After a conversation the other day as to wether the Auxiliary socket would be able to power one without blowing the 5A fuse or would an additional one be required, thought I would clamp it and find out :) Results are my pump under load to 42psi draw was 6.3A Peak 7.8A at switch on. So the answer is you may get lucky and it will be ok but would not want to rely on this in an emergency so a connection to optimate lead will be sourced.
Just incase you wanted to know ;)
(Amended after Viper's comment below)
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Quote from: Zebedee on July 09, 2014, 11:55:24 AM
After a conversation the other day as to wether the Auxiliary socket would be able to power one without blowing the 5A fuse or would an additional one be required, thought I would clamp it and find out :) Results are my pump under load to 42psi draw was 0.624A. So the answer was yes the OEM one is fine for my needs :)
Just incase you wanted to know ;)
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ive been using one in the socket for a while I bought it of amazon its digital and I set the pressures now problem blowing fuses its in the panniers all the time. :agree:
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Quote from: Zebedee on July 09, 2014, 11:55:24 AM
After a conversation the other day as to wether the Auxiliary socket would be able to power one without blowing the 5A fuse or would an additional one be required, thought I would clamp it and find out :) Results are my pump under load to 42psi draw was 0.624A. So the answer was yes the OEM one is fine for my needs :)
Just incase you wanted to know ;)
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Zeb
0.62 amps is incredibly low , was your meter set right, should it read 6.2 amps as that still would not blow the fuse, my mini pump from wilcos , pulls 9 amps at start and settles to 7 amps
@ Viper, thought this was incorrect overnight so have rechecked with another meter, blown the fuse 1st time and now have amended first post to reflect true findings.
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Quote from: Zebedee on July 10, 2014, 07:10:24 AM
@ Viper, thought this was incorrect overnight so have rechecked with another meter, blown the fuse 1st time and now have amended first post to reflect true findings.
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Zeb
glad you got it sorted, the glass fuse will generally go 15% over their rating .
It's not the glass fuse I was concerned about its the 5A in the bike.
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Quote from: Zebedee on July 10, 2014, 05:46:58 PM
It's not the glass fuse I was concerned about its the 5A in the bike.
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I don't know why I said glass fuse, its a mini blade, Doh, senior moment
Cos there's one in the pump? ;) think that has you covered lol
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