Tom tom rider, bike charging, 650GS

[joe75]

Hello Great forum guys ..

I have just had a replacement tom tom rider v2 from amazon.co.uk. The last one had stopped charging when on the mount. I traced the fault to the mount, the power went in but did not come out ... The terminals on the mount were badly corroded only after 6 months of use. Is this normal?

The last time I picked up the power directly from the battery with an inline fuse. This time I was hoping to wire into something that only goes live when the ignition is turned on. It don´t think a 2002 650GS has a power outlet(?) Anyone got any ideas where would be best to pick up power without hacking the wiring about to much? Photos would be a real help as its hard to picture ideas... But anything would help as I need to fit it this weekend.

Thanks guys

 

[Foodle]

Centech fuse panel from Nippy Normans with the relay.

That's what I got. Also makes any other electrical additons a piece of cake

 

[elevensies]

your 650 should have a power outlet, try looking down the LHS of the front frame, roughly inline where your knee would be, and it should be there, but it is smaller than a standard car socket, and it has a flap on it.

 

[TomTom GS Rider]

wire it into your rear side lights.

Or temporarily direct to your battery.

A Centech is a great solution but will take you a while to collect the necessary parts and install. Ive got it on my bike and its great but was a while in the planning.

 

[John Armstrong]

There's a switched power socket under the top panel of the false tank cover. See this post for where the socket is:

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138797&highlight=socket

If you look here: http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117400 there's a how to make the plug to go into the above socket. Did this for my autocom, the principle will be the same. Nice, easy, tidy and isn't powered all the time to give less of a corrosion problem

 

[joe75]

Great info I will have a go. On my last ram mount the connections corroded in less than 6 months. I take it this was because they were live all the time?

 

[TomTom GS Rider]

its not normal for the connections to corrode. Mines been on there for around 20 months now and still not corroded. I wouldnt say im the best at cleaning the bike either.

 

[John Armstrong]

Great info I will have a go. On my last ram mount the connections corroded in less than 6 months. I take it this was because they were live all the time?

In my experience of Garmin mounts, it doesn't help having them live all the time. If only it stopped other bits of the bike corroding like sacrifical anodes do