Usb Port

Thanks for sharing Bucky, I have often looked at these myself so it’s good to hear some positive feedback.

Just out of interest, is this type of USB port that is “always on” if you leave say a camera permanently connected? Just concerned about draining the battery.

Cheers

Geoff

 

Good to see this thing claims "No power consumption in standby mode" because that's not necessarily true of these things, so something people should watch out for.

I measured my TomTom motorcyle satnav mount drawing current equal to 10% of rated battery capacity per week, so decided that I needed to include a method of disconnecting it. (I believe you don't get to use anywhere near the full capacity of the battery before it's drained to much to start engine or become damaged).

 

I bought one that looks exactly like yours but it shorted somewhere inside the sealed plastic and died within a couple of months. It did get wet though. I had mine cable tied to the black frame just forward of the edge of the fuel tank.
I have just bought another one, with a dead switch which made it a little chunkier. I have mounted it under the seat, cable tied to the horizontal tube the seat sits on. Its inside but I can get a usb onto it without taking the seat off. Discreet. Protected. Hopefully will last.

 

Would you be able to post a picture of where you have this mounted?

Thanks

 

Just for info on this subject, I have since purchased a Quadlock Smart USB Adapter fitted directly to the battery under the seat and with the USB-A end cable tied to my handlebars (routed under the tank). So far so good!

https://www.quadlockcase.co.uk/coll...v-to-usb-smart-adaptor?variant=41600491552943