regulated power for 12v???

[Polarice]

Alright, here is my issue:

I have a Garmin GPS for my sled. It's for a motorcycle and car, so it came with a plug that you can hardwire directly to the battery. My sled (2010 IQ Shift) has regulated 12v power. I hardwired that plug to the 12v power on the sled. It doesn't charge the GPS.

Now, the plug for the GPS came with a 1a fuse, and it would blow it after I started the sled. However, I put a 25a fuse in there and it didn't blow and I have 12v power on the plug that goes into the GPS but it doesn't power up.

I believe that my sled may be pushing too many amps and causing the GPS to not turn on?

 

[booondocker]

All you need to do is wire the unit DIRECTLY to the battery, and NOT in some wiring that shows 12 volts. The unit needs to get leads right from the battery. The I.Q. has computer smart control of the 12 volts RUNNING out of the fuse block and to the computer which regulates everything else.

You do NOT want to be hooked into that system because it won't recognize it and could cause trouble for the whole sled.

Do NOT substitute the 2 amp fuse or you could and probably will fry the GPS....

Just like your computer on your desk, if you use a backup battery to smooth out the power variations of the voltage (eliminate spikes) so will hooking directly to the battery to keep the smooth flow of voltage going to the GPS which only draws a tiny fraction to charge the unit battery. Doing this should solve your charging issues for the GPS, and avoid costly sled parts which control the electrics in those complicated machines.

 

[Polarice]

Boondocker,

I forgot to mention that my sled does not have a battery.

The dealer told me that I just need the 12v cigarette lighter plug (from Polaris) to run electronics. I was just trying to avoid buying the plug and drilling another hole in my sled.

Also, the cigarette plug is to be hooked up to an open plug on the steering post. It's pre wired and ready for the cigarette plug.

Darn, do I seriously need a battery?

 

[jimfsr]

Your sled is 12 volt AC, not the DC that the gps wants. You need a rectifier to convert to 12v DC. The regulator on the sled will limit you to not more that 13 volts, and the power cord should have the resistor in it to bring that down to the 5 volts or so that the GPS runs on. Trying to push AC to the GPS will not run it, or worse case, fry it.

 

[Polarice]

Your sled is 12 volt AC, not the DC that the gps wants. You need a rectifier to convert to 12v DC. The regulator on the sled will limit you to not more that 13 volts, and the power cord should have the resistor in it to bring that down to the 5 volts or so that the GPS runs on. Trying to push AC to the GPS will not run it, or worse case, fry it.

According to the Polaris dealer, that is 12v DC for accessories. I ordered a cigarette lighter plug from poo for accessories. I decided that I didn't want to drill a hole in my sled for it, so I thought I'd just wire that to where the power was coming from. Does the cigarette lighter plug have a regulator on it?

 

[snocrazy]

Yo Polarice,

You can hook that thing up to a 30 amp power supply. It doesn't push that much current. The current or amperage will only be what ever the device plugged in can draw.

You wont need the "polaris cigarette lighter". you can wire to your source and use what ever connections you want. I prefer the RCA connection style like used for heated helmets.

If your sled is 12v ac per another post in this thread. (I dont know polaris very well) You will need some sort of bridge rectifier and a battery or maybe a capacitor could be used instead of a battery.

Hope this helps.

 

[jccams]

Polarice...As I posted in another thread and mentioned here you need DC to operate the gps. If you do not have a battery you most likely do not have dc available. Get a digital volt meter, set it to VDC and measure the voltage source you are hooked up to. More than likely you will need to wire in a rectifier.

 

[Polarice]

Polarice...As I posted in another thread and mentioned here you need DC to operate the gps. If you do not have a battery you most likely do not have dc available. Get a digital volt meter, set it to VDC and measure the voltage source you are hooked up to. More than likely you will need to wire in a rectifier.

I was told that it does have dc already without the battery. I think I'm going to go buy one of the volt meters to verify that though.

 

[squarepants2]

I have a 2010 800 dragon switchback (non electric) .Dealer wired in a 12 volt car type adapter. It charges my colorado 300 gps. My brother wired his 12 volt plug in directly to battery. It has worked great for last 2 years.. If you use the 12 volt plug in , you have to buy cord for gps to plug it in. Happy Riding!

 

[fishcrib]

Try www.Snowbunje.com. I just purchased a battery with adaptor for $50.00 ( part # 1075 ). Sled is supposed to charge battery and the battery gives off consistent power to the GPS (even when sled is off).

I haven't hooked it up yet, otherwise I could tell you how well it works.

 

[jimfsr]

If you do get the volt meter, set it to DC and prob the wires that should go to the acc. you want to hook up. If the meter reads voltage you are all set. If it doesn't, set it to AC and see if it reads voltage. If it does, you have only AC. Mt bet is no DC rectifier on that sled, as there would be no reason for it. There are always excetions to the rule though...