T6.1 Top Dash 12v Socket

markab · Jan 25, 2022

Does anyone know if the socket on top of the dash just below the windscreen is ignition switched?

Thanks,

WelshGas · Jan 25, 2022

markab said:
Does anyone know if the socket on top of the dash just below the windscreen is ignition switched?

Thanks,

On previous models it has been powered by the Leisure Batteries in the majority of cases. The only way to really confirm is to measure the Voltage.

ArunAlec · Jan 25, 2022

markab said:
Does anyone know if the socket on top of the dash just below the windscreen is ignition switched?

Thanks,

As @WelshGas says but also not switched, live all the time.

Loz · Jan 25, 2022

Plug something in, turn off the ignition, remove the key and lock the van..... does the thing still have power? (there is your definitive answer)

markab · Jan 27, 2022

Loz said:
Plug something in, turn off the ignition, remove the key and lock the van..... does the thing still have power? (there is your definitive answer)

Don't have the Van yet, was just planning on a dash cam I thought that socket would be perfect if it was ignition switched. But I guess not

ArunAlec · Jan 27, 2022

markab said:
Don't have the Van yet, was just planning on a dash cam I thought that socket would be perfect if it was ignition switched. But I guess not

Easy enough to piggy back a fuse from under the dash.

Ch1pbutty · Jan 27, 2022

Cab vent fan is a good one to piggy back.

Stu@rt · Jan 27, 2022

Or the ODB2 power option.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B094Y3KNFJ/?tag=eliteelect-21

keith morris · Jan 30, 2022

markab said:
Does anyone know if the socket on top of the dash just below the windscreen is ignition switched?

Thanks,

We were told anything in the front was from the main battery anything behind the front seats was leisure battery. This was in relation to a T6.1

andybeary · Jan 30, 2022

I use the front 12v socket for 24 hour recording using a mirror dashcam, it is perm live and draws from the leisure from what i can tell.

R_Sargeant_CH · Jan 30, 2022

Hmm. Our newly delivered Ocean has a rubber bung on top of the dash just below the windscreen. Am I missing something here? Semiconductor shortage ? /s

nickb77 · Jan 31, 2022

R_Sargeant_CH said:
Hmm. Our newly delivered Ocean has a rubber bung on top of the dash just below the windscreen. Am I missing something here? Semiconductor shortage ? /s

Same here. Got my Ocean in July last year and spotted the rubber bung when I got it home from the dealer. When I queried it, the dealer just fobbed me off and said I probably didn't select that option - er, it's supposed to be standard. Of the various issues production/quality issues I had to sort out it was low down the list and certainly didn't want the dealer taking the dash apart to retro-fit one. All I would have used it for was a dashcam and I've gone down the Garmin OBD poer connector route for that (which works very well) so I'm not too bothered about not having the 12v socket. What is annoying is VW's attitude to quality control.

66tim99 · Jan 31, 2022

nickb77 said:
Same here. Got my Ocean in July last year and spotted the rubber bung when I got it home from the dealer. When I queried it, the dealer just fobbed me off and said I probably didn't select that option - er, it's supposed to be standard. Of the various issues production/quality issues I had to sort out it was low down the list and certainly didn't want the dealer taking the dash apart to retro-fit one. All I would have used it for was a dashcam and I've gone down the Garmin OBD poer connector route for that (which works very well) so I'm not too bothered about not having the 12v socket. What is annoying is VW's attitude to quality control.

Yes. I got mine in October last year and it has the 12v socket on top of the dash. It only had one black b-pillar though, which thankfully I spotted on the dealers own video to me before I picked it up! He had it sorted by the time I got there.

Van Diesel VW · Jan 31, 2022

I’m sure the Ocean I test drove last year had a bung rather than socket fitted, but think the spec sheet says this is standard.

Stu@rt · Jan 31, 2022

TR7_Driver said:
I’m sure the Ocean I test drove last year had a bung rather than socket fitted, but think the spec sheet says this is standard.

That's bizzare. It's present on our Coast (new in July 21)

rayman2 · Jan 31, 2022

I got mine (ocean) 3 weeks ago and is also missing top dash socket. I called the dealer today and they claim it should be there. They are checking with the factory now.

markab · Feb 1, 2022

andybeary said:
I use the front 12v socket for 24 hour recording using a mirror dashcam, it is perm live and draws from the leisure from what i can tell.

Does it not kill your battery after a day?

nickb77 · Feb 1, 2022

markab said:
Does it not kill your battery after a day?

That's one of the reasons I've used the Garmin OBD power supply as you can flick the switch to set how long you want the dashcam to be powered after the ignition goes off - 10 mins, 24 hours or constant - and if I want to avoid any possibility of the battery being drained, just pull out the OBD power supply.

Loz2286 · Feb 1, 2022

Constant live from main battery. I have a dashcam installed there with parking sensors. I have left it running for over a week with no battery issues.

It should be there, it's standard across the Transporter range.