car lighter adaptor thingys
 

hi . . . ive seen some bikes with some car lighter socket adaptor thingys (anyone with their proper name ?) and looks like something i could do with.

just wondering where do you get them from ? (i tried ebay - but without knowing their proper name . . . i got nowhere)

and are they easy to fit ?

cheers guys.

Bought mine from a Maplins shop and comes with a waterproof "plug" for when not in use, was around £3-4

cool, so how did u fit it ?

Lots of places like Farnell or Maplin do them. Also some dealers like Triumph and BMW, others I expect. Note that I think both Triumph and BMW ones are called Powerlet and you need an adapter for your 'adaptor' with those unless you have a piece of powerlet equipped kit. No biggie in any case.

Here's one http://www.accumate.co.uk/it020002.html

Thats a powerlet like I have on the GS. So you need an adaptor to go to car cig lighter style.

cool, do they just plug straight onto the battery ?

Was going to fit it to mine to use with my Optimate charger (easier than faffing around with the connection under the seat :lol: )

And yes, it fits straight on the battery posts

I have my VFR loaded up with a couple of these sockets to power my GPS and stuff in my tank bag. Check Powerlet

cool, got myself a lighter socket thingy from maplin, some connectors and some wires, and wired a fusebox into the posotive lead thats going to run to the battery.


just one question . . . what size fuse should i use ? the gps power cable already hasa built in fuse which is a 2A 250v fuse

how does that translate into volts ? the power supply of the GPS is

input 5v 2A


does this mean i need to put a 5v fuse in ?