Quote: Aaron Calder wrote in post #14

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I think that, like me, you may have misunderstood what Rod was saying, Graham.

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Just seen your very true comment. I can recommend the industrial practice for all things which must be done before leaving - like this one of disconnecting.

You need a token/list for each item to remember; the list stays close to the driver (above the sun-visor in our case) and can be removed only when the job has been done - disconnect in this case.

We also use it for remembering to take stuff with us from the house - during the weeks before, we create a list of all the things to go, and the list gets stuffed above the visor and gets finally checked off when setting out.

I am a person with an Alzheimer-like memory and need 'visual stimulus' most of the time, so this is the system which I have found works for me. We have recently come to caravanning - our van is not yet legal in France - but used this system for our years of dinghy racing and later with cruising. Part of it is pre-set check-lists, the rest is stuff which has been specifically added for the latest trip.

PS When I said industrial, the actual industrial version would make the ignition key an integral part of the unhooking mechanism !

Aaron, I love the 'morning tablets taken' top of the list. Applies to anyone over 55, I reckon.

Anyway, on this connector thing. I have an adapter that looks like this: [img]adaptateur-pour-caravane--bateau-2p-t-m-cee-fa_1.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)[/img] and the orientation is such that the flap on the adapter opens upwards, as does the flap on the 'van. So I have to bend the adapter flap back so that in any other material it would break, in order to insert the socket. No need to have a release mechanism as it never gets to trip the locking part.

Now I come to think of it, this is great !! If I forget my list or my token, and I drive away, it will fall out quite easily... (((OK, to save someone taking me too seriously, I know that the pull would be at the wrong angle.)))