Hard Wiring Power To Gps
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1/2 ass? Depends on how you hide it.
Somewhere in my dash is a garage-door remote control with ugly-a$$ wires coming out of it. Zip-tied in place.
What you see if you know where to look is a pair of nearly-invisible buttons that have to be pressed in sequence, to open the garage door. I thought about making it 1 button but the kids play in the car sometimes (they hand me the keys if the keys are in the car) and I don't want them opening the door by themselves by accident.
Anywho, I rigged up a 12v to 3.3V linear regulator out of scrap components laying around the bench, to replace the battery in the remote.
Works like a champ.
Somewhere in my dash is a garage-door remote control with ugly-a$$ wires coming out of it. Zip-tied in place.
What you see if you know where to look is a pair of nearly-invisible buttons that have to be pressed in sequence, to open the garage door. I thought about making it 1 button but the kids play in the car sometimes (they hand me the keys if the keys are in the car) and I don't want them opening the door by themselves by accident.
Anywho, I rigged up a 12v to 3.3V linear regulator out of scrap components laying around the bench, to replace the battery in the remote.
Works like a champ.
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^^Hacking up and soldering onto a device which was meant to plug into a lighter socket is a hack job. If you install another lighter socket, that is not.
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Correct.
That's just 1/2 assed.
And it doesn't matter if you hide it, it's still a hack job or 1/2 assed work. I've seen how mine is done, and I did it cleanly, but I'm doing it RIGHT this time as my current method is 1/2 assed and has issues. Not everyone's hack job or 1/2 assed work will have issues, but many will. You do it 1/2 assed or hacked up, and you risk a fire, wiring problems, death, all sorts of stuff. Besides, if no one else does, YOU know how you installed it, and I don't know about you guys, but I like to know that my stuff was done right, with quality behind it.
Look, I found and posted exactly what we were looking for. No further need to drag this on/
Correct.
That's just 1/2 assed.
And it doesn't matter if you hide it, it's still a hack job or 1/2 assed work. I've seen how mine is done, and I did it cleanly, but I'm doing it RIGHT this time as my current method is 1/2 assed and has issues. Not everyone's hack job or 1/2 assed work will have issues, but many will. You do it 1/2 assed or hacked up, and you risk a fire, wiring problems, death, all sorts of stuff. Besides, if no one else does, YOU know how you installed it, and I don't know about you guys, but I like to know that my stuff was done right, with quality behind it.
Look, I found and posted exactly what we were looking for. No further need to drag this on/
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Ah, that's the difference. I don't care how it looks under the hood, as long as I know it works. As to how my user interface looks, I prefer that to be clean.
Reality isn't perception, but that's a big chunk of it.
Reality isn't perception, but that's a big chunk of it.
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so, i want to put a radar detector on my motorcycle. would i be able to just cut the cigarette lighter plug off the end of the power cable for the radar detector and connect the wires to my fuse box on my bike? ik thats not possible with a car, but was wondering if it was possible on a motorcycle?