Tour Pack Acc. Power Wiring Question
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Tour Pack Acc. Power Wiring Question
I just installed a Tour Pack on my '11 Street Glide. I've found the power cable (coiled underneath the left side cover) that is specifically for powering the brake and marker lights on the Pack. Plug and play, actually.
The Tour Pack also has inside of it an accessory power outlet (i.e. cigarette lighter-style plug). It seems that it could be powered by the same power that the marker lights are running on. I'd like to connect it to that power if possible. This would save me from having to run a separate aux. power feed into the Tour Pack (It's removable, so each power feed requires another line with a separate connection... The fewer the better).
Is there any issue with connecting this accessory power outlet to the power that's being provided to the marker lights?
The Tour Pack also has inside of it an accessory power outlet (i.e. cigarette lighter-style plug). It seems that it could be powered by the same power that the marker lights are running on. I'd like to connect it to that power if possible. This would save me from having to run a separate aux. power feed into the Tour Pack (It's removable, so each power feed requires another line with a separate connection... The fewer the better).
Is there any issue with connecting this accessory power outlet to the power that's being provided to the marker lights?
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I wouldn't. I figure that the lighting is too important to screw with. Personally, I ran a separate fused wire straight from the battery when I added a power point. One extra connection to remove the tour pak doesn't seem that big a deal to me.
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My bike has a wire thats in front of the battery that my tourpak 12v plug is connected to. If that is the same wire that your tourpak lights are plugged into, Harley makes a splitter so you can plug 2 things into it.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...dapter-harness
http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...dapter-harness
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That is the accessory plug. It has 4 connections. Ignition switched power which is what I suspect the power point is connected to. Also accessory switch powered, a brake light wire and a ground.
If you want power to the power point all the time, bike on or off, you either need to go straight to the battery or use the B+ wire which is usually near that accessory plug.
If you want power to the power point all the time, bike on or off, you either need to go straight to the battery or use the B+ wire which is usually near that accessory plug.
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I appreciate the feedback fellas. Thanks. I see the connectors that you're referring to under the seat, in front of the battery.
I don't mind running several different sets of wires to the Pack... My only trouble is what to do with all of those loose ends of the brake lights, the accessory plug, and the speaker harness when the tour pack is taken off the bike. I was hoping to minimize them as much as possible.
I don't mind running several different sets of wires to the Pack... My only trouble is what to do with all of those loose ends of the brake lights, the accessory plug, and the speaker harness when the tour pack is taken off the bike. I was hoping to minimize them as much as possible.
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Yes, I see the two different connectors. The large, 4-wire accessory plug, and then the single, one-wire connector that connects to the battery terminal. I'll probably use the one-wire one for the accessory plug in the Pack so phones and such can be charged while the bike isn't operating.
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Not so odd when you add a tour pak to a bike that never had one...