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singler3360
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Joined: February 25, 2009
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Location: Corvallis, Oregon
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I was looking today at this location. What's the best way to access the back to screw on the locking ring? Did you remove the cook top or bend your arm in twelve different directions at once to negotiate the void behind? I must be tired today b/c nothing simple was jumping out on how to get access, even with the fridge removed. |
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madspaniard
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Joined: August 18, 2008
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Location: Alameda, CA
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Hey Mad,
Why one to the outside in the city water hookup? What do you run out there? |
anything you want, air pump for water toys or mattress, solar panel cord, water pump for shower ...
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madspaniard
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Joined: August 18, 2008
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Location: Alameda, CA
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| Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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I was looking today at this location. What's the best way to access the back to screw on the locking ring? Did you remove the cook top or bend your arm in twelve different directions at once to negotiate the void behind? I must be tired today b/c nothing simple was jumping out on how to get access, even with the fridge removed. |
no need to remove fridge, you can remove the metal front plate following directions in this thread
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=334649&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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Home Team Van
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Joined: January 02, 2008
Posts: 465
Location: wilmington, nc
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I like this location. It's convenient when the bed is down and I can hide items that are being charged in the water tank cabinet.
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can you use this receptacle with the rear table in place? |
Yes, the receptacle is a good 3-4 inches below the table.
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rockfish
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Joined: February 13, 2007
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Location: Palo Alto, Calif.
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Give that (Mad) man a dollar! Mad's thread was exactly my reference point.
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singler3360
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Location: Corvallis, Oregon
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| Yes, thanks Mad. My hope is that one day my orly blue Westy follows in his footsteps/tiretracks. |
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kshbaja
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Location: Portland, OR
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To the folks that mounted 12v receptacles in the metal face plate above the fridge and below the stove/sink: what did you use to cut the holes?
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Ahwahnee
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Location: Mt Lemmon, AZ
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singler3360
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Location: Corvallis, Oregon
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| To the folks that mounted 12v receptacles in the metal face plate above the fridge and below the stove/sink: what did you use to cut the holes? |
Somewhere I saw a 1 1/8" hole saw drill bit suggested. It worked perfectly on the metal of the face plate and cabinets. MadSpaniard installed 2 side-by-side in that location and I thought that was overkill at the time, but now I wish I had done the same (allows for charging something while plugging in a laptop). |
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GBA 88West LA
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Location: New Hampshire
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I was wondering when someone was going to post an USB option. Since most phones/handhelds are using 5v batteries and are able to charged via USB, it seems that everyone will only need to buy one car cell phone charger from now on.
For those of you with campers, these might come in handy for charging a few phones, etc....
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any link for this
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McVanagon
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Location: Northern part of the Virginia
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I was wondering when someone was going to post an USB option. Since most phones/handhelds are using 5v batteries and are able to charged via USB, it seems that everyone will only need to buy one car cell phone charger from now on.
For those of you with campers, these might come in handy for charging a few phones, etc....
http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/1...-Ports.jpg |
any link for this |
I did a quick search and found this..
http://store.fastmac.com/product_info.php?products_id=458
It's worth a mention that converting 12vdc > 110vac > 5vdc is not the most efficient way to make 5vdc. If I were to use this in a Westy, I would take it apart, and convert 12vdc to 5vdc and supply that to the ports on my own.
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erdonline
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Joined: September 26, 2004
Posts: 943
Location: CT
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:02 am Post subject: USB ports |
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I was wondering when someone was going to post an USB option. Since most phones/handhelds are using 5v batteries and are able to charged via USB, it seems that everyone will only need to buy one car cell phone charger from now on.
For those of you with campers, these might come in handy for charging a few phones, etc....
http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/1...-Ports.jpg |
any link for this |
I did a quick search and found this..
http://store.fastmac.com/product_info.php?products_id=458
It's worth a mention that converting 12vdc > 110vac > 5vdc is not the most efficient way to make 5vdc. If I were to use this in a Westy, I would take it apart, and convert 12vdc to 5vdc and supply that to the ports on my own. |
Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding something here, but the outlets mentioned convert 110v dirextly to the 5vdc for the USB, right? Where does 12vdc come in? (Unless someone is powering their 110v outlet in their camper from an inverter, that is.
Ed in CT
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