SIIa Dash Electronics Question...

[RoverForm]

Does anyone know what the red and black "jacks" in the top left of the panel are for?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cience/4914455501/

Thanks!

[allende]

They are officially "test plugs" wired directly to the battery. You can find, however, utility lights that are made to plug into them, sold I think by Craddock now and again.

[czenkov]

IPOD

Last time this was asked I believe Ike said it was for your Ipod. I think it was decided it is for the work light that originally came in the tool roll?
EDIT: D'oh! Beat me to it!

[JimCT]

Electronics????

Electrics if you are lucky and the rover is behaving itself. But no electronics hidden in that dash. Just smoke.

[Boddington]

I've often wondered if you can find those small fans - such as the ones on your school bus when you were a kid - to hook up to those plugs. I think I've seen them on people's Rovers but think they were hotwired behind the dash.

In my rover, the PO took out the plugs and installed a cigarette lighter.

[Andrew IIA]

Pic here:

http://www.roversnorth.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5687

[RoverForm]

That helps. So then, aside from the work light, what other accessories were available?

Pic here:

http://www.roversnorth.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5687

Andrew, where did u get the wire set from?

[Andrew IIA]

Andrew, where did u get the wire set from?

The Series two-pole dash plug came from RN I think, and the wires were attached to a cheapo 12v lighter socket I got a NAPA. The cheapo socket was subsequently hard-wired in and has been worked well for many years.

[RoverForm]

So did you buy the two-pole plug and rig the wires to it yourself?

[Andrew IIA]

So did you buy the two-pole plug and rig the wires to it yourself?

Yes, the plug comes without any wires; I just attached the wires that came attached to the 12v socket