OT: Power cable for my iPaq?

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I have purchased TomTom with the car kit for my iPaq and it is fastastic,, but. The perfect place to put my windscreen mount is on the right hand side of the steering wheel, but the supplied power cable won't reach over that far. Meaning it has to run off battery, which is far from ideal.

What I would like is a long cable with a car power plug at one end, and a standard power jack at the other end (to go into the tomtom windscreen mount), I already have one which came with a car battery charger, but sadly it isn't long enough.

I went into Maplin and asked them if they could make one for me. But to my suprise they said they don't make cables to order, they can only sell the bits, which would require soldering. They sold me some stuff instead to extend the cable I already have, but being incompetant at these sort of things it didn't work, I think I broke it in fact :-\

So is there anyone, like Maplin (but not Maplin!) who will make up a cable for me?

Dave Spam · Answer

Probably. What part of the UK are you based?Dave

DuncanWood · Answer

Are you after a cigarette lighter plug to socket or something else (As the cable that comes with tomtom reaches almost 2m when extended I'm not sure what you mean?). The plug on the tomtom cable also has the power adapter built into it.

Dave Plowman (News) · Answer

A TV repair shop that does its repairs on the premises.Or bring it round here. ;-)

Mark Hewitt · Answer

Exactly the same plugs that are on the TomTom cable but longer and not coiled. The TomTom cable does *not* reach. A wire would go nicely down the right hand side of the dash, under the mat, and then up to the lighter socket. I've tried it with another wire and it is ideal, sadly it had the wrong connectors.

Dave Spam · Answer

Bit far to this part of the Fens.Have a look on  they do cigar lighter extension leads, very cheap.Type part number PW0084466 into the search field on the left of the page. Cost is £1.32 + vat + carriage.Maplin may also have something similar. Either could be shorted if too long.Dave

DuncanWood · Answer

Ahh got you, if you just need to extend the power socket then Halfords used to sell extensions for these, hide the socket behind the dash, caravanning suppliers tend to sell them as well or cpc sell twin adapters you can extend with butt crimps easily.

Mark Hewitt · Answer

Thanks for that site. The extender won't do the job on it's own but they have quite a variety of products so I should be able to get something sorted from there, cheers :-)

Mark Hewitt · Answer

Dave,I didn't get that particular one but instead I ordered a cig lighter to DC plug lead. It has various interchangeable plugs to go on the end, one of which fits my cradle. It was *just* long enough to go down the side of the dash, under the mat and up to the plug. Ideal! Only cost a couple of quid too.So, cheers, I guess I owe you a pint :-)Mark

Dave Spam · Answer

TVM, a pint of Abbot will do nicely, please put one behind the bar of the White Lion and I'll sup it on Friday night. :-) :-)CheersDave

Mark Hewitt · Answer

And I managed to not notice it had fallen out of the door and drove 2 miles with it trailing along the road, of course it is broken now. Ordered another one.

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