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Thanks for the response. I love those "don't ask me how I know stories" - we all have them
My assumption was that the fuse was there to protect the TT from getting fried by too much juice coming from the battery, not so much a dead battery issue but my electronics knowledge is pretty poor. I had read somewhere that the TT mount handled the exchange between the TTR and the Battery voltage issues so all would be fine connecting the battery cable directly to the battery.
On one bike that I had I just connected the TTR cable through an adapter to a ready made plug on the bike (Ducati) and all was well but this set-up is for a Husky TE610 which does not have anything like that (that I know of). I can always use a splice connection and tap into a fused power wire somewhere on the bike (headlight maybe) but it sure would be easy to just go straight to the battery.
Stock photo of my Ducati 1098
Fuses on bikes are there to protect wires not to protect devices such as lights or GPS'. The fuse is sized to blow before the wire gets to hot from too much current flow such as on a short circuit or if you connect too many devices. The wires can actually burn in half or catch on fire in a short circuit if they don't have a fuse to protect them. A 5amp fuse will protect the power cord on a Rider.
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