Friday, Jun 04, 2004 at 17:56
Alex,
Photo's probably wouldn't be much use mate. but I'll explain it as best I can.
I've got a ARB deluxe winch Bullbar that was designed with the laser-cutout "W" shape in the front to mount the Warn solenoid box. Great idea except that in order to get to the solenoid box for servicing (supposed to be done every 3 months...hahahaha) you've gotta remove the whole damn winch.
So I moved the solenoid box to the top of the main bar area which left the empty "W" hole. I bought a white 240v inlet socket like they use on the outsides of caravans (15amp with a white plastic cover etc) and drilled holes in the right
places to mount it in the hole. (I had to grind off the little pointy bit that formed the bottom of the "W").
From there all I did was run a 240v extension cord with the male plug cut off, down to the rear end. I ran it through garden hose along and inside the chassis. It goes up through a large rubber grommet in the area below where the jack is located in the Patrol's rear driver's side panel. You actually need to start from the cargo end and thread the bare cable end down through the hole. Then it's just an easy matter of using the extension cord to hook the fridge up etc. I actually have a small power board in there and a battery charger too, which feeds a trickle charge back to the 2nd battery at night too.
I must get around to putting a circuit breaker up the front near the inlet.
If you have a different sort of bullbar, or wanted to mount the inlet on the rear bumper bar , that would be easy too.
Hope this helps.
Cheers, mate
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