Date:         Mon, 5 May 2025 18:16:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Edmund Hintz <ed@HINTZ.ORG>
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From:         Edmund Hintz <ed@HINTZ.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Trivia question early vanagon Electrical
Comments: To: madvws <madvws@cox.net>
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Nice. I don't recall having it on my '70 that went to Inuvik, but it
rolled down the road with a new owner around '98 or so, been rather a
long time. Replaced it with a '78 westy who's been a garage queen in New
Zealand for the last 20 odd years. Going down at the end of the month,
I'll have to take a look and see if it's there. Seems like it might be.
Must have just been one of those things that went under the radar all
these years. The San Diego van is a 1984, based on the busdepot blurb
looks like they stopped having them in '85, just in under the radar.
Strikes me as funny I apparently had these things floating around in my
dubs for decades and only pinged to them after becoming a beemer guy and
being back on the list as well.

On 5/5/25 5:31 PM, madvws wrote:
> For 30 years here on the List we have called it the "silver socket" and
> it came on VW camper vans from the 60s up to I think 1985 Westy,
> according to Bus Depot who sells a cable for it.
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> Silver Socket Power Cable <https://www.busdepot.com/938986>
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>     Silver Socket Power Cable
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> Nothing to wire, just plug it in. One end plugs into the Silver Socket
> on your dash, and the other end is a stan...
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> <https://www.busdepot.com/938986>
> Mark
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> On Monday, May 5, 2025 at 05:03:18 PM PDT, Edmund Hintz <ed@hintz.org>
> wrote:
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> Well I'll be darned. You're spot on. I've been looking at that thing
> mildly pondering what it is for a few years now. Funny story: Like 4
> feet away from it, I've got a BMW R1150RT, and I'm using that for the
> float charger that I keep it on when not riding. Just pulled the
> connector out, plugged it into the Vanagon, and voila 12.84v. Mystery
> solved.
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> I'd put good money on it being stock, at least for some models. Mine's a
> 1984 auto Westy, I'm basically 3rd owner and I met the original. His
> parents bought it new off the lot here in San Diego..........
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Regards,

Ed Hintz
ed@hintz.org