R1150GSA sat nav question

[majaem]

On my r1200gsa, when I had it, there was a connector under the dash to power up Sat nav's and the likes. Does the R1150gsa have the same connector?

If not where would the advice be to power up my sat nav. I've just purchased the migsel mount which allows the sat nav to be mounted above the clocks so I think it's going to be hard to hide the wires.

Any advice would be welcomed.

Thanks mark

 

[Green Boy]

Hi Mark,

No it doesn't. Although mine was fitted when I got it, you can tap into most any power supply or from the battery so long as it's fused.

I'd have thought that with a bit of head scratching over a brew, it would be possible to run a power supply from the point you choose, around the head stock, behind the clocks and get it to exit through the plastic facia. Itf you've feeling adventurous and if you don't need it all the time, there may be the option to install a small socket for it.

Hope this is of some help.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Just plug it into the BMW accessory socket on the left side of the beak, with a suitable BMW DIN plug on the sat nav cable

No need for any fiddling, holes to be drilled etc

Job done

 

[majaem]

Hi Greenboy,

Yes it helps thank you. I've got several jobs I want to do so will be spending a weekend in the man cave fiddling!

Thanks again
Mark

 

[majaem]

Just plug it into the BMW accessory socket on the left side of the beak, with a suitable BMW DIN plug on the sat nav cable

No need for any fiddling, holes to be drilled etc

Job done

Thanks for the info but I would prefer it hard wired in as I use the socket for other electricals but it is a thought.

Mark

 

[warmshed]

Depending on how you want to use it, you may find connecting it to the pilot light circuit worthwhile. It allows it to be switched on and off with the bike, but allows you to programm it when the internal battery is low without the ignition (and of course headlights etc) on. You can do this by switching to the parking light position.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Thanks for the info but I would prefer it hard wired in as I use the socket for other electricals but it is a thought.

Mark

Get a double right angled plug then, one for the sat nav and other one free

You've got another 12v socket by your left leg too, adapt

 

[Cook1e]

Thanks for the info but I would prefer it hard wired in as I use the socket for other electricals but it is a thought.

Mark

So why not hard-wire it to the back of the socket? Easy.

I have mine powered from a fused connection to the battery, but you can easily pick up a switched feed if you want - look in the font of wisdom for which fuse to tap.

 

[Fanum]

Use a supply that is IGNITION switched, not a permanent live.

Over a year or two, the little copper contacts will corrode away through there being a permanent current with even the slightest drop of water in the cradle...DAMHIK

 

[Cook1e]

Over a year or two, the little copper contacts will corrode away through there being a permanent current with even the slightest drop of water in the cradle...DAMHIK

Interesting - mine's OK after a couple of years, but the contacts are gold-plated. I'm going to check now, though (dirty word scrabble will have to wait... )

 

[Fanum]

Interesting - mine's OK after a couple of years, but the contacts are gold-plated. I'm going to check now, though (dirty word scrabble will have to wait... )

I can never remember if it's cathodic erosion or anodic, but I've had three Quest cradles go dead with it over a decade....You'd have thought that I would have learnt by now

EDIT.....

LINKY TO THREAD HERE

 

[MattW]

I powered mine from the pilot light on my 1100 - room inside the headlamp shell for an inline fuse too (probably not the case with the 1150's lights though).

 

[Cook1e]

Interesting - mine's OK after a couple of years, but the contacts are gold-plated. I'm going to check now, though.

All is well, the Garmin 660 cradle is well sealed with gold-plated contacts. Inside is a circuit board and the screw-on back is sealed with a rubber strip. Reassembled with a trace of silicone grease to be sure, to be sure... I'll stick with my permanent live, so the Garmin doesn't switch off every time I stop for a few minutes. Ta for the heads-up though.

 

[fatnfast]

As warmshead said, the pilot light is a good way to go. I did something very similar by tapping into the instrument lights. This has the added bonus that you need to switch your lights on to power it up.
I removed the screen and silver clock cover and spliced in. A separate earth was run to the beak chassis.

As I'm a tight git, I just use a normal car sat nav with a ram adaptor to fit to my 1150's migsel mount. This meant I needed to drop the 12v supply for the sat nav to 5 volts which I achieved by using/disassembling a garmin car charger and mounting the gubbins inside a cheap maplins electrical box. It all fits easily behind the silver clock cover with just a small piece of cable that comes out of the top to plug into the sat nav. As its behind the cover I have had no corrosion issues in 20k with this set up.

 

[Flipfly]

Wtf is a pilot light, have you all converted to gas?

I guess you mean side light or front position light

 

[warmshed]

Wtf is a pilot light, have you all converted to gas?

I guess you mean side light or front position light

Side light?? it faces the front does it not?
Parking lights and your "side lights" always use to be called pilot lights. Try buying a headlamp and it always states "with or without Pilot light" and no thats not with acetylene lamps!

 

[Fanum]

Wtf is a pilot light, have you all converted to gas?

I guess you mean side light or front position light

Are you jockeying for the recently vacated pedant position dude?



The sidelight supply is a good'un......a proper GPS (forget the toilet owner's version which come equipped with home cinemas, teas maids and wurlitzer organs attached ) will only draw about 1.5 amps max, and it's an easy place to tap into

 

[Flipfly]

Side light?? it faces the front does it not?
Parking lights and your "side lights" always use to be called pilot lights. Try buying a headlamp and it always states "with or without Pilot light" and no thats not with acetylene lamps!

The day I take English lessons from the Americans will be the day I plan my own demise. Of course I'll probably top myself on jelly sandwiches or drown myself in mocha frappechino skinny latte

Feckin pilot light

 

[Flipfly]

Are you jockeying for the recently vacated pedant position dude?



The sidelight supply is a good'un......a proper GPS (forget the toilet owner's version which come equipped with home cinemas, teas maids and wurlitzer organs attached ) will only draw about 1.5 amps max, and it's an easy place to tap into

Not at all, just never heard it called a pilot light. Now I find that it's an Americanism, I may just throw my hat into the ring

 

[Fanum]

Not at all, just never heard it called a pilot light. Now I find that it's an Americanism, I may just throw my hat into the ring

Fair point, well made
Now, would you like me to hold your jacket whilst you balance on the back of that chair, and what sized boots do you take?