Pan America 12 volt and usb solution for accessories using RKA tank bag
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2021
- Pan America 12 volt and usb solution for accessories using gerbing heated gear adaptor and RKA luggage tank bag with electrical portal
this is my tankbag www.rka-luggage.com/A02%20Tan...
this is the gerbing adaptor www.gerbing.com/adapter-male - Авто та транспорт
That's a nice set up, thanks for posting. I'm going to do the same.
Thx for this video - helped a lot. Greetings from Germany
thanks!. THe bike was brand new and there was little help from dealers at the time. After 1.4 million miles on bikes I've learned a few useful tricks . :)
Nice solution
I can confirm that the firmware upgrade allows usb-c charging while the bike is running.
You can run (and get wiring) to connect directly to you battery for your Garmin device. They sell it on their website.
True, but there’s no need with the two power points under the seat as they are ready to go. And with the bag being hot and having the ability to charge gps, phones, cameras, etc, I’m set for longer trips or charging multiple devices.
I'm trying to wire my garmin Gps to my PA, the instructions say to wire directly to the battery but the videos I have watched say that a switched power source is best to avoid killing the battery, I'm thinking about wiring to the lights, would that be a suitable choice? I already checked the wiring diag and found the hot wires for headlamp in the front. any advice?
I would make use of the two heated gear wires under seat. Keep one for heated gear and use a coax to sae adaptor to then power either your tank bag or gps and radar or other accessories by running that wire under your tank and to the position you want. You will have no splices in factory wiring thus Harley can void your warranty and it’s pretty easy to do
I tried this and was not successful getting phone to charge. Used same Gerbing connector off Harley wire. To the Gerbing I plugged in a sae to sae wire to get me in bag. To that I plugged a sae to USB Battery Tender conversion plug, then Samsung phone charging wire. Would not charge with engine running.
I removed the BT plug and connected a electric vest to the sae connector. Power worked fine.
I took the BT plug and connected to sae Pigtail off Battery on PA and it worked charging the phone while engine was off.
I plugged in a cigarette lighter adapter to the sae connector in bag and then a cigarette style plug and phone charger and it did not work (even though it works fine in my Road Glide). Also plugged a mini pump into same adapter in bag and it ran fine so power is getting to adapter.
Any suggestions where I am going wrong?
That’s strange. If all pieces worked independently, they should work together. I have seen a few pieces not get pushed all the way together but I’m sure you checked for that. And of course the cig plug adaptors sometimes don’t make good connections
I got a question. I wanna add some Baja design S2 fog lights upfront. You think I can use that heated gear gerbing wire trick to wire those lights in? The S2’s only pull like 4 amps total. Plus that would make sure they can’t be left on accidentally.
You could use it to power them. But I think I would wire them direct to the battery, with a relay that is triggered from a switch.
@@usamedic so the kit comes with a wire harness that includes a relay and switch. I was hoping that I could use that SAE adapter in place of going to the battery directly. This way, there’s no way I could accidentally leave them on. I’ve never wired anything like fog lights to a bike so I was just looking for thee easiest way.
@@URBANAMERICANTAC it would work for sure. Maybe a better plan would be to wire in a small fuse block off that hot lead so you could then add other things later like additional lights, bigger and better horn, gps, and other goodies
@@usamedic awesome. Thanks for the advice.
Worked out awesome. I was able to run my S2’s and used the Baja designs wiring harness. The Gerbing SAE adapter worked great with an SEA plug and red and black wire. Obviously I had to reverse the red and black for the correct positive and negative but that was easy. I just used shrink wrap to change the black to red and the red to black. Couldn’t be happier and when it’s all said and done, I can remove the entire set up in 15 minutes.
Hello there,Which side of the gerbin sae to male coax is the positive? i it the expose pin from the sae trickle charger SIDE EXPOSED PIN positive? I AM PLANING IN WELDING SAE RED AND BLACK TO MY GPS WIRES (RED AND BLACK ) AND THEN CONNECTING THIS GERBIN ADAPTER TO MY HARLEY SPORTSTER S 2022 FEMALE HEATED COAX IN ORDER TO SUPPLY POWER TO MY GPS.
the protected part is always positive. So follow you lead from the battery. connect your adaptor, and the protected portion of the SAE will be your positive, while the bare metal portion will be your ground.
@@robertbaker2964 Thank you so much my friend, It’s been very helpful for me, Finally i got it to work properly by using this Gerbin adapter and your advises.
I’ll check the power to usb c tonight after work and let you know what it does while riding
confirmed that the bike stops charging the accessory when you fire it up and ride.
@@usamedic My bike won't be in for several more weeks. I hope they get this fixed before it ships.
@@usamedic My PA charges fine from the USB C while riding. Maybe it's a firmware upgrade?
@@patrickwhite1518 supposed to be a firmware upgrade but I haven’t got it yet
Thx fir the clarification on the USB-C outlet, all I have to do now is get through my initial break-in mileage so I can schedule my 500-mile first service and get that firmware upgrade :-)
Where did you get the cables?
www.gerbing.com/adapter-female