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Old 03-20-21 | 08:21 AM
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If you have powered 3rd row (10-13 all trims, 14-21 Luxury, or '21 Premium Plus) there is a guy here that is making either direct plug and play harness or T-adapters to continue using the powered 3rd row.

Non-powered 3rd row models don't have the connectors.





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Old 04-04-21 | 07:40 AM
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I added these yesterday to both power 3rd rows and are plug and play as far as the seat goes. Power feed of 20-30 amps for each seat and then terminate at whatever switch or panel you desire. The inverter side I am going to just put in a standard 12V outlet so I ran the wire but left it unterminated but protected behind the 120V inverter panel. The driver side I used the jack door to mount the panel. It is thoroughly protected with heat shrink. This is circuit is not keyed so just like the powered 3rd row is on all the time unless you switch panel off.

I may do something with a larger inverter later on but right now I just need outlets for my two 12V refrig/freezers.




I used this panel from Amazon. I used this panel from Amazon.





I had to remove the 3rd row warning sticker and the small piece of sound deadening that is on the back of the jack panel. I used thorough amounts of wire loom on the run too.









There is also a model if one has taken out 3rd row and just wants to just tap the power. This is the guy who makes them.

https://youtu.be/Q_gMhECH7pI




https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/3rd-row-seats-power-tap-without-cutting-or-splicing-oe-harness.1242074/





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Old 04-04-21 | 09:22 AM
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Just put it on my list of things to do now. Thanks for sharing!
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Old 04-08-21 | 10:34 AM
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Default 12V source in rear cargo area

Hooking up some auxilary LED lights and need a 12v source. Tops 1A of current. I was trying to tie into the rear reading lights but they wires for them are essentially "ribbon cables" like on a hard drive. I would have to pull the head liner to get to the source.?

Is there an alternative?

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If you have power folding third row seats, either switched (IG) or non switched powers can be tapped from third row seat connector. There is another discussion in general. If not, you could get it from inverter power source. But would involving more works.
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https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/3rd...rness.1242074/
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Old 04-08-21 | 02:18 PM
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Above and local thread too
Old 04-10-21 | 10:42 AM
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One could also use a Posi-Taps on the existing wires as well on 3rd row power folding seats

https://www.posi-products.com/posiplug.html
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Originally Posted by Acrad
One could also use a Posi-Taps on the existing wires as well on 3rd row power folding seats

https://www.posi-products.com/posiplug.html
Now that is cool!
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**Always properly meter polarity out

but visually here are connections if one wanted to do a Positap or alternate splice to those 30AMP connections on each side.

This is the connector that connects to the seats & ECU. This would be the main body wiring harness side.



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Also, looking at diagram, if anyone prefers for a ACC 10A power, it can be tapped from pin#10.
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Can we tap into the AC outlet and put a cigarette lighter adapter? I don’t use it and am trying to avoid running wires from the battery to the back. I only need a 10 amp cigarette charger in rear to run on ACC ignition. Also is this the 15a p/outlet fuse under dash?

basically I am trying to plug in a jackery 300 using their car charger. Their specs say 6.6a needed to charge. I’ve already tested it plugging into the cigarette lighter upfront.
then I will plug my fridge in to the jackery. That way when I turn the vehicle off my fridge still runs off of the power station.
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I run my 500w Bluetti power generator off the rear AC plug and use that to power my fridge and accessories. The generator pulls 80-90W at most so runs fine off the 100w AC outlet we have. It only charges when the vehicle is running, so no risk of running down the car battery.
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Old 04-13-21 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by xychromo
I run my 500w Bluetti power generator off the rear AC plug and use that to power my fridge and accessories. The generator pulls 80-90W at most so runs fine off the 100w AC outlet we have. It only charges when the vehicle is running, so no risk of running down the car battery.
I plugged the jackery in to the outlet hoping this would work. it would save me lots of time. the power plug turns blue and the input charging shows 44w with vehicle in acc mode, 77w when vehicle is on. but its not consistent. it shows the input charging for a split second then down to 0w. like its not getting consistent power.
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I don't see why not but that 120V outlet is a harness away from the inverter module so getting at that connector to tap it might be some work. I can't remember here or elsewhere but someone was inquiring about tapping some power off the trailer brake circuit as well.




https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gx-...-proofing.html

Originally Posted by leftyguns
Can we tap into the AC outlet and put a cigarette lighter adapter? I don’t use it and am trying to avoid running wires from the battery to the back. I only need a 10 amp cigarette charger in rear to run on ACC ignition. Also is this the 15a p/outlet fuse under dash?

basically I am trying to plug in a jackery 300 using their car charger. Their specs say 6.6a needed to charge. I’ve already tested it plugging into the cigarette lighter upfront.
then I will plug my fridge in to the jackery. That way when I turn the vehicle off my fridge still runs off of the power station.


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