So what accessories would you hook up?

1. Nav to the Nav connector
2. Phone to the USB/power source next to sat nav connector
3. additional lights via relay etc to the battery

anything else?

 

Where is the best spot to put the + and - pieces of this battery harness kit to charge my heated gear, and where should I stick it out from under the seat into the world so I can plug my gear into it? 2017 classic model.

Looks like there is two + terminals under the seat and people tend to use the one on the right without the nub? What about negative connection? Thanks.

 

I always go to the negative post on the battery.

 

Need to lift the tank?

 

@14060M I have moved your post to this thread as it is more relevant to your question.
Please read back through the above posts to get some ideas to help you.

 

I read every single post and the only useful one was this: Wiring Gadgets on the NineT Thread

his bike internals look different than mine. I have DM'd him.

 

I have a '21 UGS and want to add PIAA LP530 fog lights. I have a 4 pin relay. Could I remove the on off switch and just run the 86 post to the gps trigger? I want it to be on anytime the bike in on and don't want add a on/off switch to the bike.

 

I got the fog lights wired up today. With them connected to the gps as a trigger wire they stay on for a bit after I turn off the bike. Does anyone know if the delay can be altered? I would like it to turn off sooner if possible.

 

You'd have to wire them to an ignition triggered source rather than a CANBUS triggered source. You can't change the timing on the CANBUS source. Your headlight or postion light would be reasonable options.

 

So I added driving lights to the bike, which are controlled through a control switch that triggers the relay. The 12v supply to the relays I have taken from the rear light plug (the service plug is used by the UnitGarage rear/brake light).

All happy in light land!

Than I noticed that the rear light did not have a white light for numberplate so I ordered a 4LED light from Wunderlich and tied that in to the rear/brake light on the same circuit as the UG rearbrake light. This also worked fine.

BUT now when I switch the driving lights on, I get a fault error on the dashboard for the lights.

I was thinking as a solution to remove the 12v supply to the switch for the driving lights to the GPS connector, assuming that would be able to deal with the larger current draw....

 

So I added driving lights to the bike, which are controlled through a control switch that triggers the relay. The 12v supply to the relays I have taken from the rear light plug (the service plug is used by the UnitGarage rear/brake light). All happy in light land! Than I noticed that the rear light did not have a white light for numberplate so I ordered a 4LED light from Wunderlich and tied that in to the rear/brake light on the same circuit as the UG rearbrake light. This also worked fine. BUT now when I switch the driving lights on, I get a fault error on the dashboard for the lights. I was thinking as a solution to remove the 12v supply to the switch for the driving lights to the GPS connector, assuming that would be able to deal with the larger current draw....

I concur. Sounds like too much draw on a single circuit. I have my driving lights tied to the GPS wire it works well. I have two piaa 530s. I want to say they are 8w each. I didn’t figure out how to delete the switch so I just leave it on all the time. It made me nervous at first but they turn off automatically after a bit. So far so good!

 

I didn't think that the operating and light on the switch would draw too much current for the CANbus... but there you go..

 

Anyway,... rewired the switch lead (green on the SW Motech wiring loom) to the pos side of the GPS lead, I can now switch the driving lights on with out getting the warning light.

The extra combined draw on the rear loom of the switch circuit AND the numberplate light must have been a flag for the CANbus.

No more fault code

 

Instaling quad lock weather proof wirless charging head

Hey guys I would be indebted if someone can shed some light on my questions. where are the two aux power sockets on our bike i thought there was only one on left hand side below the tank. Another question is how do i connect QUAD LOCK 12V TO USB WATERPROOF SMART ADAPTOR. do i have to move the fuel tank to get access to the battery negative and positive terminal? which i really don't want to do. is there anyway i can access -ve and +ve of battery? I know there is positive below the rider seat, is there negative connection anywhere else other than the battery itself. thanks heaps in advance. Cheers

 

As you say they are BELOW the tank on the left of the bike. Depending on which year bike you have either a DIN plug or a USB plug. If you have the USB plug you can just plug a lead from the charger in to the USB, no need to remove the tank or wire anything to the battery.

If you don't have the USB port and you want to install the item you bought you can get the pos on the bar just behind the tank under the seat and the negative can go on any bolt that makes contact with the frame (i used one of the middle seat frame bolts).

Another alternative is to plug it into the GPS connector, you need the connector from BMW to do that, search for the GPS thread in electronics... This plug is tucked a little bit more away, it is forward of the DIN/USB plug

good luck

 

If you want to use the GPS plug Chopper_Bob mentioned you'll need BMW 611656 (83300413585 - Repair Plug, 3-Pin - No 611656 1993-2022 BMW-Motorrad | BMW Motorrad USA).

