I’m not the biggest fan of overcast, rainy days- they tend to usher oneself inside, since it’s never fun (or sometimes safe) working in a cold, damp environment. The good thing about this weather, however, is that it allows you to work on “to do later†projects. Today was one of those days.
This started out as a dollar store 2.1A dual-port charger in an ugly translucent orange case. I measured it to ensure it worked well under load, examined the boards, and decided that they’d work great to add dedicated charging ports in my daily driver.
As this car did not have heated seats, I have 4 “dummy†plugs, and decided to use one of them so myself, and a passenger, might charge our phones- or even use them as GPS/etc without concern for power related issues.
Including the solder, electricity, and epoxy used to mount the ports in the dummy plugs- I may have $2 into this project. Not bad!