Can anyone recommend a way to hook up a charger for my iPhone. I think I can either hook it up to the battery directly or maybe plug it into the battery charger connection. Any ideas of products and method?
I was thinking of doing this myself. I was thinking of going the route of plugging into the battery charger. I wondered how much juice my battery would lose when charging the phone and whether it would affect it being that I have HID's and don't use a tender regularly.
Quote from: 696DCRider on August 17, 2011, 09:51:51 AM
I was thinking of doing this myself. I was thinking of going the route of plugging into the battery charger. I wondered how much juice my battery would lose when charging the phone and whether it would affect it being that I have HID's and don't use a tender regularly.
You'll be just fine - I would do a Powerlet with an iPhone cable, mounted on the handlebars so you can feed it into your tank bag, OR, one of the "bags connection" bags from Twisted Throttle with the electrified tank ring [thumbsup]
Cheers,
Adam
Or install a USB plug and directly connect
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/waterproof-power-ports/ (http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/waterproof-power-ports/)
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/waterproof-motorcycle-usb-port/ (http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/waterproof-motorcycle-usb-port/)
Quote from: 696DCRider on August 17, 2011, 09:51:51 AM
I was thinking of doing this myself. I was thinking of going the route of plugging into the battery charger. I wondered how much juice my battery would lose when charging the phone and whether it would affect it being that I have HID's and don't use a tender regularly.
HID should be pulling less watts than the stock incandescent.. so that should help the situation. The wall plug unit for an iPhone/iPod is rated at 5 watts - same as your license plate bulb on the older gen of monsters
That's good to know, don't have to worry then. I like some of these solutions;they're fancy. I was just going to go ghetto and chop up an old iPhone car charger to connect into the battery charger and shove the iPhone in my pocket with the wire plugged in. I figure I would try it like that and if I felt like I really needed it a lot, I would wire up a fancier solution.
Quote from: Sad Panda on August 17, 2011, 10:47:04 AM
Or install a USB plug and directly connect
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/waterproof-power-ports/ (http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/waterproof-power-ports/)
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/waterproof-motorcycle-usb-port/ (http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/waterproof-motorcycle-usb-port/)
HID should be pulling less watts than the stock incandescent.. so that should help the situation. The wall plug unit for an iPhone/iPod is rated at 5 watts - same as your license plate bulb on the older gen of monsters
heres what i did.
install battery tender cable. (installed years ago for the battery tender)
go to the bike shop and get a spare battery tender connector cable.
go to harbor freight or west marine or walmart and pick up a 12v socket
cut the extra battery tender cable.
cut the 12v socket wires.
connect them 12v socket to battery tender cables, ensuring polarity is correct
wrap with cold shrink wrap tape or use shrink tubes.
enjoy your new 12v socket. i bought my socket at west marine as i was concerned with water getting in. after riding through 5 HOURS of a downpour and a tornado and multiple more rainstorms during a cross country trip, no rust inside the socket.
now i can disconnect the socket when its not needed or when charging via a battery tender. i chose this option b/c the battery tender plug was already on the bike. hardwiring would be even easier.