Gerbing's 12 Volt DC Plug Adaptor
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From: Dubuque, IA USA
On the Ultra, most adapters will hit your tank when you turn bars to far to the left.
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From: Socialist Republic of the USA
Mike go to www.powerlet.com there are flush or surface mount outlets,straight or 90 deg. pigtails,all kinds of heated gear accessories.The heat deflector's an ideal place to mount one.
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From: Waskom, TX
This may be too simple, I'm probably missing something. You don't say how old your bike is and that might make a difference. On my 2012 Ultra, there is a SAE (battery tender) plug just behind the motor on the right side. Using a SAE splitter, I wired my GPS to that plug. The link posted to Powerlet.com has several SAE adapters. I'm not sure which one would work for Gerbing, but I'd bet Powerlet would know.
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From: Baton Rouge, LA
Has anyone used the 12V DC adaptor that plugs into the cig lighter on an ultra to power heated clothing? I am getting heated gear this season and like this idea as an alternative to a direct battery connection. Also, would the adaptor plug limit how much gear could be powered vs. direct connection?
Gerbing gloves are rated for 2.2A and the liner 6.4A, and IMO using those two together shouldn't cause any problems for the lighter connection. OTOH if you want to add more gear to the mix (pants, etc.) you may hit the wall, and if you do it will simply blow either the fuse on the gear harness or the bike's 15A fuse.
I have the liner and gloves and am running them through the Accessory connector under the seat, switched by the ACC switch on the dash and controlled with a Gerbing's single controller. I've had no trouble connecting there, but my '07 has no other overhead on the P&A fuse, powering only the ACC switch. At least some later bikes use this fuse for the rear lighting, etc., apparently swapping that overhead with the Accessory fuse when compared to the '07. So, it would seem the capacity at the cig lighter would be very close to Gerbing's spec (15A) for the later bikes, based on my cursory look at '09 wiring diagrams.
As a side note, using the single controller with the liner and gloves will channel more heat to the liner than the gloves, so I would advise a dual-controller in that case. I'm going to buy one soon to replace my single controller.
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That is the set up I have with my dual controller Velcroed to my left chap leg. Use it for battery tender too.
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need some help here, I just bought the jacket liner, gloves and dual controller. I put a 10A fuse in and connected it all. I turned the heat control up so I could feel the heat and the LED on the controller started flashing alternating green and red. What does this mean? I called Gerbings but they are closed today.
Anyone have an idea?
thanks
Maury
Anyone have an idea?
thanks
Maury
A couple of things...
1. Make sure the bike is running when you turn the controller on. If it isn't running, it doesn't heat up and the display flashes (or at least that's what I noticed on mine).
2. If I turn the wrong switch on, I get a flashing orange. When it's on and heating, it's green. On my temperature controller, it's the right **** not the left **** that controls the main from the battery. Perhaps you were turning the wrong one on first? This is just a hypothesis, as I only have one piece of heated gear so I don't know how the controller works with two.
I am assuming gloves and a liner are not more than 10 amps.
Hope this helps at least a little.
1. Make sure the bike is running when you turn the controller on. If it isn't running, it doesn't heat up and the display flashes (or at least that's what I noticed on mine).
2. If I turn the wrong switch on, I get a flashing orange. When it's on and heating, it's green. On my temperature controller, it's the right **** not the left **** that controls the main from the battery. Perhaps you were turning the wrong one on first? This is just a hypothesis, as I only have one piece of heated gear so I don't know how the controller works with two.
I am assuming gloves and a liner are not more than 10 amps.
Hope this helps at least a little.
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need some help here, I just bought the jacket liner, gloves and dual controller. I put a 10A fuse in and connected it all. I turned the heat control up so I could feel the heat and the LED on the controller started flashing alternating green and red. What does this mean? I called Gerbings but they are closed today.
Anyone have an idea?
thanks
Maury
Anyone have an idea?
thanks
Maury
Per the Gerbing site, 10 amp should be enough. Jacket and gloves are listed as 8.6 amps when pumping full power.