Author Topic: GPS (Read 3709 times)

12sdrag · « **on:** May 25, 2005, 08:13:49 PM »

I would like to hard wire my gps on my bandit. what size fuse do you think? can i go straight to the battery or should i use a bus bar?

Bob Holland · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2005, 11:13:04 PM »

my gps is 6 volt, when I got the Bandit, it had a 12 V to 6 V transformer mounted under the plastic.

12sdrag · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2005, 11:56:30 PM »

Bholland,thanks but is that because the lights and stuff are 6volt? I think that my gps has a step down in the power cable that plugs into the 12volt outlet.

Jacknife · « **Reply #3 on:** May 26, 2005, 04:02:55 AM »

Ok, you would need to fuse it, if you want to keep it for a long time, Safe than sorry! Do you know what the power is in watts that it uses? if so you can work out the Amps.

V = 12, Watts = 20, would be 0.6Amps. Volts divid by watts = Amps!

Then fit an Amp to suit!

PeteSC · « **Reply #4 on:** May 26, 2005, 07:30:49 AM »

It wouldn't need an appreciably larger fuse than, the fuse that is actually in the lighter adapter itself.
Chances are, the fuse in the lighter adapter is 1-2 amps. The GPS units don't draw a heck of a lot of amps.

You might consider mounting a cigarette lighter socket somehwere, and powering it off of that.

12sdrag · « **Reply #5 on:** May 26, 2005, 09:54:17 PM »

thanks guys, feel somewhat like an idiot. I wire these things in boats all the time. Don`t know why I thought it would be different on my bike? Oh, the manual that comes with it tells exactly how to do it and fuse size.