2015 2500 6.7l 4x4 Laramie 12v receptacle rear console hot always vs Key -on

[Bob Nelson]

Owners Manual states you can make the rear console 12 v receptacle" hot" without the ignition ON by switching the fuse. Unfortunately it doesn't tell you to switch the fuse "90 and "91 with what, anybody tackled this before, Thanks Bob Nelson

 

[Bob Nelson]

Thanks to Gsbrockmans thread my issue with the rear console power is solved, thanks guys for your input, as always, appreciate it, Bob Nelson

 

[Mingoglia]

Good to hear you got this figured out. I swapped the spots with the fuse a few months ago. Wish you could make each of the receptacles this way, but glad you can at least do one. Allowed me to use 2 12v electric blankets when "camping" in the truck during subzero temperatures over New Years, as well as keep my 12v fridge cold with the truck off during a road trip the month before.

 

[gsbrockman]

Allowed me to use 2 12v electric blankets when "camping" in the truck during subzero temperatures over New Years, as well as keep my 12v fridge cold with the truck off during a road trip the month before.

Out of curiosity....what amps /watts do the blankets draw and what amps / watts does the fridge draw???

 

[Mingoglia]

Out of curiosity....what amps /watts do the blankets draw and what amps / watts does the fridge draw???

If I remember correctly the blankets pull about 3 amps each, and the fridge pulls around 6 maybe. I'd have to verify. I do know at least with the blankets I physically measured the amp draw myself because the first time I used them I wanted to calculate if they'd last the entire night based on the amp hours of the Optima battery I had them attached to. It's also know from my testing it's not a consistent load (the blankets). It's about 3 amps for say 30 seconds, then no load for say 10 seconds, and so on. It was last year I tested it so I don't remember the exact numbers.