power port plug power

[AtlanticLiberty]

Does anyone use any accessories that plug into their power ports? I have a satellite radio reciever (XM MiFi) that has the car adapter and I'm always hesitant to leave it plugged in over night or for long periods of time between starting the Lib. I'm scared it might drain the battery. Naturally I turn the power to the unit/receiver off but I think it may still be draining power because whenever it's plugged in it likes to charge the receiver's internal battery.

As you can see in the pic (kinda) the adapter that came with it has a red LED to indicate that it's got power. That stays on when ever it's plugged in. Do you think that LED is enough to drain the battery if I just left it plugged in?

You must be registered for see images

 

[TRAILN]

A little LED like that would take months to drain a car battery. Providing your battery is upto par

 

[Bonehead]

I have my cell charger in mne.......even when the phone not charging the charger is always plugged in, the LED in it takes very little power.

Speaking of how much power a LED take , my boss and I got bored one night and was wondering the same thing. On our truck we use has 22 lights(8 on each side and 6 across the top in the rear) each light has 5 LEDs in them ,the taillight(also LED) have about 18 LEDs in them and there are 4 of them. We got the multimeter and calculater out and went to it......well we found out that all of the LED light that are on the box of the truck combined (the ones listed above) take slightly less power than 1 1157(a regular taillight bulb).

 

[gawilliams]

Speaking of power outlets

The 2002 Liberty Sport I drive for work has TWO outlets up front, on the left side of the center console -- my new 2005 only has one, on the right. Plus I got hosed for the $30 "smoker's kit" so even it has a cigarette lighter in it, and no cover for it if I take the lighter out. Is that just a cost savings measure, or was there some other reason for the change? I can't charge my phone AND use GPS at the same time... or when my year of Sirius is up, use my XM Radio receiver at the same time without buying some aftermarket splitter! :-s

 

[Se7enLC]

I bought a $6 kit from radioshack to get an extra cigarette outlet. I spliced it in behind the dash and actually just left the outlet behind there as well. I plugged in one of the adapters that I leave on all the time and left the whole thing hidden behind. So now I can charge a cell and use the GPS/PDA at the same time.

 

[gawilliams]

I like that idea -- I'll have to go by the Rat Shack and see what they have! Thanks!

 

[evane007]

I leave my radar detector and my satelite reciever plugged in all night. Had radar plugged all the time in my old neon. And she started everytime.

 

[Gentleman]

Re: Speaking of power outlets

my new 2005 only has one, on the right. Plus I got hosed for the $30 "smoker's kit" so even it has a cigarette lighter in it, and no cover for it if I take the lighter out. Is that just a cost savings measure, or was there some other reason for the change?

I swapped the one in my 05 with one from an 02, provided the 2 power outlets and an ashtray for junk.

Bob

 

[gawilliams]

Re: Speaking of power outlets

I swapped the one in my 05 with one from an 02, provided the 2 power outlets and an ashtray for junk.

Bob

How'd you do that? I haven't looked closely... is there a screw or two that need to be removed? :-k

 

[Gentleman]

Just one screw, found the 02 bezel on ebay for a couple of bucks and the seller included the wiring connectors and a few feet of wire for the plugs, new the deaer wanted about $150.00 and I would of had to figure out where to get the plugs from, it was a easy swap, finding the bezel was the hardest part.

Bob

 

[the1jferg]

here

Plug this in and never worry about power drain again

http://www.icpsolar.com/specifications.php3?id_article=5

 

[rob_lewis]

I just hooked up the Sirius radio on my wife's Liberty and realized that the power outlet was on all the time. Does anybody know of a way to make it switched power? A friend of mine had a Chrysler 300M. On that, if you plugged the fuse in one way, it was switched power and the other way was constant power. It doesn't look like the Liberty has anything like that, but I thought I would ask the experts.

-Rob