GPS wired to fuse, losing power
My Garmin Nuvi GPS is wired to my fusebox so that it turns on when I turn my key. If I remember correctly I put the positive wire of a cigarette outlet under my headlight fuse and the negative wire directly to the negative battery terminal. I have HIDs installed if it makes a difference.
Well, the power keeps connecting and disconnecting every few seconds now even if the bike is just sitting in the driveway, so I don't think it's a bad connection wiggling around. It had done it before but the problem resolved itself, but now it's been happening for 2 days. I can take the seats off and put the pos. wire to a different fuse and see if that resolves the issue but I was really curious as to why this was happening and not just resolving it without understanding the underlying issue. Has this happened to anyone else? http://www.portablesecurityalarm.com...ptor_cigar.jpg https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/...88581093_n.jpg |
I may have sort of resolved this issue. I typed this while in class earlier "waiting for conference with teacher, not during lecture lol". After I went home I moved the wire to the taillight fuse and still had the same problem. I think the issue is actually in the GPS itself or the wire going to it. My guess is the latter. The green light on the garmin plug "where it attaches to the cig. outlet" stayed lit and never flickered while the GPS kept turning on and off. I moved things around a little and the problem is gone now. I guess now I'll wait to see if it comes back.
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I wire the GPS power cord directly to the battery, no cigarette outlet needed.
GPS stays on even when ignition is off, take GPS off the bike when I park anyway. |
Originally Posted by "A"
(Post 1269523)
I wire the GPS power cord directly to the battery, no cigarette outlet needed.
GPS stays on even when ignition is off, take GPS off the bike when I park anyway. |
Many times, just looking for entertaining roads or route plotting, I turn off the engine and keep the GPS on to let it plot the route.
I've used GPS on my bikes for over 10 years, never a problem. BTW, optimal location for GPS is near or above the speedo, looking further down from speedo takes your sight further away from moving direction.. more likely to miss something important while riding. |
Originally Posted by "A"
(Post 1269540)
Many times, just looking for entertaining roads or route plotting, I turn off the engine and keep the GPS on to let it plot the route.
I've used GPS on my bikes for over 10 years, never a problem. BTW, optimal location for GPS is near or above the speedo, looking further down from speedo takes your sight further away from moving direction.. more likely to miss something important while riding. do you have a picture of your set up? |
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