I was a busy little Wolf tonight...

Rick......

All I did was go to arrid.com.au printed the page and showed my Auto Electrician.

He had 7 for me next day. Don't know how much they are, havn't had the account yet.

The one major difference between the Arrid & the previous ones I used is this.....

When you remove the little red adaptor, to go from Cigar to Hella, the older plugs only had one contact point on the side, the Arris has 2.

Now, I have never lost food in my fridge because of this, but I use a CPAP, and it is annoying when the plug fails during the night.

I will be posting some piccies in a few weeks on my site, but I've got too many other things to do just now.....

Cheers

Wolfie

That's a good move with the GPS Rick.
I got sick of having to turn it back on after the ignition turned off, I keep the batteries out when not needed. I fitted an external antenna with the cable feeding in under the dash cover mat to the GPS which is mounted mostly on the passengers side, SWMBO keeps an eye on the speed.
I fed permanent power (fused) to a plug mounted high in the panel under the dash on the LHS above the passengers feet. The GPS power cable tucks in around the edge of the dash in the rubber door seal and under the mat with the antenna cable. Looks neat and stays on 24/7, I usually throw an old rag over to hide it if I'm away from the vehicle.

Rick,
Your solution will be found here

http://www.allabout12volt.com/indexcat.html

Scroll down to "misc arrid", then down page to GU Patrol plug panel.

nice piece of work, pre-wired and fits like factory, fitted mine several weeks ago, can send you a photo if you wish

rolande

Rolande, thanks for that lead, excellent product.
Looks like a few more $ going in the right direction & a few more toys coming in.

Nothing like more toys :)

Des.....

Here we go.....

I run a 125 Modified. This was bought 4 years ago to run a laptop to connect to a telescope, so we could track via the computer.

Force Electronics, about $90.00

I then bought a 150 watt Modified. This is a Motomate brand. The ONLY reason I bought this is because Res Med, the makers of my CPAP, sell them. If things go wrong, I've done what they told me.

Res Med Sydney, about $160.00 8 months ago.

I just bought a DSE 300 Pure Sine Wave, for $230.00. I had to open it up and tighten the Earth screw, and I will use some 3/16" BSW Nutserts to attach the chassis to the cover, they only use self tappers, in Aluminium....... wrong......

I bought this, because in winter, I use a humidifier with the CPAP, which require Pure Sine Wave, to allow the ceramic heater to work.

Hope all this helps.....

Cheers

Wolfie

Yes DSE = Dick Smith.

If you have a Tandy store nearby, they could probably get it in for you.....

DSE & Tandy is owned by the same people, strange, but true. You could just order thru the net. Don't know about Pure Sinewave smallewr than 300 watts though.

Cheers

Cross a Wolf with an Inverter, and you'll get........ Flow!!

Thankyou!!

(G'day all)

Indeed Wolfie, Kobi is a beaut. I was in Sth Dakota a few years ago and visited some people in the Black Hills who actually had a couple of white wolves in a big run on their property. Don't know how long they had them for or how they came to have them, but Kobi (and of course your nickname) reminded me of them. I have some beautiful photos, one of me actually touching noses with them, took the risk. It was a captivating experience but then I am a dog person anyway and love the bonding. Would love to send you a copy somehow (scan & email?, post?)

Also mate, your website has a great vibe to it already and I look forward to its development. Good on ya.

Jeremy.

Good point Peter. I am going away in someone else's vehicle in May next year, for 16 - 19 days.

Russell Guest's 16 day tour, should be a blast!

Cheers

Wolfie