12 volt screw together socket
Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 29, 2003 at 16:54
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Andi
Hi all
This may get a little confusing but let me explain. I am after a 2 pin screw together socket set up for my Engel fridge. A mate of
mine just came back from
Birdsville and told me how he melted his cigarette socket for his fridge when it vibrated loose on the corrugated roads. I notice my Engel plug ( and probably most others) comes apart and reveals a two pin screw in type set up which presumably would defeat the vibration problem as it would not simply shake loose.
Where can you get such sockets. Repco, auto elecs where?
Reply By: Member - Timothy - Wednesday, Oct 29, 2003 at 17:04
Wednesday, Oct 29, 2003 at 17:04
Boating supply shops like Bias Boating
have one that sounds right.
ARB installed my dual battery system
and they used these for a socket in the back.
I got some extras to make an extension lead
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Wednesday, Oct 29, 2003 at 18:16
Wednesday, Oct 29, 2003 at 18:16
Correct they are chrome brass, the female plug base is surface mount & male threaded, & the male plug has a female threaded collar. Almost any chandlery will have them.
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Reply By: Hendo - Thursday, Oct 30, 2003 at 06:46
Thursday, Oct 30, 2003 at 06:46
All
Save the hassle - buy the correct lead made by Engel, with the inline fuse. It is about $30. You've got a $1200 fridge, silly to be cheap on the one thing that will keep it going. They are easy to obtain.
And yes, it doesn't vibrate loose, as it is all locked together.
Don't use cigarette plugs for vital connenctions.
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