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I found mine behind the dashboard RHS near the door, right next to the clock!!
Steve
1997 Indigo Blue +8
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I added one to the side of the heater and on the underside of the bulkhead. This allows me to run the leads to satnav / phone through the back of the glove box and out of sight.
Richard
1976 4/4 4 Seater
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There are ones that are temporary that you connect directly to the battery and have the socket come forward into the cockpit. Useful for those that don't want a permanent installation or for those that need it only on longer trips for GPS or phone. https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GC018-Socket...ords=12V+socket Cheers,
Mark
1934 SS MX4
1938 Series 1 DHC
1951 Plus 4
2005 Roadster
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Thanks for all the suggestions guys, I've given up! I'm about to fit a marine socket on the rear bulkhead above the transmission tunnel. If I ever find the original I'll have 2 sockets! Of course when my 1992 plus 4 was built people were not gadget mad. I fitted a 12v socket to the rear bulkhead directly from the battery but put in an inline fuse. From this socket I can run sat nav or what ever but also connect my battery conditioner.
John
1992 plus4 connaught green
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There are ones that are temporary that you connect directly to the battery and have the socket come forward into the cockpit. Useful for those that don't want a permanent installation or for those that need it only on longer trips for GPS or phone. https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GC018-Socket...ords=12V+socketCheers, this one too can do the job but you can also fix it head down back on the dashboard so he is out of site 
Last edited by Yann; 09/07/16 09:49 PM.
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In my previous car , a 4/4, there wasn not one fitted. I fitted one behind the dash screwed to the ash frame on left hand (passenger) side. I used the feed for a radio ( none in the car! ). An inline fuse put in too. A pretty simple job.
On my current ( no pun intended!) car there is one in the glovebox. I intend replacing it with one under the dash as it is more accessible then. It will have a usb socket as well.
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Mine is just in front of the hand brake so not very useful when the sat nav is plugged in ...
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Aero plus8 50th Anniversary.
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Mine is in front of the handbrake as well so not ideal for the sat nav as Peter says, my 2004 was on the inside right hand side of the the glovebox but well hidden and used to vibrate loose often at incredibly inconvenient times, losing the power on an autoroute without noticing until I missed the junction was one of the most memorable, and my 1981 didn't bother with such modern innovations.
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'Alice' 2013 Duratec Plus 4. Pearl Blue
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Madmotorist,
Mine is on the bulkhead, probably installed by a previous keeper, works a treat in that location.
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Not specifically marine but the Hella/DIN style sockets are superior in both design and current handling, having a captive connection to centre positive pole. Surface as well as panel mount sockets as below are available. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/08cAAOSwhcJWM0k5/s-l1600.jpg) Cigar lighter sockets were never designed as an external power source although sadly adopted by the electrical accessory world 
Richard
2018 Roadster 3.7
1966 Land Rover S2a 88
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