OR, rather than just 'poke around and measure voltage' ........
A friend recently gave me a great little device- he had a spare.
I'm sure they sell them at hardward stores - you plug it into any 110 VAC
receptical, and the LED lights on it tell you if the hot side is good or
open,
if the other side is neutral or open, of if the hot side and the other side
are switched, and if they neutral connection is good or open.  Really handy
device, and it's nice to know your 110 VAC is wired right !

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Paul Guzyk
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:34 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 12v outlet switch?

If the outlet is on the left wall just in front of the rear seat
(mounted low) and looks like a household outlet it is probably the
factory setup.

The "switch" adjacent to it on a separate wall plate is supposed to
be a 110v circuit breaker.

The factory setup:
The 110v outlet has no power unless you are hooked up to shore power.
The circuit breaker may be broken, sometimes you need a pencil head
or similar to press in the reset button.

However, if a previous owner modified things who knows what you have.

Best to get a cheap mulitmeter and as others have suggested, poke
around and measure voltages.

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