Knotty Woodworker
New member
Hi Everyone,
I installed a 12 volt outlet on my snowmobile. I connected the hot wire from the 12 volt outlet directly to the battery with a 15 amp inline fuse and grounded the other wire. Spoke to the Yamaha dealership and they said that everything I did was right, I even grounded to the same bolt they do. So I started my sled, then I put my GPS adapter (that came with my GPS when I bought it) into the 12 volt outlet and the light came on (which is good, I'm getting power), then I plugged my GSP into the GSP adapter and pressed Power, ....the GPS turned on for a split second and then nothing. I checked the fuse in the GPS adapter and it was blown (0.5 fuse). I put charged recharageable batteries into my GPS and it won't turn on.
Just phoned the GPS customer service and asked to speak to a technician. I told him what happened, ....and if the fuse should protect the GPS and he said 'Not really' and that the fuse is used for protecting the GPS from amperage and not volts. So I guess my setup on my snowmobile is pushing out too much amperage for my GPS unit, is this possible from a 12 volt battery? How can I prevent this from happening again????
Roger.
I am gathering that you have the 300-watt electrical system. (Viper)
Wack the guy at the dealer with a stick, as you likely fried your GPS. It was likely too much voltage, not too much amperage that caused the problem. . .
You need to use regulated voltage which can be found on blue wires in the steering gate, handlebars, or front of seat areas. These wires run lamps which need to be regulated voltage or they will blow also.
Right out of the Yamaha Tech Update manuals . . .
Background:
The 300-watt electrical system uses different components than the 175-watt system. Technicians and customers need to be aware when installing electrical accessories on models with the 300-watt system.
Information:
When installing any electrical accessory, be sure to connect to the blue wire after the main Load Control Relay. This will ensure a regulated 12-volt DC power source that will not draw on the system until the load control relay closes.
etc.
Wack the guy at the dealer with a stick, as you likely fried your GPS. It was likely too much voltage, not too much amperage that caused the problem. . .
You need to use regulated voltage which can be found on blue wires in the steering gate, handlebars, or front of seat areas. These wires run lamps which need to be regulated voltage or they will blow also.
Right out of the Yamaha Tech Update manuals . . .
Background:
The 300-watt electrical system uses different components than the 175-watt system. Technicians and customers need to be aware when installing electrical accessories on models with the 300-watt system.
Information:
When installing any electrical accessory, be sure to connect to the blue wire after the main Load Control Relay. This will ensure a regulated 12-volt DC power source that will not draw on the system until the load control relay closes.
etc.
Knotty Woodworker
New member
Thanks Ding, but I just came in from the garage and I think I found out what happened. The GPS 12 volt adapter has a regualtor built in, but it's not working. I used a volt meter and put it on the GPS 12 volt adapter and it shows that 11 volts are going straight into my GPS, ....ouch! The manual states that the GPS 12 volt adapter's built in regulator will regulate the 12 volts down to 3 volts, ...but instead the regualtor is regulating the 12 volts down to 11 volts.
So because of a faulty GPS 12 volt adapter, my GPS is now fried. I talked to customer support and they said that I need to send it to them and they will replace it, ...but I'll be without a GPS for 2 weeks, ...uuughhhhh!
Roger.
So because of a faulty GPS 12 volt adapter, my GPS is now fried. I talked to customer support and they said that I need to send it to them and they will replace it, ...but I'll be without a GPS for 2 weeks, ...uuughhhhh!
Roger.
Glad you found your problem, but I would still move your power source to a regulated point.