AC to DC converter?

[Rob.G]

I bought the Trailtech Voyager GPS snow kit for my 2011 Arctic Cat M8. But it requires 12v DC to function and as I understand it, sleds produce AC. Googling says it should produce "at least" 30V. Is this true?

I went to Amazon and looked up AC to DC 12v converters and the ones I found are for 10-28V, not 30+.

Does anybody know of a converter that will work for this? Otherwise I guess my best option is to solder a USB end onto the power cord and plug it into one of those rechargeable batteries. Then that complicates things even further because I have to decide where to put that on top of how to mount the GPS itself.

Thanks.

 

[live2beel]

MTNTK AC/DC Rectifier

AC/DC Rectifier is Plug and Play, no electrical mods required. Can be used to convert AC power to allow additional accessories such as our “Blow Hole”.

www.mtntkperformance.com

This might work.

 

[ExcursionPSD]

I bought the Trailtech Voyager GPS snow kit for my 2011 Arctic Cat M8. But it requires 12v DC to function and as I understand it, sleds produce AC. Googling says it should produce "at least" 30V. Is this true?

I went to Amazon and looked up AC to DC 12v converters and the ones I found are for 10-28V, not 30+.

Does anybody know of a converter that will work for this? Otherwise I guess my best option is to solder a USB end onto the power cord and plug it into one of those rechargeable batteries. Then that complicates things even further because I have to decide where to put that on top of how to mount the GPS itself.

Thanks.

If you put a decent multimeter on one of the loads in your sled while it is running, such as the headlight, you will easily be able to find out what is the maximum voltage, and whether it is AC or DC.

Facts help you make good decisions.

 

[IDspud]

But this is a snowmobile forum.

 

[Blu Du]

i believe the sled has a rectifier that turns it to 12 volt

 

[Rob.G]

Cool, any idea WHERE I might connect to that?