Sharkey

This forum is amazing. Just purchased an '09 auto rubi 4 door. I've been reading at least six pages of posts per night trying to absorb some of the amazing knowledge present in this forum. You guys rock (pun intended).

Anyway, I'm thinking of wiring an extra 12 volt outlet into the thick angled inside portion of the rear swing gate. I think I can fit one just above the plastic vent and run the wires through the existing third brake light harness/door retention strap. Anyone tried something like this? I don't have a lot of experience with electrical stuff. Can I run it straight to the battery? If I do so will it constantly drain power or will it only drain when an accessory is plugged in?

Thanks for the help and again...amazing forum!

spartan99

I've been wanting to do this as well. I'm sure you can find something in a 4x4 rag or on line.

Sharkey

I know Tuffy makes a good plug and I've seen some others at the local auto store. I will probably give it a shot soon and post some pictures.

eDiveBuddy

Yes you can and no it should not drain the battery. You could always wire it so it only gets power when the ignition is on.

Sharkey

Thanks. I thought about doing that or perhaps wiring it to a toggle or rocker so I could choose when I want it to be hot. I've got young kids that like to stuff things where they don't belong. The only problem with tying to the ignition is I may want the plug hot when I don't want the keys in the JK (like to run a cooler to keep food and drinks cold while I'm riding my quad.)

JKJeeeep

Pluggin in a cooler is great just don't forget to start er up everyonce in awhile. I made the mistake once, forgot I had the cooler running and came back to a dead battery.

ResQGrnRubi

get an Odyssey PC-1500DT, it won't drain quite as fast, it's a superior battery and you can run it down and recharge it 400 times.
Mine was 3 months old in my TJ when I traded it on my JK, and the dealer looked at me like I was nuts when I said I wanted it transferred to the rubi, and they could have the rubi's battery for the TJ.

gfe jeep

You may want to google power inverters to see what is out there. They provide low to high watts depending on what you want to run. Some new ones also come with USB ports to charge ipods etc. Seems safer to get one of these then to have the outlet separate from the inverter. They make one that plugs into your dc power outlet also.

JIMBOX

Whether or not you install it inside /outside, you should get the pwr socket with the included seal cover (radio shack)

Ground to body, close to the install point then you can run the (red) wire, to the Battery-forget ignition

Put an inline 10 amp fuse, close to the battery ( Kragen,Peps,carquest)

The 10 amp, inline fuse is almost redundant, becaus all pwr outlets PLUGS have a 5/10 amp fuse inside, but better safe than sorry

Good luck

JIMBO

VictorS

You might consider mounting the 12V outlet on the rear subwoofer box casing. It's pretty much empty in there. That way your dont have to run wires to the tailgate and you might avoid a pinched wire down the road.