I had my dashboard in the house last night, cleaning it and glueing the lifting bit around the vents. Thought, I know while im hear im gonna drill a hole for a usb lead. Drilled the hole, got a mini b lead and cut the a connector off. Threaded it through the dash and stripped the wires back, found the power wires. Thought I'll test it with my road angel, plugged in the usb and connected the power to a jump starter pack. Road angel comes on for 2 seconds and turns off.

 

Ok, so my jump starter might be about flat. Plugged the road angel in pc and still nothing? Tested the same usb lead on something else, fine.

 

WAIT UP!

 

usb is 5v not 12v

 

SHIT

 

One dead road angel!

 

There is a step down in the fag lighter plug on them. Doh

 

Maybe I wont hard wire that in then! (well I will but with the step down)

 

:mad:

Who's a silly boy! :smash:

Oh well, at least it wasnt the Tom Tom I bought last week!

 

Could have took that back and got it changed tho!

im sorry but :rofl:

 

at least everyone else will know not what to do in future though

Yeah lol

 

Just bought another one off ebay for 45 quid, not bad as they are still 150 in halfrauds.

 

New one is the better version too. Also my one kept getting stuck on a red display so I think it was about dead anyway!

 

All cause i want a big blue speed readout in my windscreen like a hud!