Oxford dual USB - Light always on ????

[Magicmat]

Hi Guys,

Has anyone else installed an Oxford Dual USB Connector?

With the trip to france and 'intended camping' I've opted to get this to charge the rubbish iphones etc.

I've hooked it up to the battery via the pre crimped leads which obviously go to the battery, but the unit has a blue light on it, that always seems to stay on!!

Surely this will drain my battery? Worst case drain it too low ? .. probably not if i only leave it a few days but im worried about leaving it for long periods..yes i know i'll have the bike on charge. Maybe im being paranoid? .. eitherway i've pulled the fuse.

What do you guys recon?

 

[autogs]

well if you have hooked it direct to the battery what do you expect
connect the live to the back of the aux socket,it woll turn off automatically when the can bus shuts down.

 

[AberdeenAngus]

Yup. That'll flatten your battery in a few weeks.
Run the feed off the back of the aux socket. Course that means it'll shut down when you turn ignition off, but you can do your charging on the move.
If you must have the socket live with ignition off, then you should fit a switch.

 

[birdseye]

My cheepo ex ebay duals all do the same and yes they will flatten the battery in time. Faster if you are charging.

I have put a female ciggy lighter socket inside the top box wired to the auxiliary socket. Phone goes in there on a charger whilst I am riding.

 

[Magicmat]

Just seems daft, would have been better not to include a bloody light !!

 

[AberdeenAngus]

Just seems daft, would have been better not to include a bloody light !!

Probably weren't expecting someone to wire it straight to the battery.

If you really really want 24/7 phone charging capability then.....
Why not split the unit and snip the led out.
There's a little circuit in there too. Won't use much current when not in use but it will use a bit (called the quiescent current). check it with a meter.
So long as it down to less than a couple of mA, it won't cause a problem.

 

[Doofus]

Just seems daft, would have been better not to include a bloody light !!

It should be on a switched supply to turn if off when not needed. You can either use the bike's switched power (e.g. cigar socket or one of the lights that comes on when the bike is on / running) or add your own manual switch with it wired direcly to the battery (so you can choose when it's working). It would still drain the battery without the light (though not as quickly) merely by virtue of having to convert from 12v to 5v even when not supplying current. A bit like a TV on standby.

Good luck.

PS - you do realise if you plug a lamp into the mains at home it stays on when you leave the room if you dont switch it off, don't you?

 

[Magicmat]

Probably weren't expecting someone to wire it straight to the battery.

PS - you do realise if you plug a lamp into the mains at home it stays on when you leave the room if you dont switch it off, don't you?

The kit is supplied fused and with two crimped ends to go straight onto the battery, I would have to cut the ends off to put them into a switched earth (which i am happy to do and am capable of)

There was no advertisement of a light and in my opinion, no need for one.

Im not going to split open a waterproofed unit to take the light out, i'll either wire it up to a switched live, or just continue to be lazy and pull the fuse out. Job done.

Just wondered if anyone else had the same issue, and turns out someone did

My cheepo ex ebay duals all do the same and yes they will flatten the battery in time. Faster if you are charging.

I have put a female ciggy lighter socket inside the top box wired to the auxiliary socket. Phone goes in there on a charger whilst I am riding.