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Too many direct battery connections?
By: FatDrunkStupid Date: April 9, 2015, 5:08 pm
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Is there any reason why I shouldn't have multiple devices
(battery charger adapter, USB socket, cigarette lighter socket)
connected directly to the battery (apart from the fact that it
makes it very difficult to get the live terminal cover on and
results in a plate of spaghetti under the seat)? All the devices
in question are switched so that there's no continuous drain. It
just seems that there must be a better way... what have other
people done? Ideally I'd like to patch into the lighting circuit
so that the USB port at least is only powered when the ignition
is on but I'm pretty electrically clueless and not sure where to
start.
All advice gratefully received!
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Re: Too many direct battery connections?
By: Rusty Shovel Date: April 9, 2015, 9:29 pm
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KTM did you a favor: They gave you two accessory plugs behind
the headlight. I connected my auxiliary lights to them. This
thread discusses them:
HTML http://690enduro.createaforum.com/electrical/acc-12/
and you
can look to this thread to see them in living color!
HTML http://690enduro.createaforum.com/electrical/mondomoto-mm10-light-install/
Hope this helps.
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Re: Too many direct battery connections?
By: FatDrunkStupid Date: April 10, 2015, 1:44 am
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Exactly the information I was looking for! Many thanks ;D
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Re: Too many direct battery connections?
By: Guymcfly Date: April 10, 2015, 3:53 am
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You might want to upgrade the battery at some point tho...just
an idea. I used to run multiple connections from my battery on
the rallye built bikes and never had any issues with good
quality batteries. Main problem was getting the connecting bolts
seated because of all the wires coming off them. Roadbook
holder, twin Icu , gps, iritak tracker, usb etc.
The Battery provided when the bike is shipped to the customer is
not really the greatest quality, it's usually the cheapest
tender for that component of the bike. Because we don't have a
kick it's always good to have some faith in the battery you run,
especially when your a long walk out of the scrub...
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