Series 2a dash panel terminals

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Richard Brookman

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Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
they for?

Thanks for any ideas.

Rich

Series 2a
RR 4.6
The rest
 
Richard Brookman wrote:

> Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
> sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
> assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
> they for?

They are for melting the wiring loom :) (They are unfused so be
careful). I think the original idea was to either run a spotlight or
charge the battery.


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On 14 Sep 2004 02:43:24 -0700, [email protected] (Richard
Brookman) wrote:

>Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
>sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
>assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
>they for?
>
>Thanks for any ideas.

You can get original landrover inspection lights that plug into them.
I always thought that they were just the precurser to having a fag
lighter socket.

Theyre usefull for bodging thingy when stuff goes wrong!. At the
moment the coil, the fuel pump and the dashboard guages in my 101 run
off the dash sockets!

 
Tom Woods vaguely muttered something like ...

> Theyre usefull for bodging thingy when stuff goes wrong!. At the
> moment the coil, the fuel pump and the dashboard guages in my 101 run
> off the dash sockets!

Heheheh ... but being un-fused, it makes sense to use an in-line fuse of
some kind .. ;)

Smokin' ....

--
Paul ...

(8(|) Homer Rules !!!

"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."


 
On mine they were used to burn out the loom when one became loose and
shorted on the other.

I've not had them refitted with the replacement loom!




"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
> sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
> assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
> they for?
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
>
> Rich
>
> Series 2a
> RR 4.6
> The rest


 
On 14 Sep, in article
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "Richard Brookman" wrote:

> Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
> sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
> assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
> they for?
>
> Thanks for any ideas.

The manual I have describes them as "inspection light sockets".

Notoriously, they're unfused and connected direct to the battery.
(Possibly at the solenoid?) So be careful.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"History shows that the Singularity started when Sir Tim Berners-Lee
was bitten by a radioactive spider."
 
Richard Brookman wrote:

> Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
> sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
> assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
> they for?
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
>
> Rich
>
> Series 2a
> RR 4.6
> The rest

They were originally described as for an inspection lamp, but can be used
for other purposes. However, as the sockets are not polarised they are not
really suitable for many applications. Note that the sockets are not fused!

JD
 
The plugs to suit are common or garden Belling-Lee banana plugs

Ron


"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
> sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
> assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
> they for?
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
>
> Rich
>
> Series 2a
> RR 4.6
> The rest


 
..
"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
> sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
> assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
> they for?
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
>
> Rich
>
> Series 2a
> RR 4.6
> The rest


 
in article [email protected], Richard Brookman
at [email protected] wrote on 14/9/04 10:43:

> Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
> sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
> assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
> they for?
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
>
> Rich
>
> Series 2a
> RR 4.6
> The rest


I use mine (rewired and fuzed) to run a boogy box.

 
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:18:12 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Tom Woods vaguely muttered something like ...
>
>> Theyre usefull for bodging thingy when stuff goes wrong!. At the
>> moment the coil, the fuel pump and the dashboard guages in my 101 run
>> off the dash sockets!
>
>Heheheh ... but being un-fused, it makes sense to use an in-line fuse of
>some kind .. ;)

It was a temporary measure! (6 months so far...)
>
>Smokin' ....

 
JD wrote:
> Richard Brookman wrote:
>
>> Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
>> sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
>> assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
>> they for?
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> Series 2a
>> RR 4.6
>> The rest
>
> They were originally described as for an inspection lamp, but can be
> used for other purposes. However, as the sockets are not polarised
> they are not really suitable for many applications. Note that the
> sockets are not fused!
>
> JD

Well, thanks to all for the responses. Inspection light it is, then. Could
be useful (watch this space...)

By the way, is the supply fused at all, in any way, possibly?

<ducks>


--

Rich

Series 2a
RR 4.6
V8 trialler
dog, wife, kids, whatever


 
Tom Woods vaguely muttered something like ...
> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:18:12 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Tom Woods vaguely muttered something like ...
>>
>>> Theyre usefull for bodging thingy when stuff goes wrong!. At the
>>> moment the coil, the fuel pump and the dashboard guages in my 101 run
>>> off the dash sockets!
>>
>> Heheheh ... but being un-fused, it makes sense to use an in-line fuse of
>> some kind .. ;)
>
> It was a temporary measure! (6 months so far...)

Getting towards the realms of 'quick fix' then .. 'till I find something
better .. ;)

--
Paul ...

(8(|) Homer Rules !!!

"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."


 
Richard Brookman wrote:

> By the way, is the supply fused at all, in any way, possibly?

Yep, there's a rather large complicated looking fuse - it's a part
unique to Series vehicles and has the same part number as a wiring loom,
and seems fully interchangeable for said loom :p


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EMB
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:52:06 +1000, "The Becketts"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>The plugs to suit are common or garden Belling-Lee banana plugs
>
>Ron
>
>

They only suit 3mm bannan plugs, not the usual 4mm ones readily
available.

Alex
 
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:03:57 +0100, Rory Manton
<[email protected]> wrote:

>in article [email protected], Richard Brookman
>at [email protected] wrote on 14/9/04 10:43:
>
>> Top left of the centre dash panel on Series 2a, there are two small
>> sockets, one with a red surround and one with black surround. I'm
>> assuming that they are a remote 12v supply and earth, but what are
>> they for?
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas.

>
>I use mine (rewired and fuzed) to run a boogy box.

My MP3 head unit and speakers are self-contained in a box and run off
the sockets. Although mine are now fused, since I re-wired the thing.

Alex
 
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:15:11 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Tom Woods vaguely muttered something like ...
>> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:18:12 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Tom Woods vaguely muttered something like ...
>>>
>>>> Theyre usefull for bodging thingy when stuff goes wrong!. At the
>>>> moment the coil, the fuel pump and the dashboard guages in my 101 run
>>>> off the dash sockets!
>>>
>>> Heheheh ... but being un-fused, it makes sense to use an in-line fuse of
>>> some kind .. ;)
>>
>> It was a temporary measure! (6 months so far...)
>
>Getting towards the realms of 'quick fix' then .. 'till I find something
>better .. ;)

I've been inteding to rewire it since i bought it! I had all the bits
ready for the time when i got the urge, but my mate found them, and
used most of my wire and my new fuse box doing his landy!
 
Ahh. The old Belling-Lees I have fit 3-4mm sockets

Ron


"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:52:06 +1000, "The Becketts"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >The plugs to suit are common or garden Belling-Lee banana plugs
> >
> >Ron
> >
> >
>
> They only suit 3mm bannan plugs, not the usual 4mm ones readily
> available.
>
> Alex


 
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