Sat nav power supply

[GS Bloke]

Hi
On my GS I powered my satnav from the canbus which worked great, on my S10 I have it straight from the battery which isn't ideal, does the S10 have a canbus as I would like the power cut when I turn the bike off?

 

[illustratedman]

Doesnt have to have a canbus system to be off when the ignition is off. Just take your power from something that is off when the ignition is.

 

[GS Bloke]

Yea, any suggestions for best bit to splice into.

 

[Uncle Rob]

under the r/h panel by the tool kit there are 2 plugs one for oem grips and the other is for spot lights,these are ign feed if you dont have the items fitted or where the head light wiring connectors join at the top of same panel these are also ign feed,use the side light wire.

 

[Roge]

I made a T piece with spades to match the power socket.

 

[Rasher]

What's wrong with the built in power socket? as it is on the cockpit anyway this is what I use to power the sat-nav.

I am also tapping into the OE connectors for fog lights to power various things (Autocom, Heated Clothing etc.)

You can get the connectors for a couple of quid from E-Bay

 

[red1]

Hi
On my GS I powered my satnav from the canbus which worked great, on my S10 I have it straight from the battery which isn't ideal, does the S10 have a canbus as I would like the power cut when I turn the bike off?

Go to your fuse bix and find a switched supply and swap the fuse for a piggyback fuse and wire it there.

Eg. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Add-A-C...ade-Fuse-Holder-ATO-ATC-12v-24v-/170709632237

 

[wessie]

As with Rasher, I plug the Garmin car adapter into the cockpit socket.

 

[red1]

As with Rasher, I plug the Garmin car adapter into the cockpit socket.

Is that the right size? Thought it was cigar lighter size? I had to but a BMW sized plug on mine.
So are you using the car mount?

 

[Rasher]

Is that the right size?

Yep, standard ciggy socket, none of this DIN rubbish that f*** all plugs into like on the GS

 

[baja]

Hello there.

I have bought 2013 GS TE

It has a standard BMW nav mount which is made for BMW by Garmin.

I won't buy their SatNav as I have Garmin Zumo 350LM
Anybody know the way to connect it to can bus ?

When taken off the bike, plastic mount itself has exactly the same shape as Zumo's (less all the pins for handlebar operating) , its enough to remove sat nav holder from the big lockable BMW bar attachment and the Zumo's holder goes straight in the same place.

Now the problem is , when I disconnected the whole thing from canbus socket on the right fairing subframe, it has spare two pin plug at the gps cable but the power from the bike goes from diferent 3 pin can bus socket.
I can buy can bus universal cable but its two pin one.

Can anybody recommend what to do?
I don't want to plug it to the accessory plug.

 

[Uncle Rob]

post this in the correct section and you will get a better responce

 

[xylo66]

http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php

do a search and loads of info ! There are 2 sections, as already mentioned. One is a switched supply and the other is not - these are used mainly for heated grips and aux lighting. You can easily tap off the switched supply if you wish. Takes a min to do.

( I think there is some thread hijacking going on ( Baja?? ) , so, please check what bike you are posting in ! This is the S-10 we are talking about, not BM canbus !! ) S-10 is like a landy - plain and simple, stock standard wiring !!

 

[baja]

post this in the correct section and you will get a better responce

thats the canbus and sat nav thread that pops out as the most recent and in topic on search.

Sorry

 

[Rasher]

Sorry

Just buy an S10 and leave those Canbus woes behind

 

[baja]

Just buy an S10 and leave those Canbus woes behind

I was very close to

BMW lured me with their cheap insurance. 1200-800 against 380 £ for full on GS TE

 

[Roge]

What's wrong with the built in power socket? as it is on the cockpit anyway this is what I use to power the sat-nav.

I am also tapping into the OE connectors for fog lights to power various things (Autocom, Heated Clothing etc.)

You can get the connectors for a couple of quid from E-Bay

Im not sure how water proof the rather daft location would be without the rubber cover on it. I'm looking at mounting a second socket as per the GS on the side of the bike

 

[Rasher]

Im not sure how water proof the rather daft location would be without the rubber cover on it. I'm looking at mounting a second socket as per the GS on the side of the bike

Theres a hole in the bottom to let any water out - these Japs are damn clever fellows!

 

[wessie]

Im not sure how water proof the rather daft location would be without the rubber cover on it. I'm looking at mounting a second socket as per the GS on the side of the bike

I rode through some biblical rain in Austria & S.Germany last year. The Garmin 2610 carried on working, powered by the in-car adapter complete with integral speaker.

If you consider the design of such a socket, water is only going to contact the outer earth conductor if it runs down the outer part of the plug. As every metal part of your bike will be at the same electrical potential and gets lashed with rain there isn't going to be any negative effect from this. The central positive pin is raised and insulated so that any water getting to the base of the socket runs out through the drain hole before it can get deep enough to make contact with the + terminal

 

[AberdeenAngus]

As every metal part of your bike will be at the same electrical potential

I think you'll find that all the metal parts connect to the positive side of the battery/alternator is at 12v higher electrical potential than all the metal parts connected to the negative side.

More importantly is the fact that fresh water isn't conductive....Not to 12v anyway.
Problem from rain is not a short. It's corrosion which can eventually result in a short.
So long as the thingy has chance to dry out and doesn't rot, it won't matter if it gets a bit wet.