Belkin car charger crashes my iPod at 6500 rpm!!

[khazad]

Everytime I hit 6500 revs my iPod crashes! Now if this was a car it wouldn't worry me but seeing as its my shiney new Triumph I am a bit sad :-(

I though I was being clever by buying a Belkin car charger, sticking it in a water proof box and hiding it under a faring. This approach works well with the charger for my Fuji 6800 but the car charger for that has a pretty comprehensive smoothing circuit. The Belkin has virtually nothing to protect the iPod other than a fuse which *may* or *may not* blow in time.

Anybody got any ideas? Its happened twice and I do not want to try it again in case it permanently damages my iPod.

Damian

PS First post so be gentle :-)

[mrogers]

Wow...that's interesting. I will guess that your alternator is getting a bit excited and pumping out too much juice to the charger when you rev that high? That said, jeeze, man, how often do you hit 6500 rpm???

[schneida]

ya 6500 rpms is getting quite high. perhaps you could just drive the speed limit and maybe your problem will go away

[khazad]

6500 revs? Pretty much with in 150 yards of the house The Triumph redlines at just over 10,000. My suzuki winds on up to over 13,000 but I only use the iPod on battery on that one.

Like I said, if it was a car I would not worry. I should have pointed out Triumph only make bikes.