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27 of 27 humans found the following review helpful.
Great Product (works on motorcycles too)
By Dobbs
I ordered two of these, one for myself and the other for my father. I also installed both of them an our bikes and they work perfectly.
As far as installation goes, I would commend using a fuse tap (such as an add-a-circuit) from and automati constituents store so that the converter box in the line doesn't drain the battery if you don't ride for a while. You may find, nonetheless that your fuse circuit is still hot because you may have relays on your fuse box, in that case, I would commend installing a switch with the hot wire running into the fuse tap so that all you need to do is flip the switch off and the converter box will not use up your battery.
I don't think the converter box uses up that much power, but if it is directly connected to your battery (or you have the fuse tap in a hot circuit ((by hot circuit, I mean that it is getting power even with the ignition off)) ), the converter box IS using power constantly, so that is why i commend using a switch or a fuse tap to a swapped circuit (meaning a circuit that is not receiving power when the ignition is off).
Make sure you ground everything you install, or it won't work, and make sure each new line has a fuse (why i commend the fuse tap).
You will have to ground the converter box or the set up will not work. If you use a switch with an LED indicator on it, you will also have to ground the switch if you want the LED to work, but not grounding the switch will have to not affect the setup's functionality as long as the converter box is grounded (speaking from logic, not experience).
If you have any question for motorcycle install, feel free to ask... I know how difficult it may be to find answers to these questions, but fortunately i found a set up that worked for me and my dad.
8 of 8 persons found the following review helpful.
Know issues with unit
By Jim E
A note inside the packaging for this unit says the following: "Thank you for the buy of the Gilsson Direct Wire Cable. Please be sure to test our Direct Wire Cable with your GPS to make sure it does not go into PC Charge Mode while connected to the power source. In sure ISOLATED cases of Garmin nuvi 205, 255W and 265W GPS receivers, clients have reported the PC Charge Mode issue.......". Well, my Garmin nuvi 205W displays a PC to GPS connection icon on the screen after regarding 30 seconds on this power converter, i.e. - the map can't be displayed, making it perfectly useless. If the power unit has known issues with sure GPS models they will have to not list those models as compatible with their product. Back to Amazon it goes.
11 of 12 persons found the following review helpful.
Nice item
By Isaac N. Davis Jr.
Nice cable for direct wire up of the Garmin Nuvi. The only awkward share is the fact that the step down transformer (black egg looking thing) is only 2 feet from the plug that goes into the Nuvi. That makes it hard to hide the cable from view. It has a little led to let you recognise that it is connected to power and that seems to draw a little amount of current even when not plugged into the Nuvi. Keep that in mind if current drain is a concern.
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