Hella Plugs
Submitted: Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 19:26
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pauls
The plug on my Versa-lite fell to pieces. I went to Supa cheap to buy a new plug. They were about $5, but I thought maybe I should get a better one. I went to the local 4WD
shop who offered me a Hella plug for $26.
Is the extra money worthwhile?
Thanks
Paul
Reply By: Gerhardp1 - Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 19:31
Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 19:31
Try Jaycar - they have several plugs which may be better than the SuperCr@p one and cheaper - you could also try Bursons, Auto-one for Narva plugs.
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Reply By: Member - bushfix - Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 19:44
Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 19:44
G'day,
$26 for plug AND socket I assume. You can do better, try your nearest auto leccy. The Hella jobbies are a good positive snap fit.
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Reply By: Derek from Affordable Batteries & Radiators - Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 19:48
Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 19:48
Ebay is a good place to look.
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Follow Up By: Outnabout David (SA) - Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 21:13
Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 21:13
Hey Derek,
Don't mean to hijack this thread but is the email address on your website current as I have sent three emails to you in the last week or so without reply. Just want to make sure I am sending to the correct address.
Have sent again just now so I hope you get it.
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Follow Up By: Derek from Affordable Batteries & Radiators - Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 21:23
Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 21:23
Hi David
Still the same. djbester@bigpond.net.au
I also have derek@sidewinder.com.au
I have loaded the the Trend Micro PC virus program that is a bit tempremental.
Re-send on one or all of the following. djbester@bigpond.net.au, natraradiator@msn.com.au, outbackdigital@photo.net, derek@sidewinder.com.au
Regards
Derek.
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 22:23
Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 22:23
Paul,
The Hella plug was around the $15 mark at TJM last time I bought one.
The Hella plug with it's removable ring cap is the best type for flexibility.
It can plug into a standard ciggy socket with the ring cap on, or a "merit" style socket with the cap removed. I use nothing else on my low voltage equipment.
Also the connections are a screw clamp type. No soldering to bother with.
Have also seen then for a similar cost at Battery World.
$26 seems a bit over the top though.
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Reply By: Member - Howard (ACT) - Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 23:13
Monday, Jul 09, 2007 at 23:13
Pauls,
check out the supercheap plugs carefully. I purchased one to use on my fridge.worked fine as a merit plug with the red ring off but when I tried it in the cig outlet on the waeco 240 volt transformer it would not stay in the hole as the 2 clips on the side were to far back from the end to hold. when measured against genuine waeco plug , s/c version was about 6-10 mm longer.Useless- its still laying in the shed somewhere.
cheers
Howard
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Follow Up By: AdrianLR (VIC) - Tuesday, Jul 10, 2007 at 11:18
Tuesday, Jul 10, 2007 at 11:18
I agree - the Supercheap plugs are very poor imitations of the ones that Jaycar (and maybe Waeco which I haven't seen) sell.
Mine melted when drawing about 5A in cig plug mode. The fuse in
the tip seats poorly.
Adrian
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Reply By: MEMBER - Darian (SA) - Tuesday, Jul 10, 2007 at 08:58
Tuesday, Jul 10, 2007 at 08:58
I got some simple black plastic hella plugs at Autopro for about $7 I think - best I've seen in that they don't ' wriggle ' around when plugged in (they have a full circle neg contact) - the dual purpose plugs (cig - hella) seem to wriggle a lot when used in hella mode.
If you get stuck, why not buy a Waeco fridge cable for $20 - it has a fancy dual mode, fused, hella-cig plug on the end ! As others have said, Hella pattern plugs seem to stay in place a lot better, under rough conditions.
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