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Originally Posted by
duibhceK
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.
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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.