear outlet panel powered by my SwitchPros which has a couple benefits
- Defaults to ignition switch
- Override on via switch panel or BT in phone app
- Protects via low voltage cutoff (LVD) so accessories can't fully drain battery
greynolds
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I don’t have my rear outlets switched by the ignition either, but the need for it depends on the application. For powering a fridge, I would want to be able to have power all the time. But if I were powering something like a mobile router, I wouldn‘t want that to stay on all the time.
Hello all, I noticed that the button that activates the front camera to the right of the steering wheel doesn't always respond and load the front camera. Today I noticed it would activate only on Park, but not in drive. Pressing it multiple times while moving at 1-2 mph did nothing. I recall it does work and is handy when maneuvering in tight spaces like a gas station...Has anyone had this or similar issue?
CharlieS
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As I recall there is a setting to enable it for low speed maneuvering. Some find that feature super annoying. The front and side cameras also function when crawl control is on.
greynolds
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Once you have the camera view up, there's an "auto" checkbox that can be selected so that it automatically displays when you're below ~10mph. I agree that the feature is super annoying because it switches views every time you slowly approach a traffic light, stop sign, or have to stop in stop & go traffic. I tried the feature for about 1 errand and turned it right back off when I first got the LC. But pressing the View button when you're under ~10mph should manually bring the view up and works fine on my '20.
Hey, I have searched around the site bit for this question so this is to clarify. When I push my brakes I sometimes hear a pump run for a few seconds. I assume this is the brake booster based on my research. Is this normal operation for to be running so frequently (every 2-3 brakes and when depressing the brake at start) or is this abnormal. I don't notice any other "squish" sound or any braking issues otherwise.
Normal. Electronic brake booster.
At start up I've been pressing the start button 2 times then hit the brake pedal then pressing the start button again to start the engine . OCD? There is a lot going on when you hit that button.
Exactly the same lot of stuff happens when you put you foot on the brake and press 'start' once.
Why
afgman786
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Because race car of course. Gotta flick all the electronics on before cranking the engine
