Limiting cabin outlet to 360 watts or 3 amps possible

[Dino]

Is it possible to limit the cabin outlets to around 400 watts/3-4 amps while the truck is parked? I have pro-power onboard, but just asking about cabin outlets and without purchasing any external products.

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[Maquis]

No.

 

[sotek2345]

Ok - I am very curious as to your intended use case where you would need that limit.

 

[Dino]

To be able to recharge an external battery at around 400 watts instead of 1800 or so watts.

 

[tls]

How are you envisioning this would work? The battery is a DC load. It's attached to the truck's 120V AC outlets via its own (the battery's) charge controller, which controls current drawn by the battery by adjusting its (the charger's) output voltage. How would the truck control this?

 

[Sedawk]

Just use a charger where you can specify the max charging rate - limiting the power source seems like a strange request.

 

[Dino]

I am not talking about any of the truck batteries but an external battery power source. I just want to be able to recharge slowly.

 

[Pioneer74]

That would be the job of the battery charger, not the truck.

 

[Dino]

Just making sure I was not missing anything in the truck Pro power settings, thanks for the quick replies.

 

[Hammick]

Just buy a 3 or 4 amp smart charger.

 

[TomB985]

That would be the job of the battery charger, not the truck.

This. If the load is greater than the power source can supply, something has to give. A 400w inverter would blow a fuse if you plugged an 1,800w load into it.

The only way to charge a battery slower with a 120v AC power source is to use a slower battery charger. Just out of curiosity, what kind of battery are you charging, and why do you want to charge it slower?

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