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Hard Wire Sat Nav
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 11:13 am
by Andrew s
Where's the best place to hard wire my GPS, placing it on the top yoke.
Re: Hard Wire Sat Nav
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:08 am
by riceburner
As in - the best place to cut into the existing wiring?
up to you really. I'd get a relay wired in so that you're getting full battery voltage without stealing from any other circuitry and put the relay low-voltage circuit into a low importance circuit. My preference is for patching into the instrument lighting circuit.
Re: Hard Wire Sat Nav
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:21 pm
by Andrew s
Cheers Ricey, hopefully I can persuade a man that can
Re: Hard Wire Sat Nav
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:53 am
by riceburner
Andrew s wrote:Cheers Ricey, hopefully I can persuade a man that can
I'd also suggest putting a switch into the circuit (low-voltage) so that you can independently turn off the GPS feed.
Re: Hard Wire Sat Nav
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:54 pm
by sweatmark
Just a thought:
The Rockster's high beam circuit is sourced through load relief relay, triggered by key switch. The high beam fuse, F9, is 7.5Amps, more that enough for 55-65W bulb plus an accessory. Power for high beam is supplied by a wire connected to the left hand switch, then routed into the lights wiring harness.
So, an enterprising Rockster owner could source accessory power from the supply side of the high beam switch, conveniently located on handlebar.
My personal preference is for accessory power via dedicated fused & switched supply system, but for a single GPS drawing maybe 1 Amp, the high beam circuit could work.
Re: Hard Wire Sat Nav
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:53 am
by Andrew s
Sounds very good, but not being at all electrical minded it's way above me.
Will get some help me thinks and pass on these ideas.