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Message started by wingsout on 04/06/10 at 11:34:04

Title: Adding accessory socket
Post by wingsout on 04/06/10 at 11:34:04

I'm putting an accessory socket on my 05 S40; where is the best place to tie the wiring into?

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by verslagen1 on 04/06/10 at 11:49:17

I got a battery tender, came with a pig tail for charging w/o taking the battery out. Also bought a lighter socket with matching connector.

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by Routy on 04/06/10 at 12:15:24

I just bought a new Schumacher 1.5 maintainer charger, and it uses that same plug. It seems like that plug is becoming standard on chargers an many other 12v acesssories. Altho very hard to find, that plug also comes in a flush mount receptical, for mounting in dashes, side panels of ATV, etc etc.
But I mounted my pigtail to the batt positive terminal, and a screw into the frame for negative

2B382F2E313C3A38336C5D0 wrote:

I got a battery tender, came with a pig tail for charging w/o taking the battery out. Also bought a lighter socket with matching connector.

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by PipJones on 04/06/10 at 12:35:13

So are we charging our cell phones? Looking at our GPS's, or just lighting our cigarretts?

What's the accessory socket for?.... its an S40, not a Goldwing.

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by bill67 on 04/06/10 at 13:31:10

cigarettes

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by Oldnewguy on 04/06/10 at 13:31:19

If you want to mount it up front by the handle bars, go into the headlight. You can pick up "key on" battery there and there is lots of room and ways to hide the wire. :)

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by Skid Mark on 04/06/10 at 18:15:53

I mounted a weather proof 12v socket to the center piece at the handle bars. I tied it direct to the battery with amp in line fuse in the + line. Too a couple of hrs to do.

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by wingsout on 04/07/10 at 07:22:00

HEY JONES:

GPS---RIDING FROM NY TO FLORIDA.

DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO RUN A SMALL BEER
COOLER??? :)

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by Rocco on 04/07/10 at 07:33:47

a reg lighter would be easier lol

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by wingsout on 04/16/10 at 07:45:47

Thanks Guy; I used T-taps to tap into the headlight wires; very easy hook up.
Wings

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by Phelonius on 04/16/10 at 08:49:47

I once hooked one of those into the horn circuit on a dirt bike.
I used it to set off explosives by pressing the horn button.

Phelonius

Title: Re: Adding accessory socket
Post by thumperclone on 04/16/10 at 11:21:48

i hooked up a "weather proof"cig lighter style receptacle to the battery and mounted it to the cross brace of the swing arm..made an adaptor out of a plug end(male) easy to hook up jumper cables,battery charger,or my portable jump starter dont have a cig lighter but my cd player has an adaptor when its batteries get low..