Cover your looking at is to access a release lever in case you need to shift into neutral without power.
I spliced into stock cig lighter and installed second outlet next to it,
Have pic of it somewhere will try to find it

 

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Cover your looking at is to access a release lever in case you need to shift into neutral without power.

That cover in the trans tunnel is your access point into the switch that unlocks the shift lever if your transmission ever freezes up on you.

so, you want that hole accessible, eh?

I had a suspicion that the hole was the shift lever release (I have had to use it on other vehicles), but I figured that it would still be accessible with a 12V power outlet since they just pop out (like the access cover) with a tug anyway. I do like the picture showing one mounted to the right of the OE location. I'll have to mull it over.

Thanks folks!

 

That cover in the trans tunnel is your access point into the switch that unlocks the shift lever if your transmission ever freezes up on you.

Sometimes, if you park against a curb or a rock or something and have any strain on the transmission, when you put it into park the shift lever won't pull it back into gear,

so, you want that hole accessible, eh?

I run a hand held unit charger, a dash camera and satellite phone charger so I know what you are talking about.

When you remove the radio bezel and the radio and look down you can see the power leads going to the one power outlet.
Take a peek and see if you don't want to piggy back off that power lead and simply hang a couple of power points out the trim on the passenger side. You work from the passenger footwell in, simply fish the wires up, into the radio void. I glue gunned a bit of fleece (from those seatbelt slip on protector things) onto the side of the trim so the power point didn't rattle and used really good crimp style nuts and a pro crimper borrowed from my military electronics guru neighbour.

A big knot at the inside of the seam prevents them from pulling down too far and I used a stress union at the point of crimp...picture the crimps being safety wired so even if I do strain the set up the wire takes it, not my crimps.

I don't often have all three in use, usually just two. But all three have been used at once and for an extended period of time and no problems.

I work out of my Pat and I keep regular cell phone, sat phone, hand held and dash cam all going with minimal fuss with three outlets.

 

Ahhh, the expedient and yet inelegant solution. I got one of those adapters that turns one outlet into two, with USB charging ports too.

 

I also have the need to power 2 items at the same time with one 12 v Outlet....a phone charger and an XM Sat Radio. Any danger in using one of the aftermarket plugs that splits the 1 outlet into two outlets?

 

The two items you mention no but like Todde said, if you are adding in a heavy use item it might be time to think about coming direct from the battery.

In an earlier post of mine...I have two outlets coming off the stock outlet wiring (three in total). I run a dash camera, a satellite radio charger, a cell phone charger and a hand held unit charger with regularity and often have all three in use. This has been going on for a full year and no issues at all.

But if I was to use my inverter in the Patriot I'd clip it directly to battery, I'd not run it along with all my chargers from the in cabin point.

 

Why not get one of these:

It's what I use...

 

That is great, Jack, but it fills the factory outlet entirely and only gives you USB.
Where do I plug in my three chargers that aren't USB?