T&T: 12 volt receptacles

[Rob Dorsey]

Hi Tim,

Ran into this problem on one of my airplanes once and needed a convenient
12v plug for tight spaces. I used a normal - from radio shack - mono
headset jack and plug to carry the 12v current. The jack is quite small -
1.35" x 3/4" - and is easy to wire. The Neg goes to the tip contactor and
the ground or pos to the shaft contactor. There are versions requiring
solder (most of them) and some with screw connections. It is an elegant
solution for a tight space.

One man's opinion, I could be wrong,

Rob D
M/V Best Revenge
http://bestrevenge.us 

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Subject: T&T: 12 volt receptacles

My new (to me) 1983 trawler has many 110 volt outlets in nice teak
receptacle boxes. Next to several of them there?are?12 volt receptacles,
also in their own teak boxes -?but these?are not the cigarette lighter type
of outlets. They look just like the old 2-prong 110 volt receptacles?from
olden days (the face plates say 'National'). My surveyor said they gotta go
- too confusing?because they're right next to the 110 outlets.

The teak box does not look deep enough for a replacement cigarette lighter
style outlet (less then 2 inches deep), so I was hoping to find some kind of
converter that I could just plug into the existing outlet. The converter
would need to have?2 prongs on one end and the 'normal' cigarette lighter
outlet on the other end. 

I sure would appreciate any ideas on how to solve this problem, or maybe a
good source for some shorter 12 volt outlets. The teak boxes are really nice
so I'd like to keep them - and they're right where I could use some 12 volt
power.

Thanks folks,

Tim Behan
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