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[TeslaKen]

Here is all the info on mine: https://halocybertruck.com/article-list/f/cybertruck-led-dash-light-strip-from-hansshow

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[Loudness]

Unsolicited advice, when I first installed mine I followed the instructions and plugged it into the glove box usb but it kind of sucked that way. If you use sentry it stays in and it also kind of jacks up the caraoke mics. I just attached the a little usb device to the little harness just inside the passenger footwell and it works much better now because it turns on and off with the car. Which is also cool because it actually has a startup animation too.

Do you happen to have pics or instructions on how you attached it to the harness and where it's located?

 

[hemiarch]

Do you happen to have pics or instructions on how you attached it to the harness and where it's located?

The harness is this one by the passenger door footwell.

Yours won’t have those blue crimp connectors on it.
I wired a little usb a breakout I got from Amazon. In my case I got one with a 3 way connector because also wired my fiber optic stars to it.

This is the little breakout I got.
Weewooday 12v to 5v Dc Converter... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RBWX2GL?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Note: this appears to be 12v power, not 48v

 

[Loudness]

The harness is this one by the passenger door footwell.

Yours won’t have those blue crimp connectors on it.
I wired a little usb a breakout I got from Amazon. In my case I got one with a 3 way connector because also wired my fiber optic stars to it.

Nice. I'm assuming the pinouts are in the docs somewhere, thanks!

 

[Bridgeboy69]

The harness is this one by the passenger door footwell.

Man, you are an electrical wiz!

Question: I saw in another thread that you use the Frunk power feed for multiple things, including powering a DC Ecoflow power bank (I think a River 2 or something from the look of it?). I'm about to order an ECOFlow Wave 3 and probably a Ecoflow cooler, and a power bank as well, this weekend to take advantage of their Labor Day promotions. But I don't yet know which cooler to pick (35, 45, or 55L), and they have so many damn options for power banks that I'm in too-many-options-lock. If you can help me decide, it would be greatly appreciated. It's just for camping/being independent in the Cybertruck for a matter of days at a time with an RTT which I also just ordered (TOPOAK Vision XL).

I'm thinking about doing something similar as you with the Frunk power feed but I don't know how. Also, I recently received my Urander Flat Rack which came with a 48v light bar. The roof feed is already in use for my OEM light bar, so wiring it to the Frunk is the next recommended power feed for it, but, if I do that, can I still also use some power from that frunk feed for anything else?

The way electricity works is over my head... 🫤

 

[hemiarch]

Man, you are an electrical wiz!

Question: I saw in another thread that you use the Frunk power feed for multiple things, including powering a DC Ecoflow power bank (I think a River 2 or something from the look of it?). I'm about to order an ECOFlow Wave 3 and probably a Ecoflow cooler, and a power bank as well, this weekend to take advantage of their Labor Day promotions. But I don't yet know which cooler to pick (35, 45, or 55L), and they have so many damn options for power banks that I'm in too-many-options-lock. If you can help me decide, it would be greatly appreciated. It's just for camping/being independent in the Cybertruck for a matter of days at a time with an RTT which I also just ordered (TOPOAK Vision XL).

I'm thinking about doing something similar as you with the Frunk power feed but I don't know how. Also, I recently received my Urander Flat Rack which came with a 48v light bar. The roof feed is already in use for my OEM light bar, so wiring it to the Frunk is the next recommended power feed for it, but, if I do that, can I still also use some power from that frunk feed for anything else?

