My dual aux 12-volt socket is external.  I've attached it with velcro
under the shelf, far right, just behind the driver's head.  I also
have a voltmeter for the aux battery beside it, velcro'd to the
vertical shelf surface.

I like having the 12-volt socket in the middle of the van at chest
height.  I have a portable vertical 12v fluorescent lamp hooked to the
westy lift bar and I can turn it on/off with just a light push/pull of
the plug in the socket.

Laurence Smith
Hamilton, ON
90 Westy (fanumbos)

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> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Oakland Westfalia
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 9:16 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Aux 12 volt socket location suggestions--87 Westy?
>
>
> Venerable listees,
>
> I just finished setting up my aux battery (Optima dual
> terminal yellow
> top) in my 1987 Westy under the driver's seat.  Next step
> is adding a
> 12-volt socket powered by the aux battery.
>
> Can anyone describe their ideal location for such a socket? My first
> choice would be just above the shore power (120V) outlet,
> but I can't
> figure out how to route the wire to the "secret"
> compartment from the
> driver's side battery box. I can route the wire as far as
> the top left
> side of the fridge but no further. I would prefer not to
> have to pull
> the fridge, drill more holes in the van's underbody, or
> drill unsightly
> holes in the cabinets to add the socket there; cabinet
> holes behind the
> scenes are ok.  Solutions to this problem or other possible
> locations/experiences?
>
> TIA,
>
> Al (aka Allison)
> 87 Westy Yellow Topped
>