BenSpoon posted:

I've done the same- Also got some fat 50A figure 8 cable and have made a 5m extension lead which comes out of an anderson plug at the back of my car, and terminates in a female 12V socket, which I plug the fridge into. It lets me easily stick my fridge on the other side of the car at night so Im not woken up by a compressor, and there is never an issue with volt drop.
I've noticed more and more of the gennies being made with the same "low voltage" plugs and sockets, so the move to these is well worth it.

Nudenut posted:

they're the stuff they use for 32volt systems
from what i see, they are still not as good as the enderson plug....but all i use is the 32v stuff

BenSpoon posted:

The benefit I saw of using the low voltage sockets was they are reuseable. The anderson plugs needed to have the lugs crimped, whereas the low voltage sockets have screw down connectors. That and mounting an anderson plug on the wall of a boot compartment (where I have the socket for running the fridge in car) would mean opening a window to get at it each time i wanted to disconnect it, instead of just a yank on the power cord. That said, I have 4 anderson connectors around the car.
Andersons (depending on size) are typically good for 50+ Amps. Low voltage sockets I recall had a max 15A stamp on them.

Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

"from what i see, they are still not as good as the enderson plug"
I've got to admit I was a little dubious about them at first glance, but I was desperate as my fridge kept on cutting out while traveling (the hella plug was fubar). They just are SO simple but work so well, they are a very tight fitting.

I've never used the anderson type plugs, I've got the one 2 pin clipsal and all the rest are std cigarette lighter plugs as all my charges, accessories etc have those ends and camp lights and air mattress compressors etc are not used while travelling and are not critical.

I've got three lighter plugs in the back, and one under the dash for the notebook charger. Strangley enough I don't have any dramas with the good quality cigaretter lighter type plugs, in fact the only reason I had to change was because my fridge/cooler draws over 8 amps and it was melting normal ciggy plugs! LOL.

geocacher (djcache) posted:

A. You can buy the Anderson plug pins separately to reuse the housings if crimped.

B. If you solder rather than crimp them you get to reuse them anyway.

Dave

WheelTravel posted:

Can I ask why the SuperCheap one was supercrap? I am interested to know as it seems like it's fine. It is certainly better than the Waeco one so far as it doesn't blow a bloody fuse when I wiggle it, or plug it in and out.

Getting the thicker Waeco wire in the Hella plug was physically impossible. I'm sure I will find a use for it, but it won't be for plugging in the Waeco.

Cheers

Rosco - Bris. posted:

The Supa Crap one I got was very cheap and nasty and didn't have the capacity to connect decent gauge wire. The other .. (may have been Narva rather than Hella .. can't remember) was much better quality and had 240V type connectors and screws so it was easy to adequately anchor the wires in place.

All in all a quality product as compared to the el cheepo jobbies.

Cheers

Fast_Patrol posted:

I agree totally with this - have 6 in my car!

Also, the plug on the Waeco fridge is also a merit plug.

Cheers
Andrew

Nudenut posted:

dont scroll down...you will all run out and buy the 12volt blender

Nudenut posted:

and for any "limp wrist" blokes out there they also have a 12volt hair drier

brett posted:

At a guess I'd say those Merit plugs are the same as a Hella plug. Never had a problem with the hella plugs, you won't get a huge gauge wire into them but remember they are only rated to 8amps. HAd no trouble with the wire on the Waeco lead. For the heavy duty stuff use a Anderson. The Narva version of the hella plug are quite good and are only around $6. In Sydney the genuine Hella's are about $10, if your paying $16 I think they're getting at you.