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victron phoenix UK socket poor design

Hello, why did the designers of the phoenix decide to put the UK socket in such a way that the inverter doesn't sit flat when the plug is in? This is quite annoying. I have however seen photos online and on YouTube of the same inverter with the UK socket rotated so the plug doesn't get in the way. Is that a correction they made? Or is there a way to rotate it myself? The first photo is my own phoenix 375 and the second picture is one I found online of another phoenix but with the socket rotated. Thank you.

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levi1234 answered ·

I ended up opening the inverter and rotating the socket! It was not very difficult. I had to cut a cable tie near the socket to free up the cables.
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iammotorhomeless answered ·

@levi1234 I don't realy know... but I did find a picture of one, the right way up

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and then another one... the wrong way

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plus these two uk videos, with it the right way up
an 800 https://youtu.be/uKIj7l7sjP0?t=231

and a 1200 https://youtu.be/NOpoVhPxOJg?t=77

have you had a look inside. my best guess is, it will pop out and gently twist around

most "Unswitched Modular Sockets" look something like this on the back

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levi1234 avatar image levi1234 commented ·
Thank you! I did in fact open it up and rotated it!
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