 

I would never connect something like that directly to the battery.. because there's a chance of a small power draw when not in use. Resulting in a empty battery.
The only right way is the GPS plug way.

 

Echoing what Chris said - Definitely use the GPS or DIN/USB port. GPS should stay live for ~1min after turning off the bike, DIN/USB ~15min. If you want to power something >5A (not the case for your charger) use the GPS 12v as a relay trigger source and pull main power from the bus bar under the seat.

 

I made a small wiring adapter to go from the GPS plug under the tank to the Quadlock waterproof charger, works great with the wireless charging head and turns on/off with ignition (slight delay of around a minute when turning off as others have said). Brief video showing the setup here, but if you want any more details ask away: New video by Ben Haskell

I got a couple of unpopulated GPS connectors from eBay for very little money.

 

Phone mount with charger

Hi there,

I just got a Quad Lock mount with a build in charger. I've got a USB socket allready installed on the spare cable coming from the battery. Does anybody know how to connect a new USB phone charger with a plus and nigative wires to the battery? When I remove the seat I can only find a plus connection? Thanks for the help!

JDB

 

Hi there,

I just got a Quad Lock mount with a build in charger. I've got a USB socket allready installed on the spare cable coming from the battery. Does anybody know how to connect a new USB phone charger with a plus and negative wires to the battery? When I remove the seat I can only find a plus connection? Thanks for the help!

JDB

Quadlock also has a converter that you can use from the battery. The USB gives a 5V charge, so you can't hook up a USB connector straight to the battery.

Optimate has one too that converts the 12V to USB output.

The plus connector sits under the seat, there is a connection for the jump starter under a plastic cap right behind the fuel tank.

 

I've tried to connect the Quad lock cable (attachment 1) to my USB socket om my bike (attachment 2). But they are both completely different. Is there some kind of adapter available to get the two working?

 

That is indeed not going to work, wunderlich has a connector that you can use if you want to connect it to the back of the usb port.

However, more practical solution is to connect the red lead in attachment 1 to the pos battery jumping post under the seat and the black to a bolt on the frame, e.g. for the seat support.

you can also consider in buying a USB single to a double lead and plug that in to the existing USB port:

 

You can also remove your seat and tank to get to your battery and hardwire your phone charger directly to that.

you got to lift the tank to get to the battery terminals

 

Hi all, apologies if this has been asked before.

I converted the powerlet socket on my 2016 Roadster to a double USB socket a few months ago and connected my Quad Lock USB cable to it. All worked as expected.

After a long weekend trip this weekend I've noticed the USB socket does not always power up when the engine turns on. Sometimes it does, sometimes it does not and there's no output from the USB sockets at all. The socket has continuiny so I do not think faulty - it looks like the bike is randomly not sending power to that socket at all.

Has anyone else had this problem, and how did you resolve?

 

How should I wire up a dash cam?

Hi folks, bought a Blueskysea front and back dash cam and am wondering what's the best way to wire a dash cam set for the R9T. Strange it seems when I tested the cables against the main positive contacts it refuses to power the cam up. Even when it's just basic red and black! Cam works find with a regular hobby lipo batt.

Would really appreciate any advice!

 

The white wire is probably a trigger wire of sorts. But you gotta check the manual on what it does before hooking it up to prevent any damage.
So you connect black/red to the battery.. and white to a switched live on the bike.

There's enough documentation here on the forum on the topic of wiring in accessories.

 

I installed one on my r nine t and the trigger wire was connected to the fuse under the seat in the front. For me it was the easiest place to get a trigger from AND YOU DO NEED THE TRIGGER CONNECTED. The positive was direct to battery and black to the negative. I’ve now added a Hex ezecan which is better. I do have auxiliary lights though to make the Hex worth the price.
One issue I have always had with Blueskysea cameras is that I have always had to download the latest firmware and upgrade to get it to work properly.
it’s easy to do and good insurance in my opinion.

 

Wow thank u guys for the super fast responses. Really helpful. @Ozgordo, would u be able to share pics or descriptions of where you connected the red black and white? Will look for the fuse and positive to the battery mount... Think I got it. But for the black, where did u connect it? Thank u for confirming that I do need the white trigger.

 

The black negative can to many locations. An easy one is under any of the bolts holding the side brackets onto the frame. Any bolt that you can get to that goes into the frame will do. Im Not in the same country as my bike atm but can post some pics in a week or so.