Well, I was tired of the horrible stock OEM wireless charger that I had added to my RL. I am also a fan of the OEM look, so I decided to swap out the guts using stuff I already had. I started with a Yootech 10W wireless charger stand that I had sitting around collecting dust. I took it apart to keep just the coils and circuit board. The back of the coils had a stick tape on them, so I was able to stick the board to it. I had a cigarette lighter to usb adapter for power conversion. I did buy a female lighter adapter that had a built in fuse holder and finally a usb type C cable:
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After disassembly of the OEM unit. I wrapped the back of the wireless charger with tape to prevent any shorting out and then used gorilla tape to tape it in place.
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Then I figured out how much space was between the bottom of the board and the metal bump on the bottom part of the charger. I wanted something in there to help hold it in place. I cut up a screen protector installer cardboard piece and wrapped that in gorilla tape and put it in the middle where the usb c cable is conneced:
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Then I reassembled the whole thing:
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Since I had already tapped the cigarette lighter when I installed the wireless charger the first time, I just soldered that onto the wiring for the new female lighter adapter and tucked the charger wiring in:
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Finally, plugged the USB cable in and pushed the excess wire down into the cubby and put it all back together. Put truck in accessory mode and set the phone down on it and it starts charging. Will see how it goes over the next few weeks, but this charger worked reliably on my desk so I expect the same in the RL.
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After disassembly of the OEM unit. I wrapped the back of the wireless charger with tape to prevent any shorting out and then used gorilla tape to tape it in place.
Then I figured out how much space was between the bottom of the board and the metal bump on the bottom part of the charger. I wanted something in there to help hold it in place. I cut up a screen protector installer cardboard piece and wrapped that in gorilla tape and put it in the middle where the usb c cable is conneced:
Then I reassembled the whole thing:
Since I had already tapped the cigarette lighter when I installed the wireless charger the first time, I just soldered that onto the wiring for the new female lighter adapter and tucked the charger wiring in:
Finally, plugged the USB cable in and pushed the excess wire down into the cubby and put it all back together. Put truck in accessory mode and set the phone down on it and it starts charging. Will see how it goes over the next few weeks, but this charger worked reliably on my desk so I expect the same in the RL.
