115 v AC outlet

[hammy56]

The outlet on my dash will run a hair dryer, but when we tried to use a water kettle when camping, it won't run it.
The truck was running...

The orange light comes on, then goes off.

Any ideas on this?

Thanks.

 

[Ricks Ram]

It's most likley because it's trying to pull to many watts. These inverters will shut down automatically if whatever you plug in is something that's going to pull to much power. They are only good to 150 watts. They are actually pretty small and mount to the bottom of the passenger seat. The total wattage needed for the kettle to operate should be stamped somewhere on it. You might want to check and see what it is. They work nicely to run small things and laptops but aren't really desighned to run larger things. I keep an actual 600 watt portable inverter under my back seat that I can just connect to my battery if needed in case I need more power than my factory inverter can put out.

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[hammy56]

It's most likley because it's trying to pull to many watts. These inverters will shut down automatically if whatever you plug in is something that's going to pull to much power. They are only good to 150 watts. They are actually pretty small and mount to the bottom of the passenger seat. The total wattage needed for the kettle to operate should be stamped somewhere on it. You might want to check and see what it is. They work nicely to run small things and laptops but aren't really desighned to run larger things. I keep an actual 600 watt portable inverter under my back seat that I can just connect to my battery if needed in case I need more power than my factory inverter can put out.

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Thats what I figured...thanks.

 

[McBroom]

The 2020 model has 3 outlets. A 400 watt inverter. My question is does anyone make a higher wattage inverter?? Thats plug n play?

Blue Mule

 

[crash68]

The 2020 model has 3 outlets. A 400 watt inverter. My question is does anyone make a higher wattage inverter?? Thats plug n play?

I doubt you'll find anything considerably higher that would be Plug-N-Play, it takes somewhere in the order of 40 amps for a 400 watt inverter. The wiring feeding the inverter would have to up-sized to handle the current draw.
I'm sure you could retrofit in something larger