Wireless Charging

[Twithers]

In the new Tahoe's, they added wireless charging to the top of the center console armrest/storage door.

I have an '04 that has the cubby thing on top of the console armrest that's good for holding a phone (The black part in the picture). Has anyone added wireless charging to that surface, so you could just put your phone in there and you're phone would charge.

I haven't found anything already produced online, so I figure it would be a matter of a charging coil or coils added to the inside of the armrest door, on the opposite side of that surface. If that makes sense. The surface on mine is stippled, which wouldn't help with charging because it increases the distance between the charging coil and the phone, but maybe there are coils that can handle that.

Maybe I'm nukin' it, but it seems pretty straightforward.

 

[Fless]

@Sam Harris -- the man, the myth, the legend -- and others have done it.

What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

The heat soak is done with the spray bottle i will post the link.After driving about 20 miles today i can feel a nice difference in the throttle response and it just runs alot smoother at all rpms. She is going to smoke when first started but goes away pretty quick...

www.tahoeyukonforum.com

 

[corvette744]

In the new Tahoe's, they added wireless charging to the top of the center console armrest/storage door.

I have an '04 that has the cubby thing on top of the console armrest that's good for holding a phone (The black part in the picture). Has anyone added wireless charging to that surface, so you could just put your phone in there and you're phone would charge.

I haven't found anything already produced online, so I figure it would be a matter of a charging coil or coils added to the inside of the armrest door, on the opposite side of that surface. If that makes sense. The surface on mine is stippled, which wouldn't help with charging because it increases the distance between the charging coil and the phone, but maybe there are coils that can handle that.

Maybe I'm nukin' it, but it seems pretty straightforward.View attachment 362456

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[MassHoe04]

That system from Boost Auto does look to be a great upgrade... On my list, but only after I make another try in buying a clone Tec2 scan tool.

 

[tRidiot]

So my problem with most of these kits is that your phone has to be pretty well aligned with those charging coils to work properly for wireless charging. I'm wondering if there's a way to put in multiple coils or a much larger coil mat. There's no way in hail my phone is going to sit exactly in the center of that mat, even with very sedate driving around down. Only if I'm on the highway driving at a constant speed in a straight line. And then, hell, I don't need wireless, I could just plug in if it's going to sit there without moving all the time.

I want a big **** charging mat I can let my phone slide all over when cornering, wearing in and out of traffic, slamming on the brakes to avoid running over dogs, kittens, children and rollerskate cars, etc.

 

[Twithers]

Just ordered the Boost kit. Exactly what I had in mind.

Thanks!

 

[tRidiot]

I spent an hour or more doing some research, I think I'm gonna try to figure out a way to put multiple 3-coil or even multiple 5-coil inductive charging setups inside my armrest lid. Then I can convert the whole armrest into a charging pad to charge 2 or more phones at a time, hardwired into the vehicle's electrical system.

 

[MassHoe04]

You certainly can try to engineer a custom set-up, but the unit from Boost Audio is a triple coil unit already.

The charging area on the Boost Audio unit is anywhere on the pad that does not have the little raised ridges sticking up. You can see the active charging zone in the product photos is really pretty big!

May be worth a second look...

I haven't ordered one for myself yet (I had a few urgent repairs get to do first). But, it does look like a really nice unit.

If still slip-sliding away, maybe some Gecko gripper pad might work to keep things from shifting around.

Amazon.com

 

[tRidiot]

Yeah I don't consider that very big, it's just the size of the phone itself, is all, and right in the center. You could likely fit 4 of those triple-coil mats underneath and have the entire area active. Just need a controller that will work for all 4 - or do 4 independently-wired charging mats, I'm just not certain they would work in tandem - although it wouldn't matter, as your phone would switch from one to the other as it moves around.

That's my thought, anyways.

 

[tRidiot]

I have managed to find a manufacturer of large multi-coil solutions for this area that seem as if they would work very well. I have made an inquiry so I might obtain a couple of units for testing, if it works out well, who knows, I might be able to start my own little side business? lol

 

[DLupini]

The boost kit works well with my iPhone. Can set the phone generally in the center of the console and it charges.

 

[smcnair]

Here is a good video on it. I love this guys channel.

 

[MassHoe04]

I have managed to find a manufacturer of large multi-coil solutions for this area that seem as if they would work very well. I have made an inquiry so I might obtain a couple of units for testing, if it works out well, who knows, I might be able to start my own little side business? lol

I wonder if anyone has tried charging two phones on the Boost Audio unit... With the 3 coils, there might be enough room to lay them side by side going across and still hook up to the charging field to charge. My home charger has one coil and that seems to be enough to hit the target.

Has anyone, who has one, tried to do that? Just a thought.

 

[corvette744]

Here is a good video on it. I love this guys channel.

That is a high quality well thought out product on my radar also.

 

[Twithers]

I ordered the kit from Boost and installed it over the weekend. Super easy, works great. Maybe a little pricey, but there's not alot of alternatives on the market.

As part of the kit, there is an adapter that allows you to disconnect the power plug from a cigarette lighter, plug in this adapter, and then plug the original cigarette lighter plug into the adapter. This powers the kit while keeping power to the cigarette lighter. Does anyone know where I might get some of these adapters? I'd like some for other projects.