if you are charging via USB make sure the charger you are using can supply at least 2.1 amps. The original USB standard was 1 amp, and a allot of propriety charger that ship with various devices don't even supply that. But if you are sticking a USB adaptor into cigarette lighter socket you want the USB 2.0 standard which can charge devices as large as an iPad or Android tablet. The ones they sell at gas stations are almost always USB 1.0. I bought a pair of the 2.0 dual port car adapters for my wife's and my car for like $6 shipped off eBay.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 1:41 PM, gevanish <[email protected]> wrote: > Must be the outlets, though it's hard to see how something that simple > could be bad . I used to think it was because I had a double USB adaptor in > it, so I took the second outlet off my V30 and put it on the Nighthawk so I > could use the cigarette plug instead of the USB. It made no difference. > > I used the GPS in my car yesterday and it went on and off at first, just > like on the bike. But I guess the inflow of power was enough, as it stayed > on bright after about 3 miles. > > I just bought one of those portable jump devices at Harbor Freight, so I > might hook the outlet to that and see if the GPS stays on. > -------- Original message -------- > From: Allen Thomas <[email protected]> > Date: 10/16/2015 2:39 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] GPS wiring and power > > Glenn, look at the GPS and see what the power input requirements are and > post it. Kurt is right that is it is getting 12V then it is a not getting > more amps than it needs to run that is why it is going dead. Most > electronics don't need more than about 2 amps at 5 volts. So with a 12V > input the current draw should be really low. I'd bet you just had a bad > connection to the power source. > > Allen Thomas > On Oct 16, 2015 2:33 PM, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Volts are equal to pressure, amps is equal to volume. Watts are both >> together. Think of sticking your finger over a hose. With no finger you >> have low pressure/volts, and high volume/amps. Finger on the hose and it >> reverses high pressure low volume. >> >> Allen Thomas >> On Oct 16, 2015 1:14 PM, "Tommy Hill" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Volts - amps. Aren't they the same? >>> >>> JK mistyped. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/DfvXUtQ9WYE/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
