Hooking up TomTom to battery on motorcycle

[dhn]

Okay, thanks ............

 

[canderson]

Looks like a pretty nifty gadget - an easy bypass of having to buy the female-on-a-cable cig adapter for situations where you really need something hardwired and not in a cig adapter.

 

[Andy_P]

Actually that's the third very old topic where you've mentioned that adapter! I doubt the original questioners are still looking, but of course it may well be useful for other searchers.

However, although it's a bit neater than a cigarette lighter adapter and normal car charger, it's still another plug and socket rather than a full hard-wired solution that some were asking about. I don't know how robust USB is likely to be somewhere down on a vibrating bike in the wet.

Also, I'm wondering if those SAE connectors are common outside the US? I'm not a biker, but I've seen a lot of connectors in my time and I've never seen one like that before.

 

[canderson]

Pretty common here if you need one.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_nkw=SAE-2-Pole-Flat-Battery-Tender-Connector-w-11-1-2-Cord-

Try using the same search terminology on eBay on your end and see what pops up

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l3201&_nkw=sae+battery+tender+2+pole&_sacat=0

There's at least a couple available.

 

[Andy_P]

I'd already done that That's what surprised me that I'd never seen them before.