Radio Install Wires
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From: Walpole
Radio Install Wires
I installed an aftermarket radio to my 2007 Electra Police Bike conversion.
I need to install a 12v constant and a ignition lead.
I have a 12v wire, but I'm trying to find a good Ignition lead wire to tap off to. Any suggestions...yes i'm being lazy and not getting my multimeter out. It's easier to ask people on here. Thanks in advance.
I need to install a 12v constant and a ignition lead.
I have a 12v wire, but I'm trying to find a good Ignition lead wire to tap off to. Any suggestions...yes i'm being lazy and not getting my multimeter out. It's easier to ask people on here. Thanks in advance.
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From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
I have a 2002 Police bike and had some issues as well.
I used the Biketronics kit for police bikes and they have you use the Cigarette Lighter as the switched/ignition power (pre-wired with a little connector do-hickey that lets you piggy back into the cigarette lighter post), and generally one of the left-over police wires for the constant 12V.
I found the wiring harness that is used for all the police functions; it was cut and tied back inside the fairing (good) and cut and tied back at the battery/fuse box area (bad).
Traded a couple of emails with the very helpful Biketronics peeps and with some direction I isolated one of the wires in the 'useless' harness, installed an inline fuse and connected it to the B+ - extracted the other end of said wire (there's 6 or 8 in the harness) and used it as the constant.
I used the Biketronics kit for police bikes and they have you use the Cigarette Lighter as the switched/ignition power (pre-wired with a little connector do-hickey that lets you piggy back into the cigarette lighter post), and generally one of the left-over police wires for the constant 12V.
I found the wiring harness that is used for all the police functions; it was cut and tied back inside the fairing (good) and cut and tied back at the battery/fuse box area (bad).
Traded a couple of emails with the very helpful Biketronics peeps and with some direction I isolated one of the wires in the 'useless' harness, installed an inline fuse and connected it to the B+ - extracted the other end of said wire (there's 6 or 8 in the harness) and used it as the constant.
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On the newer bikes there should be a second set of conectors on the headlight harness that is not being used. That is also ignition driven. You can grab the hot from there. That is how i wired in my gps.
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