Auxiliary (sigarette lighter) 12v socket installation

[casper]

Good day guys

I've seen a couple of post regarding this, but I have a question. Which wire can I tap into, to provide me with power ONLY with the ignition switched to "On"?

Can someone please help me? I've seen a post where someone talked about a unused plug on the right near the airbox , but my 84 doesn't have such a plug.

Thanks so much guys!!

[ribbert]

Good day guys

I've seen a couple of post regarding this, but I have a question. Which wire can I tap into, to provide me with power ONLY with the ignition switched to "On"?

Can someone please help me? I've seen a post where someone talked about a unused plug on the right near the airbox , but my 84 doesn't have such a plug.

Thanks so much guys!!

Casper, our usual responders on such matters all seem to be MIA.

If you have a test light or multi meter you will find many of the wires are live when the ignition is turned on. In the absence of a reply nominating a particular wire, just hunt around until you find one.

Noel

[Bones]

I think it's a brown wire under the right side cover somewhere, but I'm pretty sure it's only on US spec bikes, something to do with their anti pollution gear.

Why not just put a fused wire straight to the battery, comes in handy if you want to charge something while parked up for a rest without having to have the key turned on and headlight blaring.

Depends on what type of outlet you fit, you shouldn't have much trouble finding somewhere to mount it, I've got mine mounted in the left inner panel.

[movenon]

Good day guys

I've seen a couple of post regarding this, but I have a question. Which wire can I tap into, to provide me with power ONLY with the ignition switched to "On"?

Can someone please help me? I've seen a post where someone talked about a unused plug on the right near the airbox , but my 84 doesn't have such a plug.

Thanks so much guys!!

Casper, our usual responders on such matters all seem to be MIA.

If you have a test light or multi meter you will find many of the wires are live when the ignition is turned on. In the absence of a reply nominating a particular wire, just hunt around until you find one.

Noel

Hang in there. Our usual responders are at a FJ Rally in Coleville, CA..  And next week end some will be at the Black Hills rally so responses might be slow at this end of the U.S..
George

[ribbert]

Why not just put a fused wire straight to the battery, comes in handy if you want to charge something while parked up for a rest without having to have the key turned on and headlight blaring.

I had just added this advice to my previous post, then remembered you wanted it through the ignition and deleted it but Bones is right.

Anticipating how you will use it often differs from the reality of using it.  I have a range of accessories that are switched and not switched.  Over time and use I have changed most of them around.

IMO having the accessory plug live all the time will prove more useful.

BTW Tony, I love your colour scheme, it's my favourite.

Noel

[Arnie]

Any of the solid BROWN factory wires is switched with the ignition.
HOWEVER if you're going to pull much current from it, you'll probably want to just use the tap into the brown wire to switch a relay that controls a fused direct to battery +12V line.

You can (pretty) safely pull enough power to charge your phone, or GPS, but if you're going to actually use it for a cigarette lighter or heated grips, use a relay.

[casper]

So any solid brown wire should do the job?

No, It is purely for GPS and USB charging purposes.

Thanks so much for your help guys!

[Arnie]

So any solid brown wire should do the job?

Yep

Thanks so much for your help guys!

No Worries :-)

[Ants73]

I ran my auxillary power via a relay. So the relay powered directly from the battery (with an inline fuse), with the "on/off" of the relay connected to the taillight wire, that way the power would only run through the relay when the lights were on. I didn't want to connect it to the headlight wire as I thought if everything turned to custard & a fault occurred, I could end up with no headlight. Murphys law states that if you do have a problem it will be at night when you really need the headlight, hence the use of the taillight circuit. There's plenty of diagrams on the net to show you how to wire up relay etc.
Cheers

[aviationfred]

I have a cigarette plug style charger installed.

I did mine a bit differently. I purchased one of the handlebar mounted chargers from Cycle Gear. It came with about a 20 inch wire set that has an incorporated inline fuse. I wired it directly to the battery and DID NOT mount it anywhere. I used the full length of wires and when not in use, the charger is tucked away in the space under the grab handles. When I need to use the charger, I open the seat and run the cable between the seat and the fuel tank. There is still enough length for the charger to lay inside my tank bag.

It works great for long trips. I use my phone for GPS navigation, which kills the battery fairly fast. The charger does a wonderful job keeping the phone charged.

Fred

[casper]

Thanks for you feedback!