Date:         Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:24:02 -0700
Reply-To:     BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
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From:         BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
Subject:      Re: Using Shore Power in the Westy was Quality Inverters
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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:31:26 -0700, you wrote:

>I plug a couple of good-quality battery maintainers/tricklers into those
>outlets to keep Mellow Yellow's batteries happy when he's in hibernation.
>
>Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>KG6RCR
>
>On 6/19/2007 9:37 AM Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>
>>> And I can't remember the last time I used the outlet
>>> down by the floor, next to the rear seat.
>>
>> It's handy for a low profile night light for a quick
>> check to see if the shore power works.

When we have shore power, we use that outlet to run a string of
LED-lighted stars (bought from IKEA) around the front of the van. It's
just for looks and fun.  We have to deal with a thin cord from that
corner out to the driver door.  After that, it's all outside.

In a more hedonistic bent, when we have shore power we use that outlet
when weather demands to run our small electric space-heater during the
night.  


B&S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal