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Curious if anyone has the 110 plug for the flex bed? Wondered what people’s experience has been with it? Is it really only about 400 watts?
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Yes. I've plugged in something once just to make sure it works. Since it's a cheap modified sine wave inverter, it won't charge many electronics, including my portable battery. For me, it's practically useless.
Yeah, it is 400W due to the laws of physics/ Ohms Law, etc... Converting from ~12-15V DC in the battery and/or alternator to ~120V AC means the amperage on the ~12-15V DC is going to be 10 times what the amperage is on the ~120V AC side. Severely limits the wattage available on the ~120V AC side due to that.
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Thanks for saving me spending $180 just to find out we can’t even make a cup of coffee with it at the camping/kayaking veterans fundraiser we are going to in a couple of weeks.
I wonder if there is an inverter we can get for the truck that will let us do anything truly useful..
I've used it to charge Ryobi batteries. That's pretty much it.
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You can get an inverter to make coffee. You need something pretty serious though, and it will need to go right to the battery.
Are you willing to hook it directly to the battery under the hood and have the truck running while you use it? This is a build for a hybrid, meant to connect to the back seat battery, but would work for your Ecoboost on the battery under the hood.
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/2000-watt-removable-inverter-installation.44646/
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Mine has one. Never used it. Definitely wont run a coffee maker with only 400 watts though.
How is the sine wave on the inverter? Im sure its not a pure wave, but just how "noisy" is it? That will play a huge roll in whether its actually useful or not.
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If you look at the wires going to the outlet, they are very small, maybe 16-18 guage???
That was one clue that the outlet has very limited capacity. At 3.3 amps, I use it for charging Li batteries for power tools but only in a pinch. Or you could use it to power work lights but you need to leave the engine running or you risk running down the already undersized battery.
Conclusion: mostly useless. Of all the things Ford could have deleted, this is one I wouldn't miss.
That was one clue that the outlet has very limited capacity. At 3.3 amps, I use it for charging Li batteries for power tools but only in a pinch. Or you could use it to power work lights but you need to leave the engine running or you risk running down the already undersized battery.
Conclusion: mostly useless. Of all the things Ford could have deleted, this is one I wouldn't miss.
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Not worth building something into the truck, in my opinion. My Delta 2 portable battery will run anything up to 1800w and has a 1 kwh capacity. Plenty of other options. Refurbished, it can be had for about $450 these days. It'll run just about everything.
The Delta 2 I talked about above doesn't like it. I think the power is fairly "dirty".
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Thanks for the information
i did look at the wires and I did the math and thought to myself what a waste of accessory $$ this would be for us
Great heads up about the battery size. A lot of people might think it’s a truck battery but doubt that the amp hours are truck size
Check this out all but these posts have been removed.
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/inverter-weirdnes.17648/
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I use my tailgate for a workbench quite often. I have spray on bed liner and a bed mat on top of that so the tailgate is well protected.
I've used the 400W outlet a few times.
Soldering iron. Charging 18v power packs, stuff like that.
What I'm planning to do. And I have tested it and it works--- use it to recharge BEV devices like E-bikes and Scooters. Mine have LiPO batteries and specialized chargers that run from household current. With e-bikes in the bed, I can recharge them while driving for example.
I've used the 400W outlet a few times.
Soldering iron. Charging 18v power packs, stuff like that.
What I'm planning to do. And I have tested it and it works--- use it to recharge BEV devices like E-bikes and Scooters. Mine have LiPO batteries and specialized chargers that run from household current. With e-bikes in the bed, I can recharge them while driving for example.
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