PhreQQ
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Hey guys, I remember looking at a promising tech a few years ago for my 7.3 pickup where the plug to your winter coolant heater/frostheater was magnetically held together. In theory, you could pull out of your driveway/wherever and it would automatically detach. I don't remember the name of the original product, but it looks like they were bought out/renamed to "VoltSafe" and still haven't released anything to backers in however many years its been.
This made me want to look into alternatives available already on the market, and while there's nothing designed specifically for powering our coolant heaters, I came across a similar idea for trailer lighting by "EZ-Connector". It has more contacts than is necessary for AC power as they're designed for 7 or 14 pin trailer connectors, but you could gang a few together to help reduce resistance. I have yet to contact the company, but plan to ask them if they have any testing/specs for voltage and current rating. I was thinking about using the 7 pin connector, model "EZS7" and using 3 pins each for hot and neutral, one for ground. I'm sure someone is cringing about using an electrical connector for something other than it was designed, but I like to live dangerously I guess
What do you guys think? Here's a good link to the product page of what I'm considering: http://shop.ezconnector.com/c/ezs7-new-self-closing-model
I realize this isn't even remotely necessary, but is a "cool" upgrade that might save me/someone backing out of their driveway in a hurry and dragging their power cords/breaking something in the grill.
This made me want to look into alternatives available already on the market, and while there's nothing designed specifically for powering our coolant heaters, I came across a similar idea for trailer lighting by "EZ-Connector". It has more contacts than is necessary for AC power as they're designed for 7 or 14 pin trailer connectors, but you could gang a few together to help reduce resistance. I have yet to contact the company, but plan to ask them if they have any testing/specs for voltage and current rating. I was thinking about using the 7 pin connector, model "EZS7" and using 3 pins each for hot and neutral, one for ground. I'm sure someone is cringing about using an electrical connector for something other than it was designed, but I like to live dangerously I guess
What do you guys think? Here's a good link to the product page of what I'm considering: http://shop.ezconnector.com/c/ezs7-new-self-closing-model
I realize this isn't even remotely necessary, but is a "cool" upgrade that might save me/someone backing out of their driveway in a hurry and dragging their power cords/breaking something in the grill.