Tema: Idea protctor conector garmin montado en la moto

Hola; pongo a continuacion un ladrillete que he puesto en F650.com sobre una idea para proteger el conector de un garmin 276c que he instalado en la moto para no depender de las baterias solamente ; lo único es que está en inglé, pero bueno, el tema está claro (es que no me apetece traducirlo).

Saludos,

Hi all

This is to show you an idea I had in order to protect garmin's delicated (i think) power connector that I have installed permanently in my F650Dakar.

In order to protect my garmin from possible voltage oscillations, I made a voltage stabilizer circuit to connect garmin's fused power cable directly to the battery.

Once I did it, some times I ride with GPS other not... when doing with GPS, no problem, the connector is connected :-D and it is safe (for the time being). But... when I ride without, that nice 9-way connector is just moving aroud without protection; first idea: just a plastic bag and PVC stripe and that's it; after first rain, the bag full of water and plenty of humidity inside, no good idea.

Than I developed this idea: to use the old photo films plastic can (that is perfectly waterproof) in order to protect my connector.

Materials:
1- 1 set can+cap
2- 1 cap alone
3- foam rubber adhesive profile, i.e. 10x4 mm
4- 1 cable plastic strap
5- 1 screw/self locking nut

Steps:
1- drill a hole in the can cap enough to pass through it the connector
2- put the foam rubber at approx 40-50 mm from the end, making a kind of grommet
3- insert 50%-50% this grommet in the hole (watch side of the cap - close area to the connector)
4- put a cable plastic strap in the outside of the grommet
5- Fix the loose can cap any part in your brackets, so that it is for fitting the can when connector is in use.

Thant's it !

Pics:

No GPS mode:



GPS mode:



Detail grommet inside cap:



Detail grommet outside cap:



Detail fixed cap to hold the can in GPS on mode:



Overall view:



Thant's it from Spain. Hope you like it.

Bye