I have a garmin hard wire cord on its way what should i tap into. I was thinking cigarette lighter

I always like to run a seperate circuit for everything. Not big into tapping off of other power sources escpecially for electronics. You have a fuse block you can come off of ? Not saying it cannot be done its just what I prefer.

Look under the dash. My Fountains have both had a fuse panel underneath

i took a quick peak and didnt notice one Ill have to look harder. How do you tap into a fuse block, and im assuming there should be an empty fuse or an acc one.

true and just an idea for now, but that little garmin pulls hardly any juice so I wouldnt see the big issue

I wired mine to the gauge circuit. Like fountain said, they dont pull much and the line also has another inline fuse in it (garmin cord).

I just installed a gramin 441 in my Checkmate and ran it to the fuse block. It was located right behind the dash. Garmin says to use a 5 amp fuse.

It's not the fact that the Garmin has an inline fuse that you should believe it's ok. It's the size of the wire that you are tapping into. It already has a load on it. That said, the Garmin has a low draw and more than likely no problem.

Most accessary fuse blocks will have empty positions you could simple use for any/all additional circuts. Ideally put each circut on a separate fuse. The main power feed for the fuse block as a whole will(should) have a circut breaker to protect the fuse block as a whole.

there is one fuse block underneath on the back wall. Its only like 4 fuses and tube design, one empty place, dont know if thats going to be a good idea

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