WingNut Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 This weekend while traveling my daughter was trying to use the rear power point with her laptop (Macbook Pro). At first it showed the charger as working. After a little while the charger wasn't drawing any power. I tried hitting the button up front to enable/disable the port. On the way home she plugged it in and it was working fine. Didn't have to hit the button up front either. Once we stopped for gas, it stopped working. I tried hitting the button, turning the ignition off, unplugging everything, starting the ignition, enabling the port, and plugging in the charger....still nothing. The manual states it can handle something like 115w and the Macbook charger only pulls 65w. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cv27 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 This weekend while traveling my daughter was trying to use the rear power point with her laptop (Macbook Pro). At first it showed the charger as working. After a little while the charger wasn't drawing any power. I tried hitting the button up front to enable/disable the port. On the way home she plugged it in and it was working fine. Didn't have to hit the button up front either. Once we stopped for gas, it stopped working. I tried hitting the button, turning the ignition off, unplugging everything, starting the ignition, enabling the port, and plugging in the charger....still nothing. The manual states it can handle something like 115w and the Macbook charger only pulls 65w. It's actually 150 watts max. Not providing power doesn't seem to be from an overloading situation, so the only other would be an overheating one, especially since it worked for a while. I'm intrigued by what you said "I tried hitting the button up front to enable/disable the port". When you say "up front", what location is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingNut Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 It's actually 150 watts max. Not providing power doesn't seem to be from an overloading situation, so the only other would be an overheating one, especially since it worked for a while. I'm intrigued by what you said "I tried hitting the button up front to enable/disable the port". When you say "up front", what location is that? Same place you turn on/off the map lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Overheating would make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingNut Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Overheating would make sense. So i guess in the future I'll use an invertor instead for jobs like that. Just save the power point for small jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 There's also the possibility that the fault is in the charging cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 There's also the possibility that the fault is in the charging cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingNut Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 There's also the possibility that the fault is in the charging cable. That thought crossed my mind too. So I switched to my laptop and it did the same thing as my daughter's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 The manual states that it will temporary turn off if the voltage drops below 11 volts or is overloaded. Thinking put loud. As it's unlikely the voltage was low, any possibility that your daughter had more than the computer plugged in? Headphones, mouse, running a CD or DVD, wifi, etc? The computer's rating is for the base and doubt it would include any additional loads plugged. (You may have checked while the power point was still off do to overheating). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingNut Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 The manual states that it will temporary turn off if the voltage drops below 11 volts or is overloaded. Thinking put loud. As it's unlikely the voltage was low, any possibility that your daughter had more than the computer plugged in? Headphones, mouse, running a CD or DVD, wifi, etc? The computer's rating is for the base and doubt it would include any additional loads plugged. (You may have checked while the power point was still off do to overheating). Good point. And I think that is why in the future using a proper inverter will work best without worrying about overheating. I still like the power point because I've used it for pumping up an air mattress and bike tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I would take it to dealer and have the power point replaced. It's probably defective and kicking out at the wrong value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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