Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:42:59 -0400
Reply-To: Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From: Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: 12v outlet switch?
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That amber indicator light is not normally on. It only comes on when you
have AC power applied and then you press the test button to 'pop' the GFCI,
and only goes out when you reset it. You'd have to test and reset, to know
if you've lost shore power.
Mike B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Crawford" <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: 12v outlet switch?
> 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.
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Neil Crawford
> '82 Diesel Westy
> Me other car is Swedish
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