The way electricity works is over my head... 🫤

No wizardry at all. For the frunk feed you want something that has a solar input less than 400w but can accept 48v. You could use a buck converter if it needs to be smaller voltage but why bother when there are power stations that can do it . The river 2 max or pro is ideal for this because the solar input is up to 50v I think. It will power a lot of things but not something like say my blackstone griddle. For that I need a slightly larger inverter.
It fits in the frunk nicely though and is good for a lot of stuff. I charge up all our toys and tool batteries on it though and it’s ample for 95% of what you want to have a plug for and you always have the vault plugs if you want something bigger. It can also accept a usb-charge which the river 3 series can not. Spec wise, the river 3 is a downgrade.
https://a.co/d/4159kNH
The Pecron e1000lfp is also a great choice. It can accept the 48v and you can turn it to 8amp max with a switch so you get the full 400w for super fast charging.
Its little bigger but also has much more powerful plugs than the river 2 so it could run my blackstone griddle for example.
Anything you want to power with the frunk feed can then be run off the power station. That also gives you app control of whatever it is because both the power stations have an app that plugs can be turned on and off from.
You could hypothetically use the roof feed for something else with that lightbar but whatever you use plus the lightbar have to equal less than equal less than 400w .
also, unless you put in a separate switch for the lightbar, the lightbar would have to be on every time you use it.
For your wave, the delta 2 max makes an awesome battery and it has the side port that can do DC, plus another one for either two waves or an extra battery.
Probably overkill but also provides a nice base for the AC. That’s what’s in the back of my truck and what I use for my wave 2 which is very similar to the wave 3.
Smaller and more compact and arguably the best product Ecoflow currently makes is the delta 3 plus.
I have one of those too. It has a DC port for the wave but is 1kwh instead of two. Much lighter and more mobile with basically the same inverter as the delta 2 max. Also has two solar inputs just like the delta 2 max (500w each!). Unfortunately there is no way I know of to limit those inputs to 400w or it would be perfect for the frunk feed too.

 

[Bridgeboy69]

No wizardry at all.

"No wizardry at all..."

...then proceeds to spout electrical wizardry...

I mean, it may be obvious to you, but electricity makes my head spin...I just want it to work....Even with a "drunk Fred"

 

[hemiarch]

"No wizardry at all..."

...then proceeds to spout electrical wizardry...

I mean, it may be obvious to you, but electricity makes my head spin...I just want it to work....Even with a "drunk Fred"

Haha. Sorry. Was rapid thumb typing. So when you say “work”, what do you want it to do for you? What’s the application?

 

[Bridgeboy69]

So when you say “work”, what do you want it to do for you? What’s the application?

You know, good question. To be honest I read what you said somewhere about leaving things plugged into the Cybertruck would drain the battery pretty quickly...like they were innefficient. And with my Cyberbeast already marginal on range, I figured I would want to minimize battery drain from it for powering external things like an electrical cooler (perhaps an Ecoflow Glacier...haven't decided yet....I think it won't fit below the L-Tracks in the bed, or an Ecoflow Wave 3 (not arrived yet) for the RTT, or anything else that needs electricity (I also have a toy remote controlled Cybertruck like you ).

I'm pretty much trying to make smarter decisions on the electrical useage of this Cybertuck from reading what others, who are smarter about these things, like you, say about these things on this forum. I mean, I like being indepenent with a mobile battery on wheels, except it doesn't have the range and capacity that we all originally signed up for, so I'm trying to supplement that battery capacity, I guess, in after-market ways...

I currently have this in my shoping cart, but haven't ordered yet because I might add a Cooler and if I go over $3K I get a free 220W solar panel on their Labor Day promotion (which will make 3 total):

 

[hemiarch]

You know, good question. To be honest I read what you said somewhere about leaving things plugged into the Cybertruck would drain the battery pretty quickly...like they were innefficient. And with my Cyberbeast already marginal on range, I figured I would want to minimize battery drain from it for powering external things like an electrical cooler (perhaps an Ecoflow Glacier...haven't decided yet....I think it won't fit below the L-Tracks in the bed, or an Ecoflow Wave 3 (not arrived yet) for the RTT, or anything else that needs electricity (I also have a toy remote controlled Cybertruck like you ).

I'm pretty much trying to make smarter decisions on the electrical useage of this Cybertuck from reading what others, who are smarter about these things, like you, say about these things on this forum. I mean, I like being indepenent with a mobile battery on wheels, except it doesn't have the range and capacity that we all originally signed up for, so I'm trying to supplement that battery capacity, I guess, in after-market ways...

