Yes, but the owners manual says this:OK, I found one place where it claims that it's only 150 watts. I hope that's wrong. Everywhere else I can find any reference to the receptacle, it either says nothing about how much power, or else it says 400 watts.
It was a Milwaukee cordless tool battery charger. E=IR says it draws 330 watts. Vehicle was at idle a the time so the plug should handle 400 watts, so says the manual.
That should work. I did the same with my M12 charger just fine.
Yup, that's exactly what I saw in the manual. I crawled in the back (which is no small feat for meYes, but the owners manual says this:
So....
) and didn't see any indicator lights. My manual says that it is on underhood fuse 36, I pulled the fuse and it wasn't blown.Thank you. Thanks to all who commented - I am going to check ALL power points for function, and am confident now that I can make a dealership warranty appointment for the bum 120VAC outlet without looking like an idiot who didn't know how to use it.
BTW, you can check any and all fuses with them IN PLACE by putting a meter in the two little holes in the top of the fuses. That's what they are for. Set meter for continuity with beep. You can check them all really fast if you aren't sure what fuse may be for AC outlet.Yup, that's exactly what I saw in the manual. I crawled in the back (which is no small feat for me
I don't recall seeing that. Sure it's not in one of your toolboxes?A disappointment to me is that 400 Watts is not enough to draw what the better of my two DeWalt battery chargers claims to need, and barely enough to run the lesser one.
I wonder, though, if these chargers really pull as much as they claim, or whether DeWalt greatly overstated it just to allow a generous margin of safety. 6 amps at 120 volts would be 720 watts. But the output is up to 12 amps at 20 volts, which would be only 240 watts. I know that some loss is to be expected, an of course, the cooling fan needs power, but does this charger really need three times as much power in* as it puts out?
The lesser charger claims it needs 3 amps, which, at 120 volts, would be 360 watts. It outputs up to 8 amps at 20 volts, which would be 160 watts, Not as extreme as the DCB1112, but still, does it really need twice as much power in* as it puts out?
Hey, Seanette — In all your various rearrangement of stuff in the apartment, do you have any memory of seeing something that consists of a plug, and a receptacle, both bright yellow, with three separate wires,, green, white and black, connecting them? Sort of like a very short extension cord, but with three separate wires rather than one cable? I think I either need to find that, or buy the parts and make another, so that I can measure how much current these chargers really draw.
* For any who live in or near Sacramento, farther north, this becomes Howe Avenue.
