Yep, I just saw the in bed outlet and wondered if I can plug and charge. That's why I asked the Q. I just thought if I was out in the Netherlands somewhere it would be convenient. Thanks for understanding....I didn't want to over analyze it...if it was a no go that would ok too.
That's why I ask questions first and follow up with research. Much better than plugging into it then ask, "Now what?"
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Older vehicles have cigarette lighter sockets, newer vehicles have 12-volt accessory power supply sockets and are in many cases installed inside an arm rest, especially is the vehicle does not have an installed ashtray and I would say that is the defining feature; Ashtray equals cigarette lighter socket, No ashtray equals accessory socket.
I would first contact Toyota customer service and ask about the power coming out of the 120V outlet. Is it a clean sine wave compatible with electronics. How many amps continuous can it provide? Next I would look over the changer you are using and see if there is any specs on it re: amps in and amps out. If not, you can contact DJI customer support. Some of those folks are pretty good. From there you should be able to get a pretty good idea of how well it will work out. The only other thing left is some math and a bit of a swag to understand if your truck battery will provide a full charge and have enough charge left to start the truck. It should.
I do not know the Amp/Hour Rating of your battery… So, I believe your truck battery can provide 120 volts at 400 watts for about 6-hours so make sure you do not run any accessories too long or you may not have enough power left to start your engine to recharge the battery… When I retired back in 2000, we RV'd around the country and bought a 300 watt inverter to power the laptop while we were driving. Back then, our laptop battery only lasted about 4-hours… With the inverter we could run the laptop all day… Our GPS was a add on accessory that attached to the laptop and we ran Microsoft Maps that gave us the GPS Mapping. Oh, how things have changed.
To me, that's just another good reason to use an external inverter. The good ones will sense the vehicle battery voltage and shut itself down before the voltage gets too low to start the vehicle.
The AC battery charger (which is an AC to DC converter) for the A2s accepts anywhere between 100 - 240V, 50 - 60 HZ. See attached picture.Wow this got crazy fast, I have used inverters a lot square wave. Sine wave never bought one or tried one. The inverter has never messed up anything, tube televisions would have bars going through the screen and a buzz in the audio, same as older audio items.GrayHornet
The items you plug into the wall for this, I call them power supply's not chargers.
They are now switching power supplies. If the AC voltage is not between 108 and 135 they don't use it.
A cigarette lighter adapter would always be handy!
In the past the imports would not supply power to the cig lighter if the key is off.
I have two 250 ford trucks. The cig lighters stay powered up all the time. The USB connection dies after about 5 mins. Which really messes with your head.
If I'm wrong on this post, please let me know I made this from my memory.
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I have a 120V outlet in my 2009 VW Jetta. I use it to charge my camera and other types of batteries all the time. 120V at 400W means you have over 3 Amps. The A2s battery charger uses 1.3A input. So that's well within the limits. No issues there These chargers output pure DC so not having a pure sine wave input isn't an issue. Bottom line, it's perfectly fine to charge your A2s batteries using that 120V outlet (as long as you're driving. I wouldn't do try it without having the truck running since it would probably run the battery down very fast. But as you said, the outlet doesn't work when the truck isn't.). As I said before, I picked up a 12V style charger but I use it in my RV and when I'm off grid I don't have AC power. Everything runs off my 400AH of Lithium batteries which I recharge using 400W of solar.
