Simple electric question ...

[KnightAzul]

I have a GPS unit (Garmin Nuvi) which comes with a 12v cig lighter charging cable.

My question is: is this cable transforming the voltage/current in any way or just passing whatever the cig lighter specs are (12v, ? amps) straight through to the GPS unit?

The reason I ask is that I am thinking to cut cig lighter end off the cable and "hard wire" it directly to a power feed. Is this asking for trouble??

KnightAzul

 

[V1NNY]

ive seen it done before on here, cant remember who it was who done it though

 

[M1TCH]

No wont be any problem with this, just hard wire it to the cig lighter wires, I'd put an inline fuse in to be safe though.

 

[KDF]

It is highly unlikely that it will be doing any sorta voltage conversion, but it should say on the gps unit next to where you plug the power in what voltage it runs on.

 

[DeanJ]

what i did for mine was rewire another cigarette lighter behind the dashboard, as i plan to recuperate some of the cost of the GPS unit when i come to sell it, and its unlikely the buyer will be impressed with your slicing and dicing of the power source cable! the cigarette lighter ports are cheap as chips 2

 

[KnightAzul]

what i did for mine was rewire another cigarette lighter behind the dashboard, as i plan to recuperate some of the cost of the GPS unit when i come to sell it, and its unlikely the buyer will be impressed with your slicing and dicing of the power source cable! the cigarette lighter ports are cheap as chips 2

Now that is a good idea! Did you have to solder wires onto the cigarette lighter port? I'm shite with a solder gun ...

Thx,

KnightAzul

 

[M1TCH]

very good idea actually, only cost a couple of quid too