120 Volt outlet What does everyone use that for?

poconojoe · February 17, 2020

My new 2019 Silverado LD came with the 120 Volt receptacle. If I recall correctly, it's limited to 15 Amps. Anyway, I've always thought that was a cool idea. But now that I have it, I can't think of anything I would want to plug in there.

What do all of you use it for?

Ryno12 · February 17, 2020

It’s actually limited to 400 watts. Can’t power much off of it. Can charge a laptop & such but not much more.

draperfish · February 17, 2020

I charge my Ipad, laptop, or digital instruments I use for work. I love having it, also sometimes use it to charge my iphone with the ipad charging block since it charges faster than the built-in wireless phone charger.

poconojoe · February 17, 2020

Oh, 400 watts, that's not much!

The 110V charging block charges faster...didn't know that. Good to know.

I can see using it for a laptop.

Edited February 17, 2020 by poconojoe

BCMoto · February 17, 2020

Ive used it for charging phones and things but i also use it to air up the air matress

cjlet · February 17, 2020

I’ve used it to charge batteries for my cordless drills, works perfectly.

poconojoe · February 17, 2020

Thomcat · February 18, 2020

Use it to power off road lamps on the sports bar and/or LED strip mounted on licesne plate frame. Has more than enough power for a 40W 12v power supply for a 40" LED light strip.

Instead of paying GM $1000. for custom OEM lighting for the sports bar....$50 bucks for identical knock offs on Ebay and $10 for a 120v powered 12v transformer gets you there. No complex wiring ,no fuse, no relay, no wiring harness, no tapping into the fuse block or dash mounted switch necessary. Plug in transformer, run wiring to the lights, and use the existing lighted 1/0 outlet dash power switch to power the off road lights.

Need the outlet for something else simply unplug the transformer or install a multi tap outlet and plug in a utility light, etc.

poconojoe · February 18, 2020

dieselfan1 · February 18, 2020

49 minutes ago, cjlet said:

I’ve used it to charge batteries for my cordless drills, works perfectly.

Exactly. I've done that a bunch of times.

A trip I took to Illinois last summer about 6 hour drive I used mine to power a small crock pot. I made a small beef roast and some taters with onions and carrots for lunch.

After about 2 hrs I couldn't take it no more it smelled so good. I stopped and bought a extension cord and ran it out the back window and put in the back of the truck in a box.

When I got to IL I chowed it down. Better than McDonald's any day

dieselfan1 · February 18, 2020

26 minutes ago, Thomcat said:

Use it to power off road lamps on the sports bar and/or LED strip mounted on licesne plate frame. Has more than enough power for a 40W 12v power supply for a 40" LED light strip.

Instead of paying GM $1000. for custom OEM lighting for the sports bar....$50 bucks for identical knock offs on Ebay and $10 for a 120v powered 12v transformer gets you there. No complex wiring ,no fuse, no relay, no wiring harness, no tapping into the fuse block or dash mounted switch necessary. Plug in transformer, run wiring to the lights, and use the existing lighted 1/0 outlet dash power switch to power the off road lights.

Need the outlet for something else simply unplug the transformer or install a multi tap outlet and plug in a utility light, etc.

Now that's a good idea,

gone_fishing · February 18, 2020

I used it to keep a CrockPot running one time. Could only set to the warm setting. Any higher would trip the breaker.

dieselfan1 · February 18, 2020

You need one of the small ones. They only draw 100 watts.

TXGREEK · February 18, 2020

Use it to power off road lamps on the sports bar and/or LED strip mounted on licesne plate frame. Has more than enough power for a 40W 12v power supply for a 40" LED light strip.

Instead of paying GM $1000. for custom OEM lighting for the sports bar....$50 bucks for identical knock offs on Ebay and $10 for a 120v powered 12v transformer gets you there. No complex wiring ,no fuse, no relay, no wiring harness, no tapping into the fuse block or dash mounted switch necessary. Plug in transformer, run wiring to the lights, and use the existing lighted 1/0 outlet dash power switch to power the off road lights.
Need the outlet for something else simply unplug the transformer or install a multi tap outlet and plug in a utility light, etc.

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poconojoe · February 18, 2020

46 minutes ago, dieselfan1 said:

Exactly. I've done that a bunch of times.

A trip I took to Illinois last summer about 6 hour drive I used mine to power a small crock pot. I made a small beef roast and some taters with onions and carrots for lunch.

After about 2 hrs I couldn't take it no more it smelled so good. I stopped and bought a extension cord and ran it out the back window and put in the back of the truck in a box.

When I got to IL I chowed it down. Better than McDonald's any day

That's an amazing idea! Yummy!