Fag lighter sockets

[Searush]

I got a couple of singles from a car accessory shop - that were Marine Quality much to my surprise. Slightly dearer, but will last twice as long due to sensible choices of marterials & design. A already mentioned, mounting them in a panel isn't exactly rocket science.

[oldharry]

'Marine quality' - aha! same product, x3 times the price for the marine tag?

Not really: been using them for quite a few years. The £1 shop version lasts about a season because it is all bare cheap metal inside, corrodes like theres no tomorrow, and one day just when you need it - hey presto! No contact, or at best intermittent if you hold the plug at the one angle where it does make contact. A good squirt of WD or whatever might give it a few more weeks life.

The only ones I found which survive more than a few seasons on board are the expensive 'marine' ones which have special rubber caps which stop the salt getting at them. Even they do not last for ever.