Date:         Mon, 5 May 2025 20:54:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
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From:         Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Trivia question early vanagon Electrical
Comments: To: madvws <madvws@cox.net>
In-Reply-To:  <886694185.897204.1746491471021@mail.yahoo.com>
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I wanna say it was up to 84 as I have an 85 but as they say, ymmv :)
Jeff

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> On May 5, 2025, at 7:31 PM, madvws <madvws@cox.net> wrote:
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>  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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> 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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>    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..........