12V in Frunk - Factory OEM Retrofit Install Finished!

[Polar]

Finally added a 12V to my frunk using the OEM harness and wiring.

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[Webleyaz]

What do you charge? I'll be by tomorrow!

 

[PhatDaddy]

Finally added a 12V to my frunk using the OEM harness and wiring

Details please?
OEM harness… so your Rivian was one of the limited group that still had the harness connections but not the outlet? Correct?
Links/sources for parts utilized?
Any details you can share on installation process, or if you just followed steps/parts listed in another post, please link to that post.
Any particular use you have planned for the outlet? I wanted to run a portable fridge box, but the front side of my frunk box (near AC compressor?) gets VERY hot… doesn’t seem conducive to keeping a fridge cold.
Looks great… thanks for sharing. Would love to hear/see the details.

 

[R1Sky Business]

Finally added a 12V to my frunk using the OEM harness and wiring.

McGrubber!!!!

 

[Polar]

Details please?
OEM harness… so your Rivian was one of the limited group that still had the harness connections but not the outlet? Correct?
Links/sources for parts utilized?
Any details you can share on installation process, or if you just followed steps/parts listed in another post, please link to that post.
Any particular use you have planned for the outlet? I wanted to run a portable fridge box, but the front side of my frunk box (near AC compressor?) gets VERY hot… doesn’t seem conducive to keeping a fridge cold.
Looks great… thanks for sharing. Would love to hear/see the details.

My OEM harness on the source side at the fender, had the wiring still in the harness (I believe all Gen1 models have this wiring. Maybe they removed it in Gen2); the harness into the frunk tub did not have the wire. I bought the correct connectors to tap in to the factory plug as shown - and utilized an Amazon sourced 12 V plug.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004519070612.html

That is the female harness I bought all I used was the pins and the seal plugs.

Any 12 V socket from Amazon will work. All I did for that was I measured and drilled into the factory location fit in the plug, secured it, and ran wire to the female side of the harness as shown in the pictures.

If you have further questions, I’m happy to answer them.

What I’ll use it for I have no idea, but I have it available now.

 

[Sgt Beavis]

Very cool. I’d buy this except I’ve got an older R1T with the original 12v port. Still, very cool.

 

[Surferdude]

Nice work! What is the maximum output in watts from that receptacle? I've been wanting to charge my battery powered tools but I know the chargers take about 250 watts.

 

[Polar]

Nice work! What is the maximum output in watts from that receptacle? I've been wanting to charge my battery powered tools but I know the chargers take about 250 watts.

It’s a shared 20 amp fuse - the plug wiring itself I have a dedicated inline 15 amp.

About 180 watt - which is pretty standard for at cigarette adapter.

 

[monzarottie]

What do you charge? I'll be by tomorrow!

Same!

 

[Joules Burn]

It’s a shared 20 amp fuse - the plug wiring itself I have a dedicated inline 15 amp.

About 180 watt - which is pretty standard for at cigarette adapter.

Great documentation. The fuse is #46, 20 amp on driver side.

 

[Deacon]

What do you charge? I'll be by tomorrow!

Me too.

 

[ThirteenElectrics]

I see a business opportunity here. I would definitely buy two kits.

 

[SwampNut]

What are you guys connecting in there? You can't run a fridge since it's sealed and very hot, and that probably means battery charging is sketchy too. I did use it once to test something, while open.

 

[Mellowyellow]

My first thought would be water pump...

 

[agame32]

My first thought would be water pump...

Yes I’m hoping to find a retrofit solution for a water pump. Would consider also using for a fridge and have been following the “too hot for fridge” concerns, but think there’s a fit if you’re okay with not needing to have the fridge compressor on all that often.

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