I was wondering if anyone has installed a USB hub as a power supply for accessories in their 3G Ram (or any other vehicle for that matter). Right now I have a mix of adapters for charging and powering my iPod, phone, GPS, etc. Since all of them have USB cables, I wanted to clean it up by installing a USB hub to use as a power supply for all of these and hide it under the dash somewhere. Anyone have any suggestions? I want it to be a nice clean and out of the way installation so I don't have so many cables visible and ideally use only one of the power outlets.

 

I don't think the hub could put out enough current. Plus, how are you going to power the hub?

 

http://www.geekalerts.com/usb-hub-and-charger-for-cars/

I found this. Probably could do something interesting along these lines.

 

I was thinking of using a powered hub. Most of them use a low voltage input and I figured I could use a cigarette adapter to power the hub and that in turn would power my devices.

 

That's a pretty cool thing. It's not exactly what I was looking for, but I will have to look into that.

 

That is a good idea. I was looking for something for the bike and that just might work.

 

i just bought a power splitter and installed it behind the cup holders b4 i installed the console in my truck and hid all the wires behind the dash looked good... now that i have the console i did the same thing and have my zune pluged in in the console power outlet. i will take some pics sometime so u can see what i mean... i have my radar detector, gps, cellphone, xm radio, and zune all pluged in and cant see any of the wires i love it looks so much better now