Fitting Zumo
 

Hi all.
Got a Zumo today & wondering if anyone can offer help/advise (with pictures :angel4:) on how/where to connect it... or atleast refer me to simular post??

Shot
BB K.

Aha, so you can be our next navigator on next rideout. Go back to the salesman and ask him to do the job properly....
GB

I just hooked it into the leads from the plug behind the dashboard cover. Black and brown wire going into a free plug. Only live when you turn on the key.

Next navigator, yes. go back to salesman... ain't happening! Bought from a friend of a friend! :048:

Thanks a million duibheK!!

Whatch this space!!

:partyondude:

hmm, just noticed this was posted in the XTR section. I was talking about an XTZ. Not sure the XTR has a similar plug. You may need to look for another lead to hook into. Sorry 'bout the misunderstanding.

Figured as much... Only brown & black wires are for the left indicators...
Thanks anyway & will keep checking for a way to connect it, not to kean on running it from the battery directly! Or is this possible/advisable?

Ive got a tom tom on my r, its in a waterproof universal sat nav holder that velcro's to the handlebars. Ive also purchased a duel cigar socket which I've fitted to the handlebars and wired back to the battery with its own inline fuse.
I simply plug the tomtom straight into the cigar socket, its also handy for phone charger and laptop power supply too. It even works my 12volt kettle (but i have to leave the engine running).
Sat nav holder �40
Duel cigar socket �6.50
Both off ebay

Sorry no pics as I still havent worked out how to get them off my phone on to here:013:

that works, but if you forget to turn off your GPS while stopping for lunch, it might drain your battery,or (what happened to me with my old Garmin 2720) a short circuit in the GPS mount could have the same effect, even without you using the Zumo.

There's a simple solution to this: hook it up directly to the battery, with a proper fuse obviously, and use a relay hooked up to the something like the parking light.

The sat nav would have to be on for a considerable time to flatten the bike battery, but yes you are correct, the best way is through an ignition activated relay.
I left mine the way it is to use very low amp appliances for short spells without the need of the ignition being on.

As has been suggested your best bet is to wire in a relay which is then connected to a small fuse box. I have done this on my Tenere and use the rear light circuit to activate the realy this then powers a fuse box with four outlets for heated jacket, heated grips and a cigarette lighter outlet which I use for the GPS. This leaves me with a spare outlet which I can use for my compressor when necessary.
I regularly use the heated jacket, grips and GPS with no charging problems whatsoever and for what it's worth I have HID's in both dipped and main beams.

Hope this helps.

Zou on this forum had a really good picture of this very same mod but for the life of me I cannot find it, perhaps he may come along and post it in this thread.

i ran my negative lead to the battery and i piggybacked the positive lead off a fuse that only had power when the bike was turned on. I think it was the turn signal fuse, but not entirely sure. The GPS only pulls about 300mA so it wont effect the circuit at all. I used the turn signal fuse because its non-essential to me getting back home if something were to go wrong.

Talking about 12V sockets and fuses...i have direct connection between my 12V socket and battery, one lead going to + and other to - on battery. Have to mod this and put inline fuse somewhere. Where is best place to put this inline fuse and what amp fuse is advisable. Must it go on wire between + from battery to socket or between socket and - terminal.
Discovered short in socket week or so ago and it certainly affected my battery, had to replace it with new one, short must have pulled some sort of current and ate up all the oomf.
GB

You must always install a fuse into the live feed (+) and as near to the battery as possible. This is to protect your battery and wiring in the case of the wire being damaged and shorting against the frame.

The rating of the fuse is dependant on the rating of the wire youve used and the appliances you intend to use.
The idea of a fuse is that it is the weakest link in the circuit and therefore blows first and protects the wiring, eg if youre wiring is rated at 15 amps you should use a 10 amp fuse.

GPS power
 

Installed power point today
Quite easy and it works on ignition on only

http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/y...rs/Powerxt.jpg