Idea for 120w outlet routing

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Smokin' Rubber
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Idea for 120w outlet routing

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Anyone know if it's possible to rip out the 120w outlet on the dash and reroute the power line that was attached to the outlet into the glovebox where I was considering install an LCD.Maybe I could use the gap inteh dash for guagers of some kind
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You probably wouldn't need the 120v for the LCD...most LCD's i've seen are set up for 12v anyway. If not..they still use DC, so it might be easier to just get a DC - DC converter instead of using AC - DC..As for doing it, you probably can. I've yet to be able to seperate the AC module in the dash from the rest of the dash piece, though..
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also check out alex456's thread at http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=11202
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120 would be for the xbox, the inverter would be fine for the xbox (which is going under the front pessenger seat) but not all that great for the LCD seeing as how the glovebox is rather far away. I'll have to take apart my dashboard sometime to figure out how to do the wiring if I am indeed going to try and use the coords from the outlet. Maybe what I could do it reroute it to a mini splitter (3 or 4 plugs) which I could attach to the back of the glovebox. So whenever I needed to use the outlet for something other than the LCD and xbox I could just reach back and plug it in.I'll take some pictures maybe next week and draw some lines and circles in photoshop so you kind of get what I'm talking about
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Post by ragingfish »

Nah, there's very little slack in those power lines...You could remove the outlet from the dash and hide it behind the climate controls, but not much more play than that.
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what about getting more wire and attaching it to the old wire as an extension?
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Hmmmm.....perhaps...I gotta pull off my trim tomorrow to do some tinkering, I'll take a look and let ya know!
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Thanks I don't have enough money for the LCD right now anyway lol but I'm getting a new job within the next month so then I can stat seriously thinking about putting the LCD and xbox in
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Always nice to plan ahead!
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Well I knowing Im going to do it I just don't know when so I might as well figure it out beforehand
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