Aux plug not working ?

[RandG]

My auxiliary socket has stopped working although I have no idea why or how.

I presume that a fuse will have blown, can anyone point me to which fuse it is likely to be ??

Or any other relevant info ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[offcamber]

Pull the right side panel....fuses box is under that I think its 3AM FUSE....#10 position according to the owners manual

Page 6-30 in the owners manual

 

[RandG]

Would you suggest I try a higher amp fuse as I suspect it may have blown when I went to use an airbed pump in it.

 

[Karson]

Would you suggest I try a higher amp fuse as I suspect it may have blown when I went to use an airbed pump in it.

Best bet would be to wire in a dedicated switched circuit for the pump. The aux socket is 3A because it's pretty small wiring for anything beyond powering a cell phone or GPS

 

[RandG]

ffs a dedicated switch circuit for a pump I may use once a year ?? You're having a laugh.....aren't you ?

 

[Karson]

Didn't mean switched. But a harness directly off the battery would be my recommendation

If momma yamaha recommended running more than three amps over that gauge of wire they would have put thicker wire and fused appropriately.

 

[Don in Lodi]

An SAE pigtail right off the battery is handy for all sorts of things.

 

[pnelson]

There are lots of uses for a direct SAE lead to the battery. You can use it for a battery tender, to attach jumper cables, and with a simple adaptor like the photo below, you can run air pumps and charge phones with the ignition off. Yes, it comes from China but I don't even know if they make stuff like this in the USA these days.

I kept the wire leads to the SAE plug short to avoid the chance of them shorting as there is no fuse. The SAE plug stays tucked in right next to the battery and can be pulled out for use without removing any of the panels.

BTW, I made 10ft jumper cables with an SAE plug on one end and carry them all the time in the space under my seat.

 

[offcamber]

Agreed with the others DO NOT put in a higher amp fuse you may fine you S10 going up in smoke.....

As stated SAE pigtail off the battery is handy. Heck my dealer puts them on all the new bikes they sell. Very handy for trickle charging in the off months.

 

[RandG]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is an SAE pigtail ??

 

[clint64]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is an SAE pigtail ??

Cable that attaches to the battery with SAE connection on the other end. This is an example.

http://burnsmoto.com/sae-battery-lead.php

 

[munsterlander]

I did exact same thing... blew the fuse with my air pump. I did what the guys are recommending here... I added Eastern Beaver's 3 circuit solution and used one of the circuits for heated gear with an adapter to SAE that runs my pump just fine. It will also work with a battery tender.
Good news! The next trip I picked up a screw in the rear tire, plugged it on the side of the highway in 90 degrees, pumped it up (no blown fuse!) and went on my way.

 

[Rockhopper]

Alrighty folks, I really need to get into this.

I discovered that if I plugged in my Slime tire inflator this morning I would blow the 3A fuse. This concerns me for two reasons: I need to inflate tires and I need to inflate an air mattress when I camp. Both of these my last bike would be able to handle through the power socket with no changes.

My Slime tire inflator came with a very nifty power connector that I can wire to the battery and leave there for when I need it. This would probably solve for the tire inflator, but I'm still at loss with the mattress inflator as it doesn't work with SAE. In short, I would need to wire the cable to the battery and have a cable dangling there for when I don't need it (which is about 99% of the time).

Are there other alternative solutions? Has anyone actually looked at the aux plug's wire gauge and determined that it is too thin to run these things off of it with a bigger fuse?

If running a wire to the battery is the only option, can you guys recommend a battery to cigarette lighter cable? I'd rather just run things off a cigarette lighter (solves for both inflators) than SAE.

Thanks!

 

[bigbob]

or if you are an Amazon person this is about $5.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NCOKZQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Rockhopper]

or if you are an Amazon person this is about $5.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NCOKZQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks, I am an Amazon person.

But this cable I already have. It came with the Slime inflator as an alternative to the cigarette lighter.

What I need is a battery-to-cigarette socket. Same as the cable you posted, but instead of SAE, a cigarette socket.

 

[bigbob]

$7
http://www.amazon.com/Battery-Tender-081-0069-8-Cigarette-Disconnect/dp/B0041CDPQO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430017878&sr=8-1&keywords=sae+to+cigarette

 

[Don in Lodi]

I was going to say that everything is available to plug into an SAE plug, even USB ports for charging. Go to powerlet.com, be amazed.

 

[AVGeek]

You could also mount one of THESE to the left side of the dash area.