12v POWER 2 TANK BAG

[UncleSteve]

Wanted to have power for cell phone charging in the tank bag. Keith at Tulsa truck supply has these nice pass through power units with a small bus-bar, I have one standard cigarette plug and can add two more, great if you wanted to power a chatterbox, an autocom , charge an ipod or cell.

 

[Phil96]

Fantastic! now I can plug in my Accu Jack!

 

[TruWrecks]

Nice setup. That would be great for road trips.

 

[dadofthree]

Is that a battery pack ?

 

[Mr Bogus]

funny thing when Steve rides by the house... my TV's all go on the fritz.... radio gets all static and the lights flicker...

 

[Busa1166]

where does the tank bag get power??? Did you make this tank bag or does someone sell this??? Do you have a wire coming from the bike that plugs into the tankbag??? more details please I like this

 

[UncleSteve]

where does the tank bag get power??? Did you make this tank bag or does someone sell this??? Do you have a wire coming from the bike that plugs into the tankbag??? more details please I like this

I have a battery tender lead on the left side below the gas tank, made an extension to reach the tank bag when I need to power it up.

 

[coreywiley]

I like!

 

[Busa1166]

I have a battery tender lead on the left side below the gas tank, made an extension to reach the tank bag when I need to power it up.

did you put the guts in the tank bag your self??? what did you do just put a fuse box inside the tank bag??? I am not very electrically creative inclined if you know what I mean and a electrical fire on top of the gas tank would be something I wouldn't want even in my worst nightmare

 

[cipher5791]

I like the bag. I had the same idea a while ago but I did not want to cut in to my bag.
I went to the Advance Autoparts and bought an auto cig lighter for about $4. I wired it to the battery with a fuse in the power wire and I wiretied it to my subframe under my back seat/hump. I just run the wire under my seat to my bag. It works great for GPS and phone charging.

 

[MadLight]

But can't you just use the boost by smith wiring harness and run that up to the front or to a tank bag. That will power devices also.

 

[UncleSteve]

did you put the guts in the tank bag your self??? what did you do just put a fuse box inside the tank bag??? I am not very electrically creative inclined if you know what I mean and a electrical fire on top of the gas tank would be something I wouldn't want even in my worst nightmare

Fuse is close to the battery. Fuse should be as close to the power source as possible. Nothing before the fuse is protected.

 

[UncleSteve]

But can't you just use the boost by smith wiring harness and run that up to the front or to a tank bag. That will power devices also.

Sure you can, I have battery tender leads on other bikes so it can be used on them. There are always other ways to get the job done.

 

[MadLight]

Ok now that makes sense literally and finacially.