Do Trucks Have Power Outlets?

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I think I paid only about 19.00 for mine and have no issues as far as my laptop goes, I have a hard drive with about 300 movies on it and that is my entertainment. My sleeper is kind of small so not alot of room for the TV...I have a cooler with a DC plug on it and that cools just fine. down side I have to keep moving it around...

 

I have 300W Cobra inverter,paid 35$ I think,I plug in my laptop and my little vacuum cleaner,plus u have usb port,so u can charge your phone if u have usb charger.It's been very reliable for now.

 

usa truck does NOT allow power inverters to be installed/attached to battery. they also say they do not allow cigarette lighter style power inverters, but i didnt know too many drivers who followed that rule. when i drove for them they did not have apu's in trucks either. so in order to have power in the truck, its pretty much necessary to have an inverter. cig lighter inverters, last i checked, ran around 50-100 bucks, depending on where u buy and how many watts. my advice is buy one, use it, and put it away when u have anyone in the truck to work on it or when u go to a terminal.

 

I have a $20 300 watt cig. lighter inverter that charges my laptop and runs my printer 'not at the same time'. Fridge runs thru second cig outlet. Its freezing my milk at night.

 

before you hooked up to much stuff, you should check with your company about there wont start policy, like who pays, guess who there are going to blame if it wont start. jon

 

I think there is no 500 watts inverter with cigarette lighter plug.

 

Of course trucks have power outlets in them. Where else is BillyBigRigger supposed to plug in his wife every night???