Installing a 125v plug (replace the cigarette lighter outlet with an 110 outlet?)

[Danish]

Anyone know how difficult it would be to replace the cigarette lighter outlet with an 110 outlet?

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[Zig]

Anyone know how difficult it would be to replace the cigarette lighter outlet with a 125 outlet?

Do you mean do a full on 120v inverter install?

 

[Danish]

Do you mean do a full on 120v inverter install?

Sorry lol I dunno where the he’ll I got 125
I mean I wanna replace the cigarette lighter outlet with a 110v plug.
I want to keep it as close as possible.

 

[FireArrow]

You are going to need an inverter to step up the voltage from 12 VDC to 120 AC.

 

[Gregs24]

Sounds to me like a car fire is on the cards very soon!

 

[Zig]

Sorry lol I dunno where the he’ll I got 125
I mean I wanna replace the cigarette lighter outlet with a 110v plug.
I want to keep it as close as possible.

Something along these lines or something a little more permanent?

 

[Alan Applegate]

I can't tell you how bad of an idea this is! The wire size is typically #14 AWG, and sometimes as small as #16AWG. Making matters worse, the wire is bundled with other under dash wiring, and over loading any vehicle wiring is asking for a catastrophic fire.

There are safe ways to provide 120 VAC in a vehicle safely, and Ford offers several vehicles with inverters. But the Mustang is not one of them! If you want it to be, you need professional help, not some sort of plug in anything.

 

[Zig]

I can't tell you how bad of an idea this is! The wire size is typically #14 AWG, and sometimes as small as #16AWG. Making matters worse, the wire is bundled with other under dash wiring, and over loading any vehicle wiring is asking for a catastrophic fire.

There are safe ways to provide 120 VAC in a vehicle safely, and Ford offers several vehicles with inverters. But the Mustang is not one of them! If you want it to be, you need professional help, not some sort of plug in anything.

Amps to watts

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[Farmer Fran]

According to the above post 180W max, you are looking at about 1.5A with one of those 110 plug-in inverters

 

[Zig]

According to the above post 180W max, you are looking at about 1.5A with one of those 110 plug-in inverters

1.5 x 110 =165 watts?

 

[Farmer Fran]

1.5 x 110 =165 watts?

I said about... technically 1.636363636363636363636363636~

 

[Zig]

I said about... technically 1.636363636363636363636363636~

Not saying you was wrong was indicating it’s watts we’re after

 

[Farmer Fran]

12V 15A = 180W
110V 1.63636363A = 180W

So whatever you plug into the 110 should not exceed 1.63636A

 

[Zig]

12V 15A = 180W
110V 1.63636363A = 180W

So whatever you plug into the 110 should not exceed 1.63636A

Unless it’s dc, as in usb. Yes acknowledged redundant, but some have a distributed pass through. I wouldn’t necessarily power a dorm room fridge but a laptop not a problem. But dunno what op wants to power.

 

[Danish]

Sorry guys, I should have been clearer on everything.
Let me start with, I hate electrical shit….
When I was 17 I was working at a Tyson’s plant and was wiring up a new machine and someone flipped the power back on. I had my grubby lil dick beaters on a 480 line at that time and the only thing that saved me was when I went rigid I kicked the ladder out from under me and fell off the line.
I have pretended everything runs on unicorn farts and beer ever since.
So I know zilch about anything electrical.
My use for this is to power a laptop and camera batteries.
But I absolutely hate the cigarette lighter plugs for converters. Space is already at a premium in these cabins.
So what I was hoping for was a fairly straightforward, remove this, add that, slot this in and viola! You have a grounded plug for your laptop. Which I would be comfortable doing myself.
But I am also ok with terminating the cig plug outlet, installing an inverter in trunk and putting the plug where the cig outlet was and paying someone who know what they are doing to do it.
I know some of yall are pretty damn crafty and have been doing stuff like this your whole lives.
So I figured I’d ask the people who are passionate about these cars before I go ask someone who doesn’t know about these cars and is excited to take my money if they can do it.

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