12 volt socket-advice

[Perry]

Is it difficult to install a 12 volt socket on my 09 SM5 Spyder? How?
THanks.

[boborgera]

Is it difficult to install a 12 volt socket on my 09 SM5 Spyder? How?
THanks.

If you mean the one that go's in the trunk, Just follow the instruction's that come with it. Word to the wise= The instruction's forgot to mention a fuse[ 3 ] amp. Also forgot to mention that after the key is turned off the power turns off in 20 sec. Had i known this [20 sec.] i would have wired directly to the battery .

[NancysToy]

If you mean the one that go's in the trunk, Just follow the instruction's that come with it. Word to the wise= The instruction's forgot to mention a fuse[ 3 ] amp. Also forgot to mention that after the key is turned off the power turns off in 20 sec. Had i known this [20 sec.] i would have wired directly to the battery .

As an alternative, you can attach to the "Unswitched Accessory" harness. This one is tied to the wiring harness near the center of the Spyder, instead of tucked in the left control strut like the other. I don't remember if the connector is the same. For battery charging, recharging your cell phone, and some other things, a full time outlet is a necessity. (Be careful you don't inadvertantly run down the battery.) I got mine unswitched outlet by installing Powerlet outlets in the dash, one switched and one unswitched. These are attached to an auxiliary fusebox under the hood. Pics in my album.

[irish2themax]

I installed two of them...one on each side of the top Y-panel. First I added a 20 amp fuse to the fuse panel and installed a separate buss connected to that fuse. I connected the v12-volt out lets to two 5 amp fuses in the buss

[jimmykjimmy]

Had the dealer install the 12 volt receptacle. Cheap and not a big deal until I got it home. Yep it didn't work, like some others have mentioned I ckd the 3 amp fuse and sure enough it wasn't in place, ah ha I thought installed the fuse. Well it still didn't work.
Called the dealer and they were dumbfounded or dumb not sure which. The guy at the counter said maybe it was an inline fuse. Can't figure why you would need an in line fuse when it's fused at the fuse box. Maybe belt and suspender philosophy at Ride Now.
You would think they would've ckd this thing to see if it works before giving it back, well I should have ckd it to apparently. So goes motorcycle repairs.

[the nicko]

look at my profile ,i got picture

[M2Wild]

Had the dealer install the 12 volt receptacle. Cheap and not a big deal until I got it home. Yep it didn't work, like some others have mentioned I ckd the 3 amp fuse and sure enough it wasn't in place, ah ha I thought installed the fuse. Well it still didn't work.
Called the dealer and they were dumbfounded or dumb not sure which. The guy at the counter said maybe it was an inline fuse. Can't figure why you would need an in line fuse when it's fused at the fuse box. Maybe belt and suspender philosophy at Ride Now.
You would think they would've ckd this thing to see if it works before giving it back, well I should have ckd it to apparently. So goes motorcycle repairs.

Be sure they didn't get the polarity reversed. With the fuse IN, that might be your problem.

[jimmykjimmy]

I just read the service report (normally don't) the 12V socket was installed directly to the battery, so obviously the fuse wasn't necessary. Yeah maybe the polarity is reversed. Who knows it now has become their problem. All they needed to do was test it before they handed it off, and all this could have been avoided.

[M2Wild]

Don't trust the service report. If they can't follow direction on the wiring, then they might not have an idea if its a direct wire (hot all the time) or accessory wire (delayed shutoff). If they use one of the ready made pigtail (tied off on the frame section) then it's going thru the fuse panel. I really hope they didn't run a new wire directly to the battery and without a fuse .... that would be a real hack job IMO.