I currently have this in my shoping cart, but haven't ordered yet because I might add a Cooler and if I go over $3K I get a free 220W solar panel on their Labor Day promotion (which will make 3 total):

The delta 2 max is a great battery for that AC and/or any fridge you get. It will live in the bed though and have to charge off the ac outlet which will happen pretty fast (about 1600w).
It will serve 90% of your needs. It’s also really cool it has two 500w solar inputs. It’s powerful enough that with a bonding plug it can give you a couple of miles of charge to get to a supercharger in an emergency which is awesome.
if all you want do in the frunk is charge up toys and tools and such, I’d get something small like this:
https://a.co/d/f5TbGnS
Ecoflow makes a similar product but I think for the money you get a less complete product.
no app control, slightly slower charging etc
https://us.ecoflow.com/products/tra...hPNL8RwwuI4sSuk1SRmtDlahPZkHFRIsaAo_DEALw_wcB
With respect to fridge, I eventually nixed the ICECO go 20 I love (just moved it to our model x) for the 18L Chinese center footwell fridge because nothing else comes even close to taking up less room.
https://www.tesstudio.com/products/...qt8zJxBn942bqXE1zG74luLLdIvKx3M0aAluWEALw_wcB
You could then get something else to use as a freezer if that’s something you need.
the river 2 variants add some ac plugs for a frunk setup if you need that and also adds the ability to use the frunk feed as a source. So does the Pecron with much bigger inverter but takes up a lot of room in the frunk.
A lot of options but in my opinion those are the best.
You can’t go wrong with the delta 2 max to pair with the wave 3 though. It’s a really good choice.

 

[Bridgeboy69]

the river 2 variants add some ac plugs for a frunk setup if you need that and also adds the ability to use the frunk feed as a source. So does the Pecron with much bigger inverter but takes up a lot of room in the frunk.

Thank you for detailed response!

With respect to the fridge, I did not think any Ecoflow Glacer would fit in the Frunk at all with their dimensions:

I am not worried about using all of the Frunk's space, if necessary, if a Fidge/freezer will even fit there. I just thought the biggest challenge was finding anything decent, at all, to fit in that restricted space. I figured I would at least get something that could fit under the L-Track in the bed because I don't have a Cybertent, but I do have a horizontal Mole panel back there which I am kind-of fond of:

 

[Bridgeboy69]

This is the little breakout I got.
Weewooday 12v to 5v Dc Converter... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RBWX2GL?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Note: this appears to be 12v power, not 48v

Hi @hemiarch!

So, I bought the stuff you have and I opened the side by the footwell, but now what? Can I just jam the ends of red and black wires in a couple of empty pin holes in the white "pin-out" as you call it?

Do I need to splice into wires somewhere else? (Which seems to be what you did just by looking at your pics).

Here is what I see:

 

[hemiarch]

Hi @hemiarch!

So, I bought the stuff you have and I opened the side by the footwell, but now what? Can I just jam the ends of red and black wires in a couple of empty pin holes in the white "pin-out" as you call it?

Do I need to splice into wires somewhere else? (Which seems to be what you did just by looking at your pics).

Here is what I see:

Hang tight. Going to head outside after signout, open that panel and figure out exactly what I did. Might snap some more photos too if relevant.
I think I have a little bridge harness in there that came with my skylight thing so I need to look at it to know which pins are involved.

 

[hemiarch]

Hi @hemiarch!

So, I bought the stuff you have and I opened the side by the footwell, but now what? Can I just jam the ends of red and black wires in a couple of empty pin holes in the white "pin-out" as you call it?

Do I need to splice into wires somewhere else? (Which seems to be what you did just by looking at your pics).

Here is what I see:

Ok. So I have this little short harness that goes in the middle of that white plug and has the originally intended power source for my starry sky roof.
https://www.tesstudio.com/products/starlight-dome-with-colorful-roof-ambient-lighting-tesstudio
I have since moved that thing to the obd 1 port on the other side and wired the usb breakout thing I hyperlinked directly to that little harness which is very convenient.
you can wire to the pins but it’s probably a pain in the ass and I don’t know how to instruct you to do that.
I’m working on getting you either one of those little harnesses or a pinout diagram.
See my DM. Enough said here.
This video will show you exactly what that harness looks like and how it’s installed.

 

[Bridgeboy69]

I'm not sure about the length, but this appears to be the exact same kit sold one one of those sites.
It's also on Amazon if you want it faster.

Yeah, the length at 43.3" is too short. I bought this one from Aamzon without paying attention to it ....because i was in a hurry and it was only $14. But as I went to install it just now, I noticed it's a good 8" short from both side of the CT when centered on the dash....and that would be just too funky.

I may order the more expensive one simply because I know it will be long enough, which needs to be 60" and I assume it is since others have done it....even though I can't find the length advertised for it anywhere either...

I’ll go measure mine so everyone knows what to look for.

Was yours 60"?

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