Tomtom charging advice

[Cilldara1]

Hello all, hope someone can assist

Fitted Tomtom one in airvent, bought a Car Lighter usb charger from maplins, thought this would suffice,
anyways have'nt used TT for a while, tried to turn it on yesterday dead as a dodo
tried charging using Car usb, not a flicker!! probably not generating enought power
removed TT from dash and connected to mains power, fired up after couple of hrs charging............

Anyone had similar problems??

I have just bought a hardwire to Tomtom, was thinking of wiring direct to battery, Good or bad idea?? anyone any suggestions ?
Or direct to Lighter ??
PS I have bought a new battery also, just in case old one was knackered!

all advice greatly accepted

[gtr1000]

The TT1 discharges even when switched off. See the TT forums as to why.

I run mine from a similar Maplins 12v/USB lead and all seems OK. Does take a few minutes to turn on if it's plugged in from dead.

[Cilldara1]

The TT1 discharges even when switched off. See the TT forums as to why.

I run mine from a similar Maplins 12v/USB lead and all seems OK. Does take a few minutes to turn on if it's plugged in from dead.

O.k, hopefully new battery will help, how often do you Plug TT into your USB ?, recon letting mine drain to zilch did'nt help ! would using USB alone charge it back to full capacity ?? and if so I wonder how long it would take?

Recon hardwiring may solve charging issues, bought e-bay item no 280504339215 hard wired mini USB Sat Nav Charger

[gtr1000]

O.k, hopefully new battery will help, how often do you Plug TT into your USB ?, recon letting mine drain to zilch did'nt help ! would using USB alone charge it back to full capacity ?? and if so I wonder how long it would take?

Recon hardwiring may solve charging issues, bought e-bay item no 280504339215 hard wired mini USB Sat Nav Charger

I always use tthe USB lead when in the car as my TT, even though it can show a full battery, disappears very quickly.

From a flat situation, mine seems to take at least 3-4 hours of constant charging in the car, so you need a long journey to do this but this is about the same time as it takes when chraging from my PC at home.

[Cilldara1]

I always use tthe USB lead when in the car as my TT, even though it can show a full battery, disappears very quickly.

From a flat situation, mine seems to take at least 3-4 hours of constant charging in the car, so you need a long journey to do this but this is about the same time as it takes when chraging from my PC at home.

Many thanks for the response much appreciated