How to shorten car power lead, please?

tonygamble · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 186

The lead from the cigarette lighter socket to my 910 is far too long.

How do I open the lighter plug so that I can cut the wire and re-connect it, please? I can see no screws visible. It is just clicked together and, if so, what it the chance of it going together again?

Rgds

TG

tonys66 · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

I would not try and shorten it if it's a major problem then fold it up and cable tye it

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject:

Have a look here, Tony...
http://www.satnav-shop.com/index.php?ln=en&pg=6&sec=9

It's easily do-able but:

tonygamble · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 186

Thanks Andy.

That's exactly what I wanted to learn.

Glued. No wonder there are no screws visible.

I have a spare so it does not matter if it gets a bit scratched. The odd scratch will be far less ugly than a coil of unwanted cable, no matter how neatly restrained.

Tony

tonygamble · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 186

"Lightly glued"

Who's kidding who?

I'm thinking that it'll be simpler and neater to cut the cable and re-join it with a proper cable connector.

Tony

Eldar · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject:

tonygamble · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 186

Eldar,

OK, I'll have another go at the glued device this evening when I have a few more tools at hand.

Can you remember where, on the device, you managed to create a gap that you could prise open?

TP

Oldboy · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject:

tonygamble · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 186

Thanks Richard.

Tony

Eldar · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject:

tonygamble · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 186

Eldar,

Thanks. I can see it coming apart.

I reckon they've improved their glue since you did your 200. But I now see what happens and will complete the dismantling at home this evening.

Tony

Eldar · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:56 pm Post subject:

tonygamble · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 186

Oh dear!

Got it open - but the next step is beyond my abilities.

I know I saw the exploded drawing - but in my innocence I thought I'd find the wires held in by screws. I guess they are fixed by solder and that is way above my skills.

So it will have to be reducing the length of the wire and re-connecting with a neat connector. Which, as some of you will no doubt say, is going to be precious little difference to folding the wire and making a neat binding with cable ties.

But fun trying !!!

Tony

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject:

Got a friendly TV or computer repairer (or even a school/collage technician) you could talk to?
It would be a five minute job for the right person.

tonygamble · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 186

Thanks for the suggestion, Andy.

Yes, I know someone locally who'd fit the bill.

Clearly it's critical that all three leads are safely re-connected if I am not to blow the 910.

It will be worth it for me as I hate these dangly wires. It's going to be doubly annoying if I ever get the TMC to work as that's yet another bit of knitting stretched across the dashboard.

I'd go for hard wiring that into the radio antenna, but that then locks me into this particular Satnav and I am sure there will be better ones around fairly soon.

Tony

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