hard wiring a tomtom rider v1

[samsgs]

I have the cable to run from the battery however doing a search on the interweb reveals that its best to put an inline fuse in the power cable.

I have no idea how to do this and don't have a crimper either.

Is it absolutely necessary and it there an easy way of putting in an inline fuse.

thanks

sam

 

[Tilly]

I have the cable to run from the battery however doing a search on the interweb reveals that its best to put an inline fuse in the power cable.

I have no idea how to do this and don't have a crimper either.

Is it absolutely necessary and it there an easy way of putting in an inline fuse.

thanks

sam

I've used a TomTom Rider V1 for five years on a R1200RT without an inline fuse and never had a problem.

 

[John Armstrong]

Is it absolutely necessary and it there an easy way of putting in an inline fuse.

Yes, unless you feel brave or like the smell of burning cable insulation then possibly burning bike

Or you might be lucky, in which case what's the lottery numbers

Assuming you have a BMG GS then AFAIK all the accessory sockets have a fuse or act as if they do.

Up to you, just because someone got away with it, does that mean you will, especially if you have no knowledge of electrics and how to protect them

 

[JoeC]

I know I am going to talk about v2 but ... I put this question to TomTom and they told me no inline fuse was required as there is a built in thingy-majig in the unit itself. However, I wired it up to a Centech fuse box anyway.