The kids have their gadgets and pretty much everything can be charged with USB these days. I wanted to simply the process a bit and eliminate some of the wiring clutter.

I purchased a Blue Sea dual port USB outlet from Amazon. It puts out 2.1 amps and will charge Apple products (according to the reviews).

The biggest question was where to put it. There isn't really space due to the air vent duct in the back. In the end, I just decided to let it intrude into the ducting. Here are some photos. I ran the wires under the center console and put it on the cigarette lighter circuit. Note that the back plastic for the console pulls up and out. You really don't have to remove the console to do this.

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What a great idea! Well done

What an awesome job!

excellent job! i'll have to put one in for sure!

I like that placement, could easily be used from the front passenger seat as well

I've been thinking about doing something like this - nice work

Did the outlet you bought on amazon come with wires or did you use your own? If so, what kind did you use?

No wiring included but the outlet has standard 0.250 male spade connectors so you just need a couple of female ones to connect to it. I'm guessing but I probably used something in the 18 gauge range for the wire.

Just did this mod to my '06 Sport. This is my favorite forum post so far, thanks!

Did you short the center two pins so that it's setup/reads as a charging port only?

I just finished this mod on my 2007 4runner. It was inspired by this thread. I went with the cigarette socket because it seems like you can get the USB adapters with higher outputs then all-in-one USB sockets. In addition, the cigarette socket is someone future proof. USB ports seem to keep changing. In addition, the kids can plug their LCD TV screens on the back of the heard rest into this which have a cigarette socket type.

It wasn't the cheapest solution but this mod is made out of high quality parts and it is 12 awg wire all the way from the fuse tap to the cigarette socket. I don't mind spending the extra money if it is quality and looks nice.

I'm looking at adding a AC port next. If anyone has pictures of how they did it, send me a message.


Cigarette Socket 12 AWG (Amazon)

Fuse Tap 12 AWG (Amazon)

Spacer (Amazon)

Cigaretter socket USB Adapter 165 WATT (Amazon)

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I ran a charge test using the new cigarette socket and USB car adapter. The results are good. I used the ampere app and base lined against a AC adapter I have. The eho AC 100w-GaN USB-C wall charger (model: p310a) I have quick charges very well, it was the fastest charger I had in the house until the new 165 watt cig charger. The new 165 watt adapter I installed is twice as fast. Charging my ipad pro in 1% in 39 seconds vs the AC adapter charging at 1% every 79 seconds.

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I was going to do this as well, but with the of the ports. Would you get more power output if you went right to the battery? Also, I'm assuming I would need a separate power source for each outlet if I don't run it to the battery?

Thanks

You shouldn't need to have two homeruns to the battery...I would, however, if you're using two items that need that power output all the time. You can usually get away nicely with just teeing into the same single homerun to the battery.