July 5th, 2009, 12:45 PM | #1 |
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Unconnected wires
I have two pairs of unconnected wires. I do not know what they are for because I cannot see anything loose that would mate up to them. One is near the headlight and one is near the rear brake fluid reservoir. All my control switches work.
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July 5th, 2009, 12:59 PM | #2 |
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I have those wire clusters too. I have no idea what they are for, but I haven't run into any problems either. I just assumed they were normal.
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July 5th, 2009, 01:05 PM | #3 |
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Thank you Michael. Since it has been running with no electrical problems I shall adopt your theory as well.
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July 5th, 2009, 01:07 PM | #4 |
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check your owner's manual.. those are power leads but I think that the max draw allowed is like 10A.
Adam
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July 5th, 2009, 01:15 PM | #5 |
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I checked on my bike and in my manual and those are power leads for accessories such as heated grips, gloves, or gps / ipods if you wish. Just stay below the amperage limits.
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July 5th, 2009, 08:54 PM | #6 |
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Thank you very much!
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July 5th, 2009, 10:10 PM | #7 |
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It's a great feature that was left off of the new-gens, unfortunately. I used the front accessory wires on our pre-gen to power a GPS; worked great!
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July 8th, 2009, 06:49 PM | #8 |
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They're not as great a feature as you'd think. They are separately fused, but unswitched. This means, say, if you hook a pair of heated grips up to them and park in public, and then some snot-nosed kid touches your grip switch... you're trying to bump start your bike, which is extremely difficult with a /completely/ dead battery.
For aux power, I prefer the horn circuit. Wes |
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July 8th, 2009, 06:51 PM | #9 |
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Oh, horn circuit preference only for EX250-F9 onward. Prior bikes have the horn on the main circuit, meaning you'll kill everything (including your ignition) if your mods screw up. For EX250-F1 to F8 I suggest a separate fuse block. Haven't given much thought to EX250-E.
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July 8th, 2009, 11:38 PM | #10 |
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They look like they would be fairly easy to unplug if you had something like that on there. Couldn't you just unplug them when you weren't using them?
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July 9th, 2009, 06:11 AM | #11 |
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They're about as easy to unplug as the turn signal plugs, but twice as hard if you have two accessories plugged into them (they are a dual bullet connector).
I don't know about you, but I'd rather do the job right rather than plugging/unplugging crap from my wiring harness everytime I wanted to ride my bike (which in my case is several times a day). Nevermind the fact that you're setting yourself up for an eventual failure. Wes |
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July 9th, 2009, 10:05 PM | #12 |
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True. Couldn't you just get a switch for it then?
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July 10th, 2009, 07:23 AM | #13 |
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Well, yes, of course you could get a switch for your accessories. In fact, most accessories like grip heaters come with switches, otherwise people would complain about hot hands in the summer time.
But as I mentioned in my original post, they're not on switched power. This means that anybody walking by and flicking a switch on your bike can leave you stranded with a dead battery. That is why I recommend tapping the horn circuit instead. Then only people with keys to your bike can kill your battery. Wes |
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