[C320-list] Install 'cigarette lighter' charger at ignition switch housing

[crashley at gte.net]

Bill,

The NAV instruments have their own circuit breaker on the main panel (at 
least mine do) so you don't really need to add a fuse if you use that power 
feed.

CRA
Rosebud #882

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Sloane" <southsoundbill at gmail.com>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Install 'cigarette lighter' charger at ignition 
switch housing


> Thanks for all the advice Paul and others. It sound better to connect to 
> the
> nav instruments power supply than the ignition switch. Where do I put the
> in-line fuse? Inside the housing of my ignition switch?
>
> Bill Sloane
> C-320 No. 554 'Endless  Summer'
> Olympia, Washington
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:03 AM, <Vpweikel at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Bill,
>>
>> I did this several years ago for the same reason.  Not hard or
>>  complicated.
>> I used a small volt meter to find the battery side of the 12  volt supply
>> to
>> the nav instruments.  I can check where I made the actual  connections 
>> next
>> time I'm at the boat and let you know.  My GPS hooked up  direct without
>> having
>> to use a "cigarette" style plug, but yours would be  basically identical.
>> Make sure you put an in-line fuse in the  wiring.
>>
>>
>> Paul Weikel
>> Second Chance
>> #361
>> Georgetown, MD
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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