Fried my Tom Tom

[davey73]

I recently hardwired my Vr3 back up cam to my overhead console and loved the idea of not having the wire plugged into my cigarette adapter. So, I decided to also hardwire my tom tom navigation the same way. I cut the wire open to find 3 wires in the power adapter, a white,red and black. I called my local car audio store and asked cause I was not sure about the white wire and was told to run constant power all I would need was the red and black. So I wired it up plugged it in then, POOF! After quickly disconnecting it I noticed next to the inlet for the plug it reads 5v WHOOPS. I guess I am poop outta luck due to own stupidity. Lesson learned.?

 

[Rolando]

Doh!  Sorry to hear that.  I use my GPS quit frequently and would be lost without. 

 

[davey73]

Doh!? Sorry to hear that.? I use my GPS quit frequently and would be lost without.?

  I am

 

[m02redl]

dang, that sucks

 

[Rolando]

Might be a good excuse for an upgrade 

 

[davey73]

?5v though, I would of thought 12v for everythig in a vehicle.

 

[davey73]

Might be a good excuse for an upgrade? ?

Only had it for 3 months. Wife is gonna be pissed.

 

[Rolando]

Only had it for 3 months. Wife is gonna be pissed.

you could always throw out the safety card    but, it's better and safer than looking at maps while i drive sweetheart. 

 

[DougD]

Would seem to me that it'd be smarter to ask the item's manufacturer vs. some yahoos at a local store.  Sorry to hear you learned the hard way

 

[FIRST2HUNT2004]

Man that's a bummer, oh well, such is life, it's only money. 

 

[pktwatch]

Only had it for 3 months. Wife is gonna be pissed.

Send it back in for warranty work........maybe thay won't figure out what you did!

 

[DougD]

Send it back in for warranty work........maybe thay won't figure out what you did!

I think the chopped up power cord might be a real good indicator

 

[Rolando]

Send it back in for warranty work........maybe thay won't figure out what you did!

uhhhh Mr. davey73, you wouldn't have happened to use a 12v on this GPS did you? ?It specifically says in the warranty that we don't cover such user errors ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

 

[cadboy1]

I hard wired my Garmin by plugging the receptacle into a female receptacle that was hard wired and hidden under console ? No cutting or splicing necessary ?

 

[Rolando]

I hard wired my Garmin by plugging the receptacle into a female receptacle that was hard wired and hidden under console ? No cutting or splicing necessary ?

oh nice.  my Garmin is plugged into the ciggy lighter, but the excess cords are behind the dash. 

 

[02-Z66]

  that sucks.  i love my TomTom.  gotta get you another one then.

 

[racemanfl]

A lot of car products are only 5v and 2 amps  Sometimes the voltage changer is in the plug and some is in an inline box

 

[Brianster]

Ouch.  Sorry to hear that!

 

[Rahn]

Good chance it only blew a resistor or diode, find someone that can work on electronics, to take a look, might be a cheap easy fix.

 

[davey73]

It was a pretty big flash and a lot of smoke. My friend who owns the car stereo shop is a electrical engineer. Unfortunately, he was not there when I called. I'll have him look at it. I can always buy another and swap it out, but that's kinda shady, and I would be afraid I would get caught, the way my lucks running.    

 

[Rahn]

Sounds like it might of blown something a little bigger.
Hopefully your friend can look into it.

Bad thing about electric things is that smoke makes them work, and it sounds like you let all the smoke out!

 

[teksavy]

Heres a tip... Invest in an DVM (aka multimeter). You can get them for $10 or so. Next time you can check the voltage to make sure the same thing doesn't happen again. A DVM is a great diag tool.

-Ed

 

[DougD]

Heres a tip... Invest in an DVM (aka multimeter). You can get them for $10 or so. Next time you can check the voltage to make sure the same thing doesn't happen again. A DVM is a great diag tool.

-Ed

A DVM won't help the case of not reading the 5v warning 

 

[bmad78]

I hard wired my Garmin by plugging the receptacle into a female receptacle that was hard wired and hidden under console ? No cutting or splicing necessary ?

Where (what fuse) did you hard wire the female receptacle?

 

[davey73]

A DVM won't help the case of not reading the 5v warning?

  Thats what I get for not paying attention. Allthough the 5v is imprinted in the plastic and is very small.