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Djmb913
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2011 - 04:00 pm: | 
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I just had a cigarette lighter outlet wired up to charge my GPS. It was wired to turn on with the headlights. I used a USB socket instead of the coiled one so when I plugged in the GPS it tried to download to a computer, then all the power on my bike went out. Now when I turn the key I get nothing, nothing lights up or anything. I checked all the fuses but none seem to be blown. My battery was low so I had it on a trickle charger and now that has the fault light lit and it won't reset |
Sparky
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2011 - 08:25 pm: |
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Wire up the acc outlet direct to the battery with a fuse inline but get a cigarette lighter plug to go into the outlet you just wired.
Don't understand why you'd want to use a USB socket as those are usually 5 VDC which is less than the 12 VDC coming from the battery. I'd imagine a USB outlet would involve circuits to change 12 VDC to 5 VDC which, IMO, is wasting energy in needless conversions. If that were always wired, I can see that some parasitic loss involving the USB circuits, if always connected, would eventually drain the battery. |
Djmb913
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2011 - 09:27 pm: |
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Thanks for the advice. Right now I'm just trying to get the bike running again. I still can't get it to power up |
Jprovo
| | Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2011 - 11:07 pm: |
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Did you get it resolved?
Check the power relays. |
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