street pilot and garmin

[BIG TOM]

I plan to direct wire my 2720 street pilot directly from my battery tender connection under the tank and to the handlebars..Question.. should I wrap the harness with rf tape or something or is it alright just to use it as is?... also talked to Paul Robbins at Garmin ,great guy.. a rider himself..(913) 393 8200.. (ext 5934) I wanted to order the wireing harness from him (35.00)..He is sending me the harness FREE without shipping cost..I told him I didn' but the unit from Garmin.. it was a refirb...He stated to me that it didn't matter and Garmin stands by their customers..He also stated that I should look under the unit to find 4 small air holes..Told me to insure that no condensation would ever form on the screen if I drill 4 one eighth holes into my ram cradle directally under those holes..didn't know that..now you do to...If you ever need any assistance from Garmin I would suggest you call Paul directly..You'll make a new friend..Cant say enough about the great service I recieved from Paul.....I have also fired off a letter off to Garmin telling them about their great customer service..

Edited January 24, 2009 by BIG TOM

[lonestarmedic]

Tom - if you are worried about RF make sure to route away from spark plug wires. Also, you could get some RG coax cable with a braided center wire. Put the center wire to the positive and the braid to the ground. Run where you want and then connect the center to positive but leave the outer braid disconnected. Grab your ground from a good grounding point. This will shield the positive. Also, I have done this with That crazy wire loom that has stainless braid inside clear tubing. Run the positive inside. There is also a foil wrap that seems to work ok.

 

JB

[pick]

I sinply ran mine under the tank, splice a triler two prong on the end and keep it plugged into the tender plug. Only isue is that when you remove the plug from the rear of the unit, its hot. Make sure you either unplug it or put on the protective cap. Don't ask how I know that.........................Do have some extra fuses now........................