please recommend USB outlet that works Boondocking

[towpro]

I charge my phone at night. one of the new Androids that uses the Turbo charging system 2X.

My Wolf Creek has a USB charger built into it, but it don't even work when the shore power is plugged in.
There is also a 12V outlet present.

But when I am boon docking, I don't have 120V and the 200W solar only boost the voltage during the day time but I need to charge at night.
I have Two 90Ah 12v AGM batteries,so surely I can afford to charge a phone.

can any body recommend USB charger that meets the following:
1) will run off 12V. standard 12V car type plug, OR replace my 12V USB adapter that is in panel mount.
2) Will run off 12V, meaning batteries are not being charged by solar or AC power, so it will not be 13.X volts, it will be 12.4v-12.7V that you see with a battery that has a little load on it.

all the car chargers seem to be designed to be used when the car is running, which means they see 13.X volts

[towpro]

I went with This one
it has one port that is the "charge 2" that my android needs, and one port that is 2.4a that my wife's Iphone needs.

Edit: part received and working fine. yes lower jack does my Turbo Charge (charge 2) and upper is good for normal fast charge USB devices.

[MORSNOW]

Vinsil wrote:
Mine work great, just got home from 11 days on the road and charged two iphones each day without issue. I'd check to see if someone forgot to wire it up.....but I do like the usb with built in voltage! Too cool.

I hate where they are though...really...by my feet? Thanks Northwood.....

I've used mine many times also for charging our iphones, seemed to work fine.

[GordonThree]

Turbo charger spec is 9 or 12v output, not typical 5v of normal USB. Could be your charger is the 12v version and there is insufficient headroom for it to regulate with (12.7-12.0) for example.

Look into a turbo charger that advertises 9v output, that should work well with lower 12v input.

[joeshmoe]

jimh425 wrote:
Just reminding people that there is more to USB charging that just power. Many devices have smart charging now. That's not going to work with a basic USB port.

Yep had that issue. That's why I went with 12v sockets. Those blue sea deals are nice, but overpriced IMO.

[skipbee]

A brief warning from my experience. We found 12 volt plugin chargers that did the job on our Iphones and flip phone, I forgot to pull them out after charging and our two diesel starting batteries were doornail dead in two days, one of the charging recepticles was not wired to the key off circuit in our 2004 F350.

[Vinsil]

Mine work great, just got home from 11 days on the road and charged two iphones each day without issue. I'd check to see if someone forgot to wire it up.....but I do like the usb with built in voltage! Too cool.

I hate where they are though...really...by my feet? Thanks Northwood.....

[jimh406]

Just reminding people that there is more to USB charging that just power. Many devices have smart charging now. That's not going to work with a basic USB port.

[RoyB]

RangerTim - Just curious of those are the BLUE SEA dual ports... If so note that both sides are connected to 12VDC separately... Might be a loose push-on 12VDc cable spade connector...

Roy Ken

[Ranger_Tim]

Our USB outlets in the new Wolf Creek don't work either. So far they are the only DOA problem with it. The 12V socket next to it does work however and we use that to charge devices. I used a Hyperjuice conversion kit to modify my Mac charger cord so I can charge it directly from 12V DC.

Frustrated with the USB charging outlets though. Will probably pull them out to see what the problem is.

[RoyB]

I too am having good luck with BLUE SEA DUAL USB ports in my setups...

Available from AMAZON



I just order a couple more recently and also got one of these BLUE SEA Panels for my truck that has a smale 12VDC meter... This will help big time monitoring the 12VDC on a meter inside the truck.

havent installed it yet...



Roy Ken

[NVR2L82AV8]

These have worked great for me!

BlueSea USB ports

[SCVJeff]

Beware, not all USB chargers are the same. There are LOTS of devices that don't work with various chargers, especially, but not limited to Apple.

THIS Is a dual port charger @ 2.1A each. I have yet to find anything that isn't happy with it, including pads.

[joeshmoe]

smkettner wrote:
Make sure it is 2+ amps for every USB outlet

x2

I don't even bother using the factory usb outlet that NW gives you. It's a pain to get to and it's only 1A. I tapped into the 12V supply and installed dual 12V sockets. Can plug anything in now including 2 4.8A each Anker usb plugs or straight 12V plugs. Much better than choosing one or the other. Eventually , I'll install some more around the camper

[rexlion]

I had an el cheapo 12V adapter for USB charging in the vehicle, but it was only charging the phone 1/4 of the time; usually the phone would say 'invalid charging device' or some such. This week I ordered (on Amazon) and received a new one by Anker. They say they include 'smart' electronics that senses the device being charged and tailors the output to that device's need. It seems to be working perfectly... no more 'invalid' messages from the phone.

While I was at it, I also bought one of the Anker Astro E5 portable charging units with 16 amp-hour battery, for about $30. It seems useful for those times when I have set up camp and I don't go anywhere for several days; it can recharge my phone a half dozen times if necessary. I looked at some charge units that have a little solar panel built in, but reviewers all say the panels are useless (too small to accomplish anything significant), so I passed on those.

edit: Mine is an iPhone 3GS.