Any thoughts as to what this cable is for?

PatVan · Mar 13, 2024

We just collected our 2019 T6 California Ocean last weekend.

While have a good look around, I found a long cable that is attached below the passenger seat, and wondered if this was a standard item, or if it was an extra that the previous owners added?

Does anyone recognise what this cable might be, or what it might be for?

Thanks

Pat

ThomasHJ · Mar 13, 2024

Does it look like the image below? I believe it might be a Anderson PowerPole (APP/HPP) plug. Used perhaps for a mobile solar panel. Or for a fridge. Theres both horizontal and vertical versions of this type of plug. See the information below. I found the information here by doing a reverse image search on the image you provided.

Here's an older thread of a forum user using these plugs to hook up a fridge directly to the leisure battery if I am not mistaken.

Seems logical that you found it under the passenger seat as the leisure battery is there in a RHD vehicle I believe?

PatVan · Mar 13, 2024

ThomasHJ said:
Does it look like the image below? I believe it might be a Anderson PowerPole (APP/HPP) plug. Used perhaps for a mobile solar panel. Or for a fridge. Theres both horizontal and vertical versions of this type of plug. See the information below. I found the information here by doing a reverse image search on the image you provided.

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Here's an older thread of a forum user using these plugs to hook up a fridge directly to the leisure battery if I am not mistaken.

Seems logical that you found it under the passenger seat as the leisure battery is there in a RHD vehicle I believe?

That looks like the plug (the one I have does have a letter A on each socket). I may have a look under the seat to see if I can remove it for now.
Thanks.

johnyboy · Mar 13, 2024

It could be that someone (like I have done) has installed a solar charge regulator on the leisure battery under the passenger seat. They have left the cable and you just need a panel with the type of connector

PatVan · Mar 14, 2024

johnyboy said:
It could be that someone (like I have done) has installed a solar charge regulator on the leisure battery under the passenger seat. They have left the cable and you just need a panel with the type of connector

Ah... good point. We were thinking we might add some sort of solar charging in the future, so if I see a charge regulator when I look under the seat (hopefully at the weekend), that might be good news.

Any thoughts as to what this cable is for?

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