Blue Sea Systems 1011 Dash Socket, 12V, Black

My boat needed two for various charging 12 volt radios, TV, portable refrigerator. Note on left I put each one on required fuse sizes for handy replacement. These are extremely well made and also added in Engine room for portable refrigerator. So, all three are perfect and highly recommend. Easy to install look great.

Designed well and easy to install. Works well in my application.

Mounted this in the bed of a Tacoma to plug in a cooler. Works great and watertight

Used this in dash on my boat. Easy to hook up and good quality. Works great

Put this on my ancient four wheeler to have an easy way to use stuff like a portable tire inflator. Used to work on firetrucks and we used Blue Sea products there, they are very well designed and built, but won't break the bank either!With this being completely exposed to the elements front AND back, I did decide to put some grease on the contacts inside just to make absolutely sure that they wont corrode, as the back of the socket is not totally water proof.Overall this works great, is reasonably priced, and is just about the best 12v outlet you can buy.

Great build quality but some things to note. (I purchased the USB charger version and the physical specifications are identical.) The fitting hole should be 1-1/8 inches or 29mm diameter but simply drilling the hole and bolting it down may still allow the device to freely rotate if the rear mounted bolt should loosen. The device has two flat cut-outs along the cylindrical body as seen in the pictures. I had to cut the exact shape, a 1-1/8 inch near-circle with an uncut flat top and bottom to prevent rotation. Quite a pain...The supplied bezel only caps the device from the front and does not prevent said rotation. It must be fastened via 2 screws to your panel. It makes the installation a little more presentable and adds some protection from sea spray. (Bezel installation is optional.) 1/4 inch, I think, tab connectors take crimp spades.

I can not post a full review because I have not used the item.It is a Blue Seas item and everything I have received form them is always good quality.When I install and use I will report back.

I bought this to use on my pop-up trailer. It worked perfectly in the 3/8" thick MDF. I did not use the rectangular cover plate, it is just for looks and you just screw it into the mounting surface after you install the socket. This does not come with any wires, connectors or fuse, but that was fine with me. I had to run about 6 feet of wire to my trailer's fuse box, so the typical 2 ft of wire, wouldn't work. My trailer's fuse box has 10 circuits and only 5 are being used, so I connected this to an open circuit and just had to put in a standard 15A automobile fuse to make it work. This worked out a lot better than using an in-line fuse, since I would not be able to access it with all of the wire hidden. I also attached a switch to this so that I could shut it off. I bought an LED lighted switch at Advanced Autoparts.