Wireless car phone charger

[Ron C]

got it, what I would have done is probably unscrew the tray and put it underneath it, that way the tray seems 'original' and the charger hidden/built in.

But the unit being that flat is definitely a plus, If what I am trying doesn't work (putting the electronics right underneath the tray, I might try the same thing as what you are doing.

Ron

 

[Ron C]

hello all,

I bought one of these wireless chargers, from ebay, they are fairly inexpensive. I bought one with two coils, because I already noticed that these chargers want the phone on there "just right" I mounted it underneath the "cell phone tray" hooked it up to one of these USB chargers. I took the USB charger apart and soldered wires to where the contacts connected to the little board. ground goes to 'sheet metal' and the power wire I connected to a 'ignition key' activated tab, in that junction box near the brake pedal. I used duct tape to stick the coils to the tray, I think in this case it works better than glue, it can't really go anywhere. I drilled a hole in the lid underneath the cover to run the USB cable through. The hole is covered by the cell phone tray, and on the inside there's a trim panel.

It seems to be working really well, and it is an inexpensive 'upgrade' ($15 wireless charger, $4 for the car charger/adapter).

Here are a few pics:

Ron

 

[sanco]

very nice, great job! I'm surprised this isn't done more with these trucks, it's cheap to do and you can either do a quick hookup like I did or a oem looking setup like you did. The convenience of the wireless charger is totally worth less than $20 in parts!

Again great job, looks good!!

 

[Ron C]

very nice, great job! I'm surprised this isn't done more with these trucks, it's cheap to do and you can either do a quick hookup like I did or a oem looking setup like you did. The convenience of the wireless charger is totally worth less than $20 in parts!

Again great job, looks good!!

Oh yeah I like it, no messing with plugging in cables, wires all over the place. of course it takes a little work to route the wires (that is always fun), but totally worth it and easy to do with a center console.

Ron

 

[balln2k11]

 

[PPV12HOE]

I'd love to do this but my phone with the otterbox on it wont fit flat in the top section of the console... thinking I might do this in the front of the tray instead...

 

[Kee Fuller]

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Got the same one. Glad i bought it. Had some shipping issues, but it all worked out

 

[TheAutumnWind]

Boost auto sells one of these.

https://boostautoparts.com/products/charging

 

[Kee Fuller]

Boost auto sells one of these.

https://boostautoparts.com/products/charging

Thats excatly the one me and balln2k11 have

 

[TheAutumnWind]

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Thats excatly the one me and balln2k11 have

Looks like a nice clean plug and play solution to me. Too bad my Caddy doesnt have this type of center console lid or I would probably get one.