Date:         Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:34:58 -0500
Reply-To:     "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
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From:         "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Lighter Receptacle '88
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Since we always power a lot of frabbitz on our trips (cell phone,
12V ice chest, inverter for laptop, CB, etc.).  I ended up wiring a
3 outlet box on the little plastic cover in front of the gear shift.
 Someone mentioned that it hides a lot of nothing; seemed that way
to me.  That cover does not have a lot of structural integrity (i.e.
it bends when you push and pull plugs in and out.).

The trickiest part was actually soldering a lead to the real
cigarette lighter since I wanted to be on the same fuse.

To make things simpler in terms of shutting stuff off, I wired a
switch into the outlet box so I could just flick it off instead of
ripping all those plugs out.

Works great so far.

-Karl

Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
'87 GL Weekender  "Beverley"
VW shop list: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops