That tool (forget the name) is very handy (quick to use), small, lightweight and inexpensive. I used them years ago, in another life. I revisited the hdware store y'day after interjecting in this thread and found a less expensive ($12) GFCI (with cover plate) AND an amber indicator which I plan to install. Hope to place the outlet on the bottom where it belongs and the amber indicator (in a new ivory plate) where the outlet is now. This indicator should be handy to inform me if I lose shore power. Liked a spiffy-er GFCI with a night light but it was twice as expensive. Westy owners have to watch the cashflow ya know! All the best!
On 4/1/08, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > OR, rather than just 'poke around and measure voltage' ........ > A friend recently gave me a great little device- he had a spare. > I'm sure they sell them at hardward stores - you plug it into any 110 VAC > receptical, and the LED lights on it tell you if the hot side is good or > open, > if the other side is neutral or open, of if the hot side and the other > side > are switched, and if they neutral connection is good or open. Really > handy > device, and it's nice to know your 110 VAC is wired right ! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Paul Guzyk > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:34 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: 12v outlet switch? > > If the outlet is on the left wall just in front of the rear seat > (mounted low) and looks like a household outlet it is probably the > factory setup. > > The "switch" adjacent to it on a separate wall plate is supposed to > be a 110v circuit breaker. > > The factory setup: > The 110v outlet has no power unless you are hooked up to shore power. > The circuit breaker may be broken, sometimes you need a pencil head > or similar to press in the reset button. > > However, if a previous owner modified things who knows what you have. > > Best to get a cheap mulitmeter and as others have suggested, poke > around and measure voltages. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.4/1355 - Release Date: 4/1/2008 > 5:37 PM >
-- Neil Crawford '82 Diesel Westy Me other car is Swedish |
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