Cheers!
Not a problem! Thought I had it saved in my bookmarks!
Cheers!
I haven't a clue where or what accessory socket is, unless it's the small power socket on the left side of the riders seat?
Well to all you nay sayers who think I'm useless - I've actually got my Autocom all hardwired up. Thanks to all who tried to help rather than criticise!
If you had looked at the Owner's manual and / or the Autocom instructions you would have learned:
(a) Where the accessory socket was. You have had the bike for months.
(b) That there was no conventional fusebox. Ditto.
(c) Where the sub-fuses for the auxiliary lights lived.
(d) The suggested easiest way to wire the Autocom in.
You say you want to do things for yourself. That's not true. What really want is for other people to do everything for you, except wield the screwdriver. Look at your threads, every one of them is take, take, take, not one bit of contribution or anything of interest or assistance to anyone but yourself.
You have rebuilt gear boxes, brakes, master cylinders. Why not contribute towards some of the threads where other people ask for help? Surely when doing all the work you gleaned some sort of basic mechanical aptitude? Why then do you struggle with everything? Is it because you spend so long enquiring you have actually forgotten what it is you wanted to do?
Surely it's easy to work out that to get switched power to an electrical item you need to find a switched live feed? There are loads of posts, threads and websites on the subject, but you couldn't find one? Why? Apparently because you used the wrong word to search or you didn't look.
Think for yourself. What are you trying to do? What is live with the ignition?
The lighting circuit, you can't turn driving lights off, except with the ignition switch. Which wire is easy to trace? The rear light. Don't use the brake light feed, that will only power when you brake. Which of the wires? Disconnect one and find out what no longer works. What else is switched live? The accessory socket, under the seat, surely you know it's there? Which is the live wire? The one that lights a simple bulb - make a circuit tester - or flicks a volt meter.
I will reply to all and any of your questions in any style I like. You set yourself up for a pisstake. You like pictures, so you get a picture of the plug some kind soul suggested to ease your woes, it being a farly safe bet you didn't know (or couldn't imagine) what one was. Where to get one from? Why didn't you take the name, 90 degree powerlet plug, and Google it to find out where to get one from? No, it's easier to let somebody else do it for you.
Excellent.
Now's your chance to do something positive.
Write an article on how best to do it, with pictures if you like and post it up.
It's a question that comes up time and time again, along with where to finally site the box of electrical trickery. I have mine where the Owner's manual would normally sit. Despite GSRich's worst fears it seems to be immune to water (jetted and God given) though I did take the precaution of making a small plastic hat for it, in a rather pleasing Blue Peter'ish kind of way.
It would, I'm sure, be genuinely helpful to other site subscribers.
OK I will
Easiest way i came up with was to buy the aux power socket lead from BMW.
this simply plugs into your existing power socket under the seat then cut the other end off and you have a power lead for anything you want.
your not chopping into wires and you can remove it when ever you like.
or and you get a couple of mins power when you turn ignition off before it cuts power to your sat nav so if you only want to open a pannier or fill up if your quick with the key you sat nav has no need to reset . SIMPLE IS BEST.
Well works for me anyhow
Easiest way i came up with was to buy the aux power socket lead from BMW.
Top stuff!
Good clear pic's and yellow pointy things, too.
Copy it and stick it into the 1200GS section. It's better use of bandwidth than, "What helmet do you wear?" or "Am I true biker?" or was it, "Should I wear a burhka?"
A couple of quick tips or suggestions.
(1) You see the Autocom out lead, stuck on the tank, down towards your wedding tackle? Move it.
Try running it up so that it exits on the beak's 'shelf' (near side of the bike, where the optional power outlet sits, sort of thing). So much easier. You may need to get an extension lead, I cannot remember.
(2)You can neaten up the passenger lead a lot. With a bit more poking you can get it to exit further back, hiding the lead all the way. I will do a picy, when I next go into the garage.
(3) Get an Airclick to control your ipod. Velcro the control onto the near side screen support. Mine has got boiled, soaked, dusty and never missed a beat. Buy one in preference to a silly lockable oil cap.
Do you mean this this little monkey:
There is an excellent article: Here It is made a little complicated as it brings in relays (in reality just automatic switches) - which a simple splice or splitter avoids, providing the load attached is not too great. The terminal blocks are cheap but, to some, untidy. Probably a fuse bock from Centech or Blue Sea would be neater but obviously more money.
Centech: http://www.centechwire.com/index.html
Blue Sea http://bluesea.com/
Part Number: 611 323 16621 = £13.71 from BMW
Can anyone confirm this will fit the plug on the GS power socket as BMW could not confirm this?
and I thought this was a brilliant idea? Saw similar on a BMW bike for sale at Oceon! I did think about placing it on the beak shelf but I don't know how to remove the tank covers to hide the cable? If I remove the 2/3 fixing screws holding the black outer covers around the tank, will it reveal more screws where the tank covers can be removed?
I already have a belkin Sport Command for my iPod but I'm still on the look out for some RAM mount of some kind!
Part Number: 611 323 16621 = £13.71 from BMW
Can anyone confirm this will fit the plug on the GS power socket as BMW could not confirm this?