2010 Defender Accessory Socket

[flywheel au]

Looking to wire up a socket to run my Engel fridge separate from the cig. lighter socket. I note that there is a fuse f2 in the secondary fuse box under the rh seat marked accessory socket. This is in addition to the cig lighter fuse f43 in the dash panel. I am unable to find an accessory socket in the vehicle or any reference to one in the drivers handbook. Has any member of the forum found one ?
Thanks, Jim.

[FenianEel]

There's normally a cable (unused), running down to the right hand rear of your Defender, but be careful running a fridge off your main battery, and/or with standard cabling.

You'd be better off running new twin core (at least 6mm) with an line fuse, and make a new socket completely.

[lochie]

G'day flywheel au.I ran a Engel supplied cable from my 2nd battery,it has the female connector for the fridge cable,15 years ago and have never had a problem.The Deefer has done 423000ks ,the cable came with a mounting bracket on the connector I ran the cable along the bottom of the door frame under the mat and placed bracket on the wheel arch behind the rear seat.Don't forget to put a safety fuse in the system close to the battery.Best of luck Lochie

[chook73]

There's normally a cable (unused), running down to the right hand rear of your Defender, but be careful running a fridge off your main battery, and/or with standard cabling.

You'd be better off running new twin core (at least 6mm) with an line fuse, and make a new socket completely.

Yep if you remove the rear speaker you will find the spare circuit but as mentioned not advisable for running a fridge.

[RVR110]

FWIW, MY11 is the last model to have that unused circuit in the rear RHS of the vehicle. It isn't there in MY13 which appears to have an updated wiring loom. I haven't checked MY12 but I'm guessing that LR revised the wiring loom with the 2.2L motor in MY12.