I have this adaptor and want to use it to power stuff on my Varadero. Q’s: Will I be safe connecting it directly to the battery? Will it drain the battery even if there is nothing connected to it (i.e. TomTom)? What is the correct procedure for removing and connecting the terminals? (Black first…

The adaptor is now on the bike along with a mount for my TomTom ONE V1. GPS on the cheap! It was a very easy job, just an excuse to use a couple of cable ties really. You’re welcome to have a look if I’m around. Thanks for the help everyone.

cant wait to see the handy work on the bike mate :wink:

I should be at the BMM. Will show off my cable attachment skills then!

where did you get the adaptor, from a car shop ? I wanna fit summat like that under my seat to power stuff

he got the hein gericke waterproof one, there £10.99 :slight_smile:

Err…yea. As far as I remember it was German, although it definitely wasn’t branded HG. The price might vary online.

think i’ve seen your bike around; do you live near hackney road?

Not me. I’m in SW London. (@ Gaffertape - did you ask me that so you’d know who to keep away from?

There’s tons of places cell 'em online. speeding.co.uk do one for about £3.50 (not waterproof). Keep it stashed under your seat and feed the device cable through to it. I used to have heated glove and satnav cables plugged into mine (so I could navigate but I’d have cold hands, or I’d be warm and lo…

Hehe. I’m going to face that dilemma when it gets cold!

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