dedicated charging station for phones, wifi, tablets

[riven1950]

We just returned from a 3 1/2 week trip. I am tired of charge cords all over our little TT.

I am installing an additional 110 outlet in the corner of our " bedroom " area, out of the way of normal traffic. Plan to use some sort of power strip to handle multiple chargers ( camera battery, Wifi HS, phones, tablets ).

I am thinking power overload is not an issue with these multiple devices, would that be true?

Has anyone done this and if so do you have pics of what it looks like?

Thanks

[deltabravo]

I went the 12v route:

Travel Trailer Upgrade: for my USB charging ports

Truck Camper Upgrade: More USB and 12v Ports

[Mobilesport]

@ Larry
I never imagined one of those exists , cool

[ljr]

I’ve had a dedicated Charging Station for years. The dividers are useless but the charging works great for an assortment of gadgets.

[Mobilesport]

Good 12 volt outlets
Three 10 amp 12 volt outlets with four usb outlets and a voltmeter .
They have blade fuses built right into the male plug!
I think the total amp rating of the usb side is 6 amps.

[Mobilesport]

Good power strips

https://www.walmart.com/ip/GE-UltraPro-7-Outlet-2-USB-Port-Power-Strip-Surge-Protector-Black-40482/725291933

[Mobilesport]

12 volt three way outlet for all day long phone charging and then here is a 110 volt power strip that has chargers plugged in .

All of this stuff is always wired up and plugged in and so everyday I fire up my genset for a hour everything charges including my house battery.
Genset is in the rear bumper

The black box holds a electric shaver that is hardwired , blue tooth headphones hang on the box and the charger cable plugged in there too.
Internet hot spot in the middle.

Haven't got around to adding horizontal conduit to my power cord

[deltabravo]

I also added 12v and USB to my Nash 17k

[Cummins12V98]

I added a station to my Boat. One 12V and two USB's.

[deltabravo]

In my truck camper, I added some DC powered USB ports

[bpounds]

I installed one of these some time ago. Works for us.

Find it on Amazon. It is the normal outlet size, so you can put it in a low voltage box if you want, but you don't have to. They offer it for connecting directly to a 12vdc source (what I used) and they also offer it for connecting to 120vac, which I would definitely want in a box. It doesn't come with the cover plate, but that is a standard slim-line style cover.

[mgirardo]

I installed something similar (different brand) to the item pictured below in our Motorhome.



I couldn't find one that had 2 sets of USB ports, so I replaced the 12v power outlet with a second dual USB socket for a total of 4 USB ports. I then attached a little dollar store letter organizer above the outlets to hold tablets and phones. It worked really well, wish I had done it when we first bought the Motorhome.

The new TT has USB ports in both bedrooms, so never bothered installing them in the TT.

-Michael

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[time2roll]

Two port USB in my 12v connector has been more than sufficient for us.

[campigloo]

I installed a combo cigarette lighter/usb port directly to my 12v source. It works great for us. If you decide to off grid a lot and like to watch tv a 12v model is great and uses a fraction of what an inverter to 120 takes.

[JimBollman]

I happen to have a couple of small compartments that are not useful much else over the cab area of my B camper. I installed 2 cigarette lighter outlets and an 110 volt plug in the back of one and a single cigarette outlet in the back of the other, I can mix and match either USB chargers or other charges. Have not needed the second compartment for charging so far but the main compartment works well for charging a laptop and a couple of iPads. on the wall outside the compartment I gave a small shelf with a rail around it, just big enough to put two iPhones on end leaning against the wall. Above the shelf I have a double USB outlet that has a voltmeter between the outlets just to monitor the cabin battery. I also scattered a couple of more cigarette lighter outlets in convenient places around the camper just in case, not used often but nice to have already installed to cut down on cables draped around.