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

[drsteve]

This works for us. Three 120V outlets, 3 USB, and an automatic night light.

Clicky

[deltabravo]

Nice Upgrade.

[4x4van]

I installed 3 of those dual USB ports in my RV; one on each side of the bed, and one in the dash. Easy install, and no need for 120VAC (shore, genset, or inverter). Makes no sense to me to convert 12vdc into 120VAC and then back down to 5vdc. That's like melting ice cubes to provide water for filling ice trays!:S

[camperdave]

I have one of those 7 port charging docks, but yes the inverter must be on. This is an obvious downside for dry campers.

I tried a multi outlet USB thingy plugged into the power port on the dash (it is always on in our E450 motorhome) and blew the fuse. oops. Works fine to charge 2 iphones though.

Best solution for sure would be to install a few of those wall mounted USB ports posted above in strategic locations in the RV (bonus points for the little net idea, I like that!). It's on my 'to do' list, but until then we're just running the inverter 24/7 and taking the power hit.

[philh]

I have USB ports on each side of the bed, under the TV, and on the couch. so far it's been sufficient 🙂

[DrewE]

smita wrote:
https://www.powerbanktalk.com/best-usb-multi-phone-charging-station-docking/
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Clickable links are removed for posters with less than some number of postings--I think the magic threshold is ten posts. This is a spam prevention measure (as often spammers are trying to game Google page ranks by creating lots of diverse links to their site as anything).

There is nothing inherently "wrong" or "dangerous" with using an inverter to power a charger or charging station, it's just rather inefficient electrically, and electrical efficiency is a matter of no small concern for people who are camping without utility hookups. A 12V charger is more efficient overall and they are not at all hard to come by nor expensive.

I put a little direct-from-Asia one in my motorhome dash; it has two charge ports under a flip-top cover that houses a tiny (watch-sized) analog clock. Since I had no other dash clock that solved two problems at once.

[TurnThePage]

sch911 wrote:
I installed a couple of these in the coach:



Blue Sea Dual USB Charger Socket

This is also the route I went. I installed a couple of them in out of the way places (but still near the dinette and bed, where they get used), then mounted netting next to them where the phone, tablet, etc. could be stored out of the way. The cable tucks in right next to the phone.

[smita]

https://www.powerbanktalk.com/best-usb-multi-phone-charging-station-docking/
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[smita]

I just recently found this device called Multiple device Charging Station and was doing some research when found this 7-Port Multi device charging station(AC). So basically inverter would be required. I am planning to install this in van now. Just curious to know if you guys are using alternate currents converters or is it harmful in anyway in the long runs.
***Link Removed***Interesting list of Multi device charging Stations I found while researching.

Also, Very interesting thing about this 7-port charging sation is I am actually using all 7 ports to charge my devices and every device is charging as normal as it would on wall chargers. I was expecting slow charging with so many devices at a time.

[Disneyfix]

I got this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009DCNP9O/ref=oh_details_o03_s02_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[suprz]

I have seen that some of the new Thor coaches have dedicated "charging stations" for phones and tablets. I believe they had 4 ports and looked like a regular wall outlet. I was thinking of getting one of those.when I get my.class c

[riven1950]

rvten...I finished wiring the new outlet and am using the 6 outlet / 2 usb Belkins you linked. I found one for less than 20.00 at Home Depot of all places.

Now I need to find or build a shelf to hold the phones / tablets etc. 🙂

[rvten]

http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA703LL/B/belkin-six-outlet-surge-protector-with-21a-usb-charging?...

[tahiti16]

sch911 wrote:
I installed a couple of these in the coach:



Blue Sea Dual USB Charger Socket

This is the way to go especially if you want to boondock a lot, no los converting to 120 vac from 12 and then again when you convert back to 5vdc which is what a usb port runs at.

[sch911]

I installed a couple of these in the coach:



Blue Sea Dual USB Charger Socket