At 11:53 PM 2/1/2009, Loren Busch wrote:
>connections lock in place or are they just a friction fit like the
>common cigarette light we are used to in NA vehicles?

If you look carefully at the plug in this link
<http://www.amotostuff.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PPL-001&Category_Code=powerlet>
you can see that the positive contact is shaped like the tip contact
of a phone plug, strongly suggesting that the plug would snap into
place like a phone plug.  The negative contacts have a good wiping
action as the plug is inserted and appear to me to be adjustable for
fit.  There is no latch to positively retain the plug; but there's
also no spring-loaded tip contact always trying to shove the plug out
of the jack.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"