Auxiliary power

[NC Steve]

Well, no luck finding the SAE connectors/plugs at Harbor Freight, and, shockingly, none at Advance Auto or AutoZone either, anthough it was strictly "no hable ingles" at the latter, so who knows?
Luckily I remembered that the Battery Tender also came with a 2nd set of cables with alligator clips on one end, so I jet on home and, sure enough, they have an inline fuse & SAE on the other end. In business.

But, now do I want the standard "cigar lighter" attachment, or the BMW-type Powerlet socket, which look smaller in diameter and is more expensive: both are "Great for cell phones, GPS units and heated vests!" The cell charger works "great!" now in my car's standard 12V hole, as does my little compressor. Go cheap with the Universal Cigar Lighter socket? :-/

[Chris_in_BC]

I wouldn't put a cigar lighter plug on the bike at all. Means you have to make a bracket to support it and some method to cover it when not in use, keep water and dirt out, etc.
If you must have a cigar lighter male plug on your cell phone charger etc. , then make up a short adapter  cable with a female cigar lighter plug then 6 inches of wire and then an SAE plug.

Every where I go, the SAE plugs generally come in a plastic pouch of two plugs joined together with 12" of wire. You just cut it in half. In the trailer departments of an auto store, they should have 2, 3, and four pin SAE plugs. In a pinch you could use a 4 -pin and not connect two of the wires!  Female cigar plugs are quite often found where people want multiple accessories, so one male splitting off to two females. Just cut off one female and splice it too your SAE plug.

Lots of cheap and easy possibilities.

[NC Steve]

Thanks Chris. Yes, I'm making up one of these, with a short wire, and leave it easily disconnectible (sp?) at the Battery Tender SAE junction that's already hardwired to the battery.
I figured I'd keep it with my tools under the seat, and be able to plug 'er up as needed to charge or run something. I don't expect it to see hardcore use, although I may look into one of those 12VDC to 110VAC converters to run the camera's lithium ion battery charger: pain in the a#@... [smiley=furious3.gif]

Maybe I'll get a little more technically correct in the future, but that'll be on a larger roadeater like the R100RSs I've been eying lately...

[invincibleone]

Alright I know I am reviving a 2+ year old post (don't complain that I never search the archives) but this old bit just saved quite a lot of hassle.
I will be heading on my first real trip (1300ish miles) and was wondering how I was going to keep my cell phone charged. I was very skeptical that the R65LS electrical system would produce enough extra juice; thankfully this post proved me wrong.
Thanks
Fissel the Missile

[suecanada]

SAE plugs are very useful and small and can be bought with a weather cover if you want sometimes. On LRB one SAE plug hangs down the left side near the battery for the electric heated liner, the bike's battery charger.  I put a another SAE poking out at the steering head area and ziptied it there for heated wraps on handgrips, cigarette socket/SAE connection to my small aa/aaa battery charger or cell phone charger, or even my power inverter 100 watts for my bluetooth helmet. I think I am covered! THanks to Chris BC I got my upgraded 400 watt system installed by myself from Enduralast, used Eastern Beaver auxiliary light wiring harness for my new 35 watt PIAA H3 bulbs which work in my new cheap auxiliary lights.
I have not put in the HID replacement bulb that riding buddy David gave me for xmas from FutureVision in Winnipeg. Just too much wire under the gastank. I am saving the HID for a new bike!

Good luck and thanks for finding and posting that old thread. I really enjoyed reading it!

[Bob_Roller]

Sue, how were the shipping costs from Eastern Beaver ?

I'm tempted to purchase some of their wiring harnesses, for headlight and driving light wiring replacements .