hi,
To start I admit I know just enough about electrics to get me into trouble. I have wired all accessories on my bike. But have not had success with hard wiring the garmin 396 cradle. The GPS does not charge while in cradle. I have a c14 with a PDM60 block. I am drawing power from the orange wire which has a 180 sec relay to turn off. ground is on a screw on the frame. The gps has a 2 amp inline fuse. i tested the 2 gold pins in the cradle and i have 5.4 (I think) AMPs at the pins, the pins are touching the dots on the gps. I have held the pins to the dots as well. I changes the power cord for a new one same problem, Garmin is not helping but to sell me more stuff, Am i doing this right or faulty gps. How do i tell, please.
andy
To start I admit I know just enough about electrics to get me into trouble. I have wired all accessories on my bike. But have not had success with hard wiring the garmin 396 cradle. The GPS does not charge while in cradle. I have a c14 with a PDM60 block. I am drawing power from the orange wire which has a 180 sec relay to turn off. ground is on a screw on the frame. The gps has a 2 amp inline fuse. i tested the 2 gold pins in the cradle and i have 5.4 (I think) AMPs at the pins, the pins are touching the dots on the gps. I have held the pins to the dots as well. I changes the power cord for a new one same problem, Garmin is not helping but to sell me more stuff, Am i doing this right or faulty gps. How do i tell, please.
andy