Garmin power question?
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RE: Garmin power question?
The spare leads on the headlight circuit &\\; the cigarette lighter are the same circuit. Just plug two spade tips into the leads right behind your headlight, it's switched &\\; works just fine.
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RE: Garmin power question?
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your Garmin GPS runs on \\;\\\\\\;just under 5 volts, hence the electrical gadgets in the male socket. Leave the socket in place and hard wire in under the fairing a lighter socket to plug into. Just a thought.
your Garmin GPS runs on \\;\\\\\\;just under 5 volts, hence the electrical gadgets in the male socket. Leave the socket in place and hard wire in under the fairing a lighter socket to plug into. Just a thought.
So I wire in a female cig lighter socket to the headlight spades?
Or do I cut the cig socket off the Garmin power lead and wire it in?
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RE: Garmin power question?
Either way will work. \\;I like the cigarette lighter and the lights don't have to be on to work it. It switches off with the ignition and wont run down your battery if you forget. I just stripped \\;off about a quarter inch of insulation about an inch from the back of the lighter and soldiered my wires on. \\;You can slip some shrink tubing over the wire first to protect it or just tape them.  \\;I don't know about the other method.
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RE: Garmin power question?
From the Garmin website I ordered a replacement power cable (find your gps and look under accessories) and had my dealer connect it to the acc switch. \\; The connector exits the fairing with the handlebar and is elastic banded to the bar with \\;an excess 6 to 8 inches in the fairing. \\; I simply pull the connector to the gps when it is mounted and push it back into the fairing when not needed.
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