tom tom hardwiring to battery

[fazerboy]

my tom tom comes with the ability to be hooked up the the bike battery,now can i just take the black and red wires and just attatch to the battery like my heated grips?because ive heard off people attatching it to brake lights and such so it has a fuse or something,sorry but im not wiring minded

[Guest]

my tom tom comes with the ability to be hooked up the the bike battery,now can i just take the black and red wires and just attatch to the battery like my heated grips?because ive heard off people attatching it to brake lights and such so it has a fuse or something,sorry but im not wiring minded

you can hard wire it to the battery and add a fuse into the positive wire.

or you can fit it using a relay so it only comes live when the lights are on

or you can fit an auxilary socket (see ebay for waterproof sockets) and plug it in when you need it, also easily removed to be taken inside. (much like plugging it into the fag lighter in a car)

[TC]

I've done what Frankie has mentioned

Hard wire a cig lighter socket to the battery and then you can plug anything into it.

Sat nav

Pump for blowing up air bed while camping.

etc

[fazerboy]

yeah i got a cig lighter socket thing,but the tomtom rider hasnt the male adaptor to fit in it,just the 2 wires,would like to leave it in as it is quite handy,so can i get the male adptor for a cig lighter thingy and attatch that to the wires on my tom tom rider?

[Guest]

yeah i got a cig lighter socket thing,but the tomtom rider hasnt the male adaptor to fit in it,just the 2 wires,would like to leave it in as it is quite handy,so can i get the male adptor for a cig lighter thingy and attatch that to the wires on my tom tom rider?

yep, you can get a male from any motor accessory shop,

this is what you want

[fazerboy]

hell yeah i need one of those bad boys

[blakeatron]

Mine was wired directly to the battery - no probs

[Stu]

wire it direct to the battery thats what i have done with mine thats how they are designed to be wired in mick

dont worry about draining the battery if you leave it on cos i cant really see you leaving your bike unattended with your tomtom on full view!!!!

[cyberwolf]

i wired mine direct to the battery

[fazerboy]

ayeup stu old fella

hmmm seems its idiot proof then just wiring it up to the terminals,would it be affected also with heated grips on?

[fazerboy]

oh and stu???

how the hell have you done that mileage in 2010?????

[Stu]

eh up mick

nah the grips wont affect it at all mate

and as for the milage i havent adjusted it yet

[tryme]

excuse me for being thick but if you wire the lighter socket straight into the battery. will it drain the battery if nothing is plugged into it or will it only use power with something "live" plugged in?

[eastanglianbiker]

if nothing plugged into it then it cant drain the battery if you leave anything plugged in the yes it will dont forget to put a fuse inline between battery and lighter socket as well

[tryme]

ok what does that do? im asuming its just a fuse holder/casing

[eastanglianbiker]

yes it just prevents problems if you get a short in the wiring to the sat nav