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Most everyone wants to be able to charge their Power Station, or 2nd Battery System, from their alternator while driving. Normally that involves a DC to DC charger from the alternator to keep the batteries separate so you don't drain your starter battery by mistake, and supply a steady 14.5v or so current, which most all of today's "smart alternators" no longer do. They raise and lower the charge voltage depending on driving conditions, which is no good for Lithium batteries. You'd then have to run about 30ft of thick 6 AWG cable back to the pickup bed.
Rather than spending $215 for a dc to dc charger, and $66 for 20ft of 2x 6awg, this video shows how to make use of the Tacoma Inverter and 120v truckbed socket. This is despite it being a poor Modified Sine Wave inverter whose malformed power isn't recognized by newer and larger power stations, that don'tcome with an external "charge brick".
In the video I reference the "400 Watt Anytime Mod", a common Tacoma mod to allow 400W while driving, not just while parked. Here are two KZbin videos that show how to do the mod:
Tacoma 400W Anytime mod, and adding 120v socket, with soldering:
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Tacoma 400W Anytime mod, and adding 120v socket, no solder, uses a wire harness:
• 400W Anytime Mod ⚡️| P...
400W Anytime Mod, thread on TacomaWorld:
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