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Fitting the x40 accessory dock
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OhBuggerit2k2
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you want to hardwire your TomTom you can use this;

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I have one on my 940 and it works great. It has a built in transformer to lower the voltage. I have been using it daily for around 4 weeks with no problems whatsoever.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a nice find. I've never spotted that in Arkon's product catalogue before but it's a very neat solution.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Neat, but quite a lot more expensive then buying a cigar lighter socket and a metre of 2-core cable and putting the original power supply behind the dash.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For most purposes a cigarette lighter extension with socket will suffice I agree albeit it's not quite as 'nice' a solution and you do need to ensure you protect against shorts etc

The Arkon device outputs 1A whereas most if not all cigarette lighter chargers output less than half that so it would charge quicker.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darren wrote:
.... protect against shorts etc.

After your experience of the last few months I guess you'd know all about that! Wink

Don't forget there's already a fuse in the CLA.

Darren wrote:
The Arkon device outputs 1A whereas most if not all cigarette lighter chargers output less than half that

The TomTom ones I have are all 1.2 or 1.5 Amp.
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2014 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hey everone know this is a old topic

but i am going to get a tomtom 1005 world and need a new dock for it are they still making them
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