Bandit Alley

GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MECHANICAL & TECHNICAL => Topic started by: 12sdrag on May 25, 2005, 08:13:49 PM

Title: GPS
Post by: 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?

Title: GPS
Post by: Bob Holland 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.

Title: GPS
Post by: 12sdrag 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.

Title: GPS
Post by: Jacknife 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!

Title: GPS
Post by: PeteSC 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.

Title: GPS
Post by: 12sdrag 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.