Hi all,
My Zumo 500 is now refusing to charge when the bike's ignition is switched on, even though it is connected to switched 12V+ and a good earth (via the cockpit Hella plug on my '13 LC GS.)
I've had a poke around with my multimeter, and the pics show what I found:
The four-pin connector is the one plugging from the Hella plug wiring into the GPS cradle.
The MS Paint drawing shows the GPS cradle's 24-pin contact strip in the same orientation as the photograph (i.e. the red arrow faces to the front of the bike).
All numbered values are voltage with ignition switched on (second test probe of the multimeter earthed to frame).
'E' = continuity to earth (second test probe of the multimeter earthed to frame).
'N' = no voltage or continuity to ground.
It does seem strange that so many pins should have continuity to earth or miniscule voltage values.
I've heard that these cradles sometimes suffer from broken ribbon connectors. Might that be the case here?
My Zumo 500 is now refusing to charge when the bike's ignition is switched on, even though it is connected to switched 12V+ and a good earth (via the cockpit Hella plug on my '13 LC GS.)
I've had a poke around with my multimeter, and the pics show what I found:
The four-pin connector is the one plugging from the Hella plug wiring into the GPS cradle.
The MS Paint drawing shows the GPS cradle's 24-pin contact strip in the same orientation as the photograph (i.e. the red arrow faces to the front of the bike).
All numbered values are voltage with ignition switched on (second test probe of the multimeter earthed to frame).
'E' = continuity to earth (second test probe of the multimeter earthed to frame).
'N' = no voltage or continuity to ground.
It does seem strange that so many pins should have continuity to earth or miniscule voltage values.
I've heard that these cradles sometimes suffer from broken ribbon connectors. Might that be the case here?
