I just picked up two 12V power adapters from Cycle Gear. I'm looking for some pictures of where you guys installed them. Can you guys help me out and post up some pictures of your 12V power locations. Thanks guys!

Bears

Here you go...

I used a uni-bit to drill the hole and connected directly to the battery.
It's always on, will probably put a switch inline.
I made up an adapter for my battery tender to charge in the winter, very convenient, just plug it in.

Here are mine. Two x Kustom Komfort variable current controllers hooked to Two x BMW socks, plus a variable controller for my heated grips.

This pod connects to a fuse block placed along the right ram air tube. The block won't power up unless the bike is running. It has a pigtail for my battery tender, and it won't connect to the tender unless the ignition is off.

Most of the visible wiring was from my speaker experiment and those have been removed so it is much cleaner now.

* Last updated by: privateer on 8/9/2011 @ 6:13 AM *

@ cyclejunkie where u get urs, cuz I can't find it on cycle gear?

This is the one I have...

http://www.powerlet.com/product/panel-mount-cigarette-socket/6

Thanks cyclejunkie just bought one.

Thanks for the pics and posts. I was thinking about placing them in the same spot as CycleJunkie did, one on each side.

I just have mine under the seat for now. Plenty of room and connected to the 'mystery' connector there. I only use it when the GPS is onboard or an Ipod is dead which is next to never for me but almost always for the wife's lol

Where is this "Mystery" connector you speak of?

I just have mine under the seat for now. Plenty of room and connected to the 'mystery' connector there. I only use it when the GPS is onboard or an Ipod is dead which is next to never for me but almost always for the wife's lol

Edgecrusher, you got a pic of that set up under the seat?

* Last updated by: BearsZX72 on 8/3/2011 @ 8:19 AM *

there's a loose connector under my seat which has a Batt positive wire (ignition on) and a ground wire that doesn't go to anything like they intended it to be an accessory plug. Mine had the mating connector on it with about three inches of wire coming out so I just spliced that to a outlet plug like this
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I can't take a pic but I think someone else had one floating around here a while back. It's directly under where your sphincter would be when you sit on the bike! ;)

Then I just lay the cord and plug in the space there and put the seat back on. There is a surprising amount of room under the seat and it almost always stays dry. Never popped a fuse yet. I just run my lighter plug adapter from my GPS through the body work (semi-permanently) and leave it plugged in there under the seat and when I shut the bike off or turn it on the GPS senses it and either turns on or prompts me to turn it off. (Garmin Nuvi 250i)

Sometimes the best solutions ARE the simplest ideas.

I have mines run pretty much the same as Edge but its always on just incase i want to leave my phone or ipod charging while away from the bike... I have the outlet tucked inside the rear right fairing and i took out the tool kit and put whatever i need to charge in that compartment..

Just got mine in today from "Powerlet" and it looks amazing well built, plan on installin it in the same place as cyclejunkie this weekend.

Finally got it done works great.

The more I use my pod (picture above) the more I'm glad I had it made. It is very convenient. I can reach over and turn on the heated grips to any level of heat I want. I can plug in heated gear and do the same with that, too. All right in front of me, easy to do even while riding.

The only thing I am going to add, and I'll put that on one of the ram air covers like others show above, is a standard 12V outlet, on my last fuse block terminal (so 10 amp fused). That way I can charge things or run something temporarily. I cannot charge off the variable current BMW socks, because of the solid state pulse circuitry. Besides, I'd have to use a BMW-Standard adapter and thats just something else to get lost. Heh.

@ Privateer.......what are the 3 knobs on the box with the 2 12v outlets?

The top middle knob is infinitely variable heat in the handgrips. The left bottom knob is infinitely variable current from the left BMW socket, so if you plug a heated liner into it, you can control the heat output. Right side is a mirror of that, so it can handle two seperate heated gear strings.

Each of those 3 circuits is on its own 10 amp fuse. I won't let my heated gear sockets run above 10 amps. If they are operating properly they will only consume 2-3 amps. The controls are made by Kustom Komfort, they were hand-made for my application (the pod) and how I was going to wire things up. Very state-of-the-art electronics.

I found even this is not enough. Seems you cannot run the gloves at the same temperature as the jacket, even if they are the same make/model. So the gloves need their own heat controller. Either buy gloves with a heat controller built in, or buy a seperate controller for the gloves.

Not going to use my second BMW socket just for gloves, lol. Saving that for pants / boots.

* Last updated by: privateer on 10/4/2011 @ 4:14 AM *

Roger that thanks!