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Is it just me or have others had trouble with those CBE/C-Line-style 12v sockets? After numerous blown fuses, I decided to carefully examine the design: it appears to differ fundamentally from the 12v sockets found in the base vehicle cab or in a car. The positive and negative contacts seem way too close for comfort and easily shorted by certain plugs during plugging or unplugging. This is not helped by a wide variation in the physical design of the 12v plugs, so some are more likely to cause a short-circuit than others and some don't even stay plugged in.
I assume there are multiple manufacturers of these types of socket -- I don't know if they are all as troublesome. In the end I gave up on mine and made my own replacement by taking a C-Line blanking plate and drilling a hole in it to take a standard 12v vehicle socket (after checking there was enough clearance behind the existing socket).
I assume there are multiple manufacturers of these types of socket -- I don't know if they are all as troublesome. In the end I gave up on mine and made my own replacement by taking a C-Line blanking plate and drilling a hole in it to take a standard 12v vehicle socket (after checking there was enough clearance behind the existing socket).