bed outlet sucks (or is it just me).

[R6Tony]

Last month, I was at the track and I was trying to run two Chicken Hawk tire warmers. The power pulsed the whole time. They would never come up to temp because they weren't getting power consistantly. Is there a fix for this? Or is the truck just useless as a generator.

[DahakaJR]

i've ran drills and saws off mine no problem, even ran a hair dryer. never glitched once.

i had the truck idling though, not sure if that makes a difference.

[Sony]

The load was probably WAY too big for the bed outlet, it can only provide 400watts max. Heating elements normally pull a lot more then that.

[amp2oo1]

ya Dont those warmers for bike tires draw like 500-600W each? If you were running two at once, that is waaay to much for the bed outlet to handle.

[R6Tony]

Originally Posted by amp2oo1

ya Dont those warmers for bike tires draw like 500-600W each? If you were running two at once, that is waaay to much for the bed outlet to handle.

i have no idea how much they pull. but it sounds like that's the answer.

[amp2oo1]

http://street.parts-unlimited.com/49/101/4054475

Says here front is 550W, rear is 600W, so ya, thats way too much for the stock inverter.

There are some threads on here that show people putting in 1000W+ inverters in their trucks. That may be the ticket for you? Check the DIY sticky, I believe the thread(s) about higher wattage inverters are linked there

[ljh824]

I love mine. Here it is powering a laptop during new equipment training at Ft. Benning. We develop and build the Anti-Tank weapons for the Army and the laptop with briefing material was dead. Plugged it into the bed outlet and it ran great!!

[R6Tony]

Originally Posted by amp2oo1

http://street.parts-unlimited.com/49/101/4054475

Says here front is 550W, rear is 600W, so ya, thats way too much for the stock inverter.

There are some threads on here that show people putting in 1000W+ inverters in their trucks. That may be the ticket for you? Check the DIY sticky, I believe the thread(s) about higher wattage inverters are linked there

i was looking at them last night. but i think i'd just pick up a generator before i did that.

[toku58]

Originally Posted by amp2oo1

http://street.parts-unlimited.com/49/101/4054475

Says here front is 550W, rear is 600W, so ya, thats way too much for the stock inverter.

There are some threads on here that show people putting in 1000W+ inverters in their trucks. That may be the ticket for you? Check the DIY sticky, I believe the thread(s) about higher wattage inverters are linked there

Yeah! I was planning on replacing mine to a larger one!
Like these:

http://www.donrowe.com/inverters/xpower_1750.html

http://www.donrowe.com/inverters/vector_1200.html

[keezer36]

400W at idle 100W running. It's written on the flap you have to flip up when plugging something in.

Voltage X Amperage = Watts

Google "ohms wheel"

[rydr1]

Originally Posted by ljh824

I love mine. Here it is powering a laptop during new equipment training at Ft. Benning. We develop and build the Anti-Tank weapons for the Army and the laptop with briefing material was dead. Plugged it into the bed outlet and it ran great!!

can you show me how to us those .

[RTFM]

Originally Posted by ljh824

the Anti-Tank weapons for the Army

Can that be supplied in an "under bumper" or "roof rack" mount for the tacoma. Even without ammo, it should keep the road clear in front of you.

And just to stay on topic, the built in outlet is kinda useful, mostly not. Gotta remember to turn it back on everytime you stop the truck.

[rooster217]

Originally Posted by R6Tony

Last month, I was at the track and I was trying to run two Chicken Hawk tire warmers. The power pulsed the whole time. They would never come up to temp because they weren't getting power consistantly. Is there a fix for this? Or is the truck just useless as a generator.

ok, Im gonna go out on a limb here........What is a CHICKEN HAWK tire warmer???

[amp2oo1]

Originally Posted by rooster217

ok, Im gonna go out on a limb here........What is a CHICKEN HAWK tire warmer???

click the link I posted in post #6.

There is always google as well

[RONE]

Originally Posted by R6Tony

Last month, I was at the track and I was trying to run two Chicken Hawk tire warmers. The power pulsed the whole time. They would never come up to temp because they weren't getting power consistantly. Is there a fix for this? Or is the truck just useless as a generator.

Tire warmers pull too much power. A front and two rear warmers pull just under 1000watts, so a single front and rear pull in excess of the 400 watt max for the bed outlet.

You'll need to run a generator for the tire warmers. Alternatively you could run the rear warmer on high for about 40 minutes off the bed plug then unplug it (but leave the warmer around the tire) then run the front warmer for about 15 minutes on high. Most trackdays run their sessions on the hour so you could pretty easily get into a routine with alternating the front and rear warmers.