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Old 03-02-2014, 12:00 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
I'm thinking about putting an electrical socket on the side panel of the engine bay, so that I don't have to open the hood when plugging in the engine heater.

It should be small and low profile (preferably silver colored), installable in a plastic side panel and flush with it when closed. It should be rated for 230VAC @ 3A, so nothing fancy.

Any ideas?
Commonly the heater cord gets routed so only the very end of it sticks out through one of the panel gaps, no opening the hood required to plug it in.
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