gps power
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 726
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From: Metropolis
According to the manual:
"The lighter is not intended to be used as a power port for electrical devices. Damage to the lighter receptacle may occur."
If you use the search engine, you'll find several cool threads on how to hard wire your GPS.
"The lighter is not intended to be used as a power port for electrical devices. Damage to the lighter receptacle may occur."
If you use the search engine, you'll find several cool threads on how to hard wire your GPS.
Last edited by Harley_RN; Jan 7, 2011 at 07:28 PM.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 2,216
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From: Mill City Mass.
I've used it to charge my phone and power my gps. 10k miles doing this it hasn't failed yet. only problem is with the big plugs in it you can't turn to lock the steering. One day soon I'm going to hardwire a female panel mount jack on the inner fairing and cut my gps cord down short with the same size male jack to match. In other words..............
Just do it.
Just do it.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,324
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From: Dutchess County, NY
I bought a hardwire off ebay for $10, went to Walmart and and bought a cigarette lighter plug for $2. Cut the hardwire down to about 12 inches, soldered and shrink wrapped the two together. I just plug it in when I want to use my GPS. No extra wire and the plug does not hit the tank even at full lock. If you decide to do the same maker sure the plug has a built in fuse and make sure you use a 3 amp fuse. The one I got came with a 5 amp fuse and i replaced it with a 3 amp.
I bought my hard wire kit from the Ram mount guys and wired it in to the 12v in the head light then poked the end through the clutch hole.
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Road Master
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 890
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From: Fayetteville Arkansas
Hardwired
I bought a hardwired USB cable then wired it to the back of the cigarette lighter inside the fairing. Ran the USB plug out from inside the fairing.
Works great on my GPS.
Works great on my GPS.
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Tourer
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 447
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From: Garrison, NY
I'm with alot of the guys here - don't bother with plugging the cable into the cig lighter and having it dangle. Take the outer fairing off and splice into the 12V at the cig lighter. You can purchase a hardwire cable from www.mountguys.com and the correct butt splices at Radio Shack. This entire job will take you 30 minutes max and make you happier in the long run with the clean look
