Cutting the cord which one is positive...

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Trying to save myself some time for monday. I've just set up a power socket on my bike for powering my GPS. I am going to buy a cigarette lighter power source and cut it in half to plug it for the bike. Having never seen the cigarette lighter cable from Garmin. Anyone able to tell me which one of the two cables is positive. Is there a colour code on the wire or not? I am buying the cigarette lighter cable as I can then put a male and female plug on it to use either on the bike or in the car. Alternativly I could put a socket in the car too. It depends on whats available rather than whats easiest.
 
So this isn't what you want. Sorry.

You want to know which wire is positive from the plug?

I think this is correct, but I'm no spark and it may be mis information.

Bare both ends of the cable and plug the other end into the supply. Connect a multimeter across the bare cables. When the needle deflects clockwise the positve probe is on the positive wire - I think.

Yours helpfully:)

Russ.
 

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the centre is usally the live .

but put a meter on it to confirm and dont forget to put a fuse on it 2a should be good.:) (on the live !!!!
 
Cigarette socket/plug....

If I understand you correctly, the centre pin is always the power lead, in both the plug and socket...
 

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Guys, for what it's worth, every Garmin power cord I have ever seen (and I've cut up lots of them) uses RED for positive DC and BLACK for ground.

PanEuropean
 
PanEuropean,
A while ago, on another thread, you showed a very neat installation for an auxilliary power bus. Where did you get the fuse panel / box from or is it a standard Honda part?
Cheers,
Matt
 
Argh,,,

Just bought a power lead and cut it in half. Red and Black cables. Red to red and black to black. Plug it in and nothing happens. So I check my circuit from the battery to my jack plug and its fine....

WTF.... By the way the cable I bought did not say compatible GPS60C but did say GPSII its probably been in the shop for years. Is someone now going to tell me that the plug was different before.

The plug physicaly is right but it aint connecting. I suppose I'll have to buy a multimeter...
 
Richie,

I think what you need is a multimeter ;)

I plugged a SPIII cable into a 60C the other day, and it worked fine. The old StreetPilot (no number) had the same plug too. I don't see why Garmin would have ever changed the plug wiring.

Cheers,
Michel
 
The plug works fine in the car so I must have a short circuit in my cable run somewhere. Or the crappy little jack plug I bought. Still I'm on a winning battle as I know the cable is OK.

When I replace the fuse with a straight through connector I can light a brake bulb but when I connect the .5amp fuse back and connect the GPS it just blows....
 
Aux Power Bus

Hi Matt:

About that aux power bus - I got the bus from a marine electrical manufacturer in the United States called Blue Sea Systems. My past experience has been that marine electrical components are best for use on a motorcycle. You can probably buy Blue Sea components at any large marine chandler.

The post about the aux power bus you referred to (for the info of others) is at this link: Auxiliary Power Bus Install . If you are considering doing the same thing, I recommend you get the bus without the negative (ground) terminals - you don't need them on a moto, and the component will be smaller.

I purchased a 12 fuse bus because I have quite a few additional services (3 different Garmin power cords, for example) - I think for most users, a 6 fuse bus with no negative bar would be the best choice.

PanEuropean
 
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