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[1abastarsmda]

I'm installing my Zumo 550 direct to the back of my lighter.  Do I cut out the fuse or leave it inline?

[Fired00d]

Leave the fuse inline.

 
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Fired00d
 

[hdbrad03]

leave it, or you may have $700 accident.


 
     Brad

[Crusty]

leave it, or you may have $700 accident.


 
     Brad

my thought exaclty!!

[sportygordy]

I would leave the fuse in line. I think the Zumo fuse is a 5 ampere whereas your lighter fuse is a 25 ampere (i think). If you have anything going on with your Zumo, better to let the 5 ampere take the hit.  

[1abastarsmda]

I would leave the fuse in line. I think the Zumo fuse is a 5 ampere whereas your lighter fuse is a 25 ampere (i think). If you have anything going on with your Zumo, better to let the 5 ampere take the hit.  

Actually, it's a 2 amp with the Zumo.  One problem I ran into was that the fuse assembly will not fit through the hole in the fairing where the hydraulic clutch line goes.  I had to cut out the in line fuse and then splice it back in again on the other side of the fairing.

It's operating fine and I just have to put the fairing back on and tie up and hide the extra audio cable wire now.  It takes several minutes for it to find my mp3 music, so I'm going to have to do something to speed that up.  I assume that it's searching through the first 1000 songs on the SD card before it plays or something like that.  For now, I needed a break and I'll work on getting the software, etc up to date.  Thanks for the help gents.

[Bubba]

Hey Dave as long as you are getting into the Faring I would find a Hot (all the time) wire and tap into that.  I don't know how annoying it is to have your GPS go off when you turn off the ignition. I just hate to wait for it to sync back up to the satellite's  Plus you have a port to plug your battery tender up to if you use the right connector, but I most definitely would use an in-line fuse....

Mine comes out the right side of my handle bars which my GPS is on the right side as well. All I did is made a short cable and now not a lot of excess cord.

[Fired00d]

Actually, it's a 2 amp with the Zumo.  One problem I ran into was that the fuse assembly will not fit through the hole in the fairing where the hydraulic clutch line goes.  I had to cut out the in line fuse and then splice it back in again on the other side of the fairing.

It's operating fine and I just have to put the fairing back on and tie up and hide the extra audio cable wire now.  It takes several minutes for it to find my mp3 music, so I'm going to have to do something to speed that up.  I assume that it's searching through the first 1000 songs on the SD card before it plays or something like that.  For now, I needed a break and I'll work on getting the software, etc up to date.  Thanks for the help gents.

Did you try inserting the power connector through the hole from the inside of the fairing to the mount (see pic below)? That connection is a little smaller then the fuse and should have fit going back to mount from inside the fairing.

 
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Fired00d
 

[1abastarsmda]

Hey Dave as long as you are getting into the Faring I would find a Hot (all the time) wire and tap into that.  I don't know how annoying it is to have your GPS go off when you turn off the ignition. I just hate to wait for it to sync back up to the satellite's  Plus you have a port to plug your battery tender up to if you use the right connector, but I most definitely would use an in-line fuse....

Mine comes out the right side of my handle bars which my GPS is on the right side as well. All I did is made a short cable and now not a lot of excess cord.

Bubba, what's happenin'?  I already tapped into the lighter and I'll be fine with that until I find that I no longer want to wait for it to sync up.  The way I look at it is that if I plan on leaving the unit on the bike while I'm off of it, I can't be going too long or too far and I can always leave it on battery power for that kind of timeframe.  If I'll be off the bike long enough or far away enough, I'll remove the unit from the bike and then I'll have to wait anyway.  The cable was easily tied up inside the fairing and then I still have the option to run the wire as far as I could ever want to at a later date.

[1abastarsmda]

Did you try inserting the power connector through the hole from the inside of the fairing to the mount (see pic below)? That connection is a little smaller then the fuse and should have fit going back to mount from inside the fairing.

 
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Fired00d
 

I thought about doing that, and then I thought about trying to deal with those little screws holding the cable in place, and I decided that it was just as easy to make a few quick cuts and splice it back together.  In retrospect, the screws weren't that bad after I came up with a game plan.  I put a tiny dab of clear silicone on the tip of my screwdriver and that held the screws onto the end of the screwdriver to get them in the holes.  Until then, I just kept dropping those little things.  So, yes, that probably would have been the better route to take.