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#Post#: 2640-------------------------------------------------- |
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Too many direct battery connections? |
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By: FatDrunkStupid Date: April 9, 2015, 5:08 pm |
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Is there any reason why I shouldn't have multiple devices |
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(battery charger adapter, USB socket, cigarette lighter socket) |
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connected directly to the battery (apart from the fact that it |
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makes it very difficult to get the live terminal cover on and |
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results in a plate of spaghetti under the seat)? All the devices |
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in question are switched so that there's no continuous drain. It |
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just seems that there must be a better way... what have other |
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people done? Ideally I'd like to patch into the lighting circuit |
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so that the USB port at least is only powered when the ignition |
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is on but I'm pretty electrically clueless and not sure where to |
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start. |
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All advice gratefully received! |
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Re: Too many direct battery connections? |
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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 |
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the headlight. I connected my auxiliary lights to them. This |
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thread discusses them: |
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http://690enduro.createaforum.com/electrical/acc-12/ |
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and you |
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can look to this thread to see them in living color! |
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http://690enduro.createaforum.com/electrical/mondomoto-mm10-light-install/ |
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Hope this helps. |
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Re: Too many direct battery connections? |
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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? |
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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 |
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an idea. I used to run multiple connections from my battery on |
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the rallye built bikes and never had any issues with good |
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quality batteries. Main problem was getting the connecting bolts |
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seated because of all the wires coming off them. Roadbook |
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holder, twin Icu , gps, iritak tracker, usb etc. |
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The Battery provided when the bike is shipped to the customer is |
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not really the greatest quality, it's usually the cheapest |
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tender for that component of the bike. Because we don't have a |
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kick it's always good to have some faith in the battery you run, |
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especially when your a long walk out of the scrub... |
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