Power in Panniers ...

[Bronco Billy]

Just been nosing on Jaythros thread in the fs&w. He`s doing a grand job getting power sockets for tossers. My question is ..... is it doable to mount a female socket on the outside of a pannier then have a double ended male piece of wire to plug in to the power supply? and then how would you connect your desired piece of electronica inside the pannier to the inside of the female connection. Am I on a gibbering ramble or has any body done something like it?

Was trying to suss a smart way of charging my laptop up whilst in the pannier.

 

[(RIP) willstatt]

done it

I've done it. I've put a T'tech cig lighter socket in my top box. It's powered from the side accessory socket and I use it to charge Ipod; phone; camera or whatever. It's very useful!

Will

It's not permanently wired to the accessory socket.......... it's connected using a plug so I can plug other stuff in the external socket as nec.

It's great because you can safely charge stuff up while you're away from the bike.

 

[Bronco Billy]

Will, yeh but how did you route the wire into the pannier? I was wondering if theres a way of doing it so that it can just be unplugged when the panniers come off if you know what I mean..... using the bm type sockets ..

edit: spose it would mean putting two females back to back in some way!

 

[Packer]

Calling Flip

he's done something like this to get power into his tank bag.

 

[Bronco Billy]

had a look at the powerlet site ...... http://www.powerletproducts.com/product/PSO-007/285

Might use something like this ... and this ....

 

[digga]

Have alook at this blokes site

got some good stuff on here but it may take some digging about to find just what you want.
ok its a merrycan, but he ships real fast

http://easternbeaver.com/Main/Products/Socket_Kits/socket_kits.html

 

[sparkplug]

Google 12v waterproof marine connectors...

Some interesting looking stuff like this and this.

 

[Bronco Billy]

Thanks lads ...... plenty of stuff there to sort me out ....

 

[Stujw70]

Hi Bronco

I have power into my left hand pannier.

Removable flexible power lead which i plug into the power supply by my left boot (R1150GSA). Goes into a waterproof bulkhead connector which has a double ciggi power point inside the pannier. When not needed it has a plastic cap over the external terminal.

All the bits are from Powerlet in the states.

Hope that helps

 

[sockpuppet]

Who makes those panniers Stujw70? Or are they home brew?

Look fairly solid.

 

[Stujw70]

Who makes those panniers Stujw70? Or are they home brew?

Look fairly solid.

They are made by a fella called Civil from on this site

http://www.cajasahel.com/

HTH