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Part #: VEC053C
Many times I needed to have normal power out on the trail, camping, working in the backyard, or even at the house when the power has gone out. I used to carry around a small 400watt power inverter that I just plugged into the lighter outlet and then plugged in whatever I needed to. A few times I needed more power than the small inverter was capable of. I wanted to be more than capable of running things when I was out camping, or on the trails. It is amazing what some people have in their Jeeps so having a power inverter can be really nice, expecially to power the halogen work lights when you are broke down on the trail in the middle of the night. Besides all the advantages of trail repairs, sitting around the campsite watching TV and popping popcorn all provided from your power inverter can be really nice. I have seen a few installation where people have disassembled the power inverter, stuffed it up behind the steering column, behind the glove box, under seats and ran the outlets and power switch to the front console. I didn't want to do this since I would mostly be using the power inverter for people in the back seats or items placed on top of the Tuffy box in the back. I would run a outlet in the front and have it actually plugged into the power inverter in the back. That way if I ever needed to use all 3 plugs in the back I could just unplug the front connection and be done. I don't know if I will modify the case to run an additional switch up to the front console to allow me to remotely start that power inverter in the back. This would be convient, since I currently have to open up the back to switch it on. I picked up a Vector 1200 watt power inverter on sale at PEP Boys. I did think about the big 3000 watt power inverters but didn’t figure I would ever need that much power, I’ll borrow my brother-in-law’s little Honda generator.
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