Boot area accessory socket
All,
Visited my dealer today and ordered a boot accessory socket. Does anyone know where it is located on models that have them as standard?
Thanks in advance for your help.
P.J.
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It's on the left side.
I'm after the location of the electrical accessory socket.
Hello P.J.,
my Meriva Edition has the socket as standard, because the car is equipped with the compressor-kit (a 12V compressor and a bottle of tire repair fluid) instead of a spare tire.
It is located on the left side of the boot as you can see in the picture that is attached.
Sincerely,
Harald
I'm obliged Harold, many thanks, just what i needed. I have a coolbox that runs 12Volt so i have ordered the part to retrofit.
Best regards,
Paul.
Just found it in my car. It is in the same place with a blanking cover on it. I will have to remove the trim to find the wires.
Cheers,
Paul.
Hi Paul,
watch out for the power consumption of these boxes, normally they work with peltier elements and need a lot of amperes. You can recognize these peltier-driven boxes having an aluminium radiator on top that is air cooled by a fan. I had such a coolbox running overnight in my car as we went camping a couple of years ago and in the morning the battery was absolutely empty... :-P
Good night,
Harald
Ok Harald will do, is the socket in the boot permantly live or does it operate with the ignition only?
I have looked at my coolbox and it is the type you describe so i will be keeping an eye on consumption.
Paul.
It's permanently on (live) unlike the other two original sockets in the front.
(Sorry Leeds Vectra for the misunderstanding at the beginning of your tread, I missed the word socket)
No problem, thanks for your replies. There isn't any Meriva forums over here in the UK so i appreciate this website and it's members for their help. I also appreciate your work in replying in English.
Many thanks once again,
Paul.
Hello Paul,
replying in english is good training for my rusty school-english ;-)
Why shouldn't I try to help you if I try to help some guys here in germany? Nevertheless: We are Meriva-drivers... ok, your Meriva is something like the "evil twin" of my 1.4 family-taxi ;-)), but it is in any case more than a coincidence... briefly said: I am always glad to help you, no problem.
Cheers,
Harald
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Harald,
Any chance you can pop out your accessory socket and take a photo of the wiring at the rear of it. I found my wiring and plug for it behind the trim, i have plugged it in to the rear of the socket but it isn't working. There is no plce in the fusebox for it so it can't be a fuse.
I'm wondering whether my car needs programming to recognise the socket.
Cheers,
Paul.
One for the tecnical guys here:-
The Meriva has a place in the boot for a 12V accessory socket. The circular hole (to the left hand side) is covered by a blanking plate. I believe the socket comes as an option when you order the car with travel assist.
So me been me i decided to pop off the trim and blanking cover and low and behold the wiring is taped up for the socket. I ordered the part from the dealer and tried to fit it today. Everything went fine, socket fitted straight in and the wiring plug went straight on to the rear of the socket. Problem now is it isn't working, i checked the handbook thinking it was a fuse but there is no mention of it under fuses.
Here is the two possible problems:-
The car will need tech2 to programme it to enable the socket. or
The accessory socket came with three prongs on it, the wiring plug taped up behind the trim only has two wires going to it. Will i need another wire maybe an earth or will that be buried somewhere.
Just thought some of the Vauxhall techie lads might be able to shed some light.
Thanks in advance,
Paul.
Hi Paul,
sorry, but the forum didn't show me that there is a new question in the "socket" thread...
I take a look at the socket as soon as possible... :-)
Also I will start a thread in german, maybe we get more "empirical values" there...
Best regards,
Harald