roady xt 5 volts?
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Topic: roady xt 5 volts?
Posted By: xtremej
Subject: roady xt 5 volts?
Date Posted: June 05, 2006 at 4:15 PM
I am installing a roady xt, customer want sit hardwired, i see it says 5 volt dc on the cigy plug in. can I wire this directly to the cig lighters power wires? If not how do I drop the voltage to 5 volts? I am having a major brain cramp..... Thanx -------------
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Posted By: doibuy
Date Posted: June 05, 2006 at 4:41 PM
Take apart the cigarette lighter adaptor and solder onto the positive and negative leads of the circuit board
Posted By: mjmauto
Date Posted: June 05, 2006 at 5:46 PM
You can also solder wires directly to the xm plug, tape it up and then just connect those wires to power and ground
Posted By: MrSuperStar
Date Posted: June 05, 2006 at 5:54 PM
easiest way without having to cut anything open would be to get a lighter socket that has the power & ground leads on the end. You'll get em for under $5 and there's no chance of error.
Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: June 06, 2006 at 12:07 AM
All of those Ideas will work fine.
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Posted By: xtremej
Date Posted: June 06, 2006 at 8:32 AM
I ended up soldering it to the board inside the plug, out of adapters. Thanx for all the input.
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Posted By: warmuth_5
Date Posted: June 07, 2006 at 1:56 AM
I know he already did it his way but I usually get a cigarette lighter plug extension. It has a male and female end. I cut off the male end, plug the xm cig. adapter into the female end and wire up the two wires(make sure to test and see which wire's which. I've seen this method end up making customers happy cause their adaptor isn't all cut if they decide to take it out. ------------- No, I will not give you all parts and labor free!
Posted By: djfearny2
Date Posted: June 07, 2006 at 6:55 AM
warmuth_5
This was stated in this thread already.
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Jon
Installer/Help Technician
---coral springs florida---
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Posted By: Fastlearner
Date Posted: June 08, 2006 at 2:09 AM
Xtreme, did you attach a fuse to it. Because with the way you did you lose the fuse in the plug.
Posted By: xtremej
Date Posted: June 08, 2006 at 7:28 AM
Ya, put an inline fuse in right after were I grabbed accesory.
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