Big Red accessory outlet

[MNhondaguy]

Maybe back then spotlighting deer and beavers at night to hunt was more popular. So they felt all the workhorse models needed them haha

[LastFoolerInVA]

I'd love to wire up a cig lighter on my SX... its a pain in the trying to light a cig while riding down the road!!!

Where would I splice the wires into?? MY sx had some hacking done to the headlights & run/stop switch already so I won't feel bad for hacking it some more...

[rooster67]

I really can't say exactly. The wiring job is so nice and snug behind the headlight they just disappear into the loom... If it were me, I would getcha a voltmeter and catch a wire that becomes hot when you turn the key on and then ground black to frame. Done and Done.

[kb0nly]

That's a really cool idea to have it in the trunk and the whole cell phone setup. How did you wire it up? I kinda don't wanna butcher this outlet. So If I can wire one up in the back it'd be great. Or even better yet , if someone made adapters for them.

I bought one of those accessory outlet kits from the local auto parts store, sure you know the kind with a bracket to screw it down, i bolted that to the top inside of the trunk in the back right corner, looking at it from the back side of the trike. Then i just drilled a small hole to pass the wires through and sealed them up with a nice tight rubber grommet and a bit of black RTV on both sides. The wires just go to the battery terminals with a 5a fuse in the positive. My phone sits in a RAM phone holder which is attached to the side of the trunk, pop in the phone, plug in the charger to the accessory outlet and the phone and go about my business.

I also plug in the small air compressor back there if needed, it lives in the trunk and with me all the time anyway.

The spot light was the only official Honda accessory that i have seen, there may have been more but i havent seen them. They sold the plugs and one came with the trike for wiring whatever you wanted for that outlet. I have seen a few small air compressors with that plug on it on ebay over the years, but i don't think they were a Honda item just something someone made at some point.

[R-N-D]

So, if you want to plug anything else in it, you would have to convert it to another type of outlet so that you are able to plug it in. With the set up, it looks as if you could only use the Honda Spot on it since the plug is not like a typical outlet. Or, am I seeing something different? I have one on my 200ES, but I don't have it in front of me.

[kb0nly]

You can use it with anything it you wire the Honda plug to it. They had a plug with screw terminals, just wire the plug on the end of whatever you want to use and plug it in. But yes, your limited to only plugging in stuff with that Honda plug.

[Ghostv2]

http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...t-Power-Socket
This looks like a good choice and cheap. Probably what ill get. Maybe they will have it at an auto parts store near me.

Or this might be better. Just more expensive. 5amp fuse and flush mounting hardware to put it in the trunk. And a longer wire.
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...e-Style-Socket

[R-N-D]

You can use it with anything it you wire the Honda plug to it. They had a plug with screw terminals, just wire the plug on the end of whatever you want to use and plug it in. But yes, your limited to only plugging in stuff with that Honda plug.

Thanks for clarifying. Sort of thought so but I'm never too sure sometimes.

[emmie357]

Never thought of plugging other stuff in there. I always thought it was for a winch.

[kb0nly]

Both of those accessory outlets you linked to would work good. If you get a couple bullet connectors you can remove your stock Honda outlet up front and then attach one its place and run the wiring up into the headlight and plug it in where the stocker was.

It definitely wouldn't run a winch, the wiring is 18 awg. Running a winch takes a LOT more power then that. As a matter of fact its really hard on the battery and charging system to even use a decent sized winch, it will run the battery down pretty fast.

If you wire in an accessory outlet in place of the stock one be sure to put a fuse for it up in the headlight housing, its not fused in its stock form. I believe the spot light had a fuse in its power cord. There is a 7a fuse between the regulator output and the battery terminal, so if you pull too much on it you will pop the fuse to the battery but it will still be shorting the output of the regulator, usually how i see the regulators get blown. I change the wiring on them a bit when i work on them. I keep the 7a fuse from the regulator to the battery but then move the lead that goes to the ignition switch to the battery terminal and give it a separate fuse. That way if you pop the fuse plugging in something or a shorted headlight etc, you won't pop your charging fuse and the battery will still get charged.

[Ghostv2]

Well I wanted to keep the original honda outlet there and wire one up in the trunk like you did. The $30 one comes with a 5amp fuse and enough cord and I planned on just hooking it to the battery terminals. Plus it has a flush mounting kit and rubber seals so it'll probably be best. I don't plan on using a winch or power something large, just like you use it for. Cell phone, small air compressor, stuff like that.

Now will getting the back of that wet hurt it? Or the fact atc's are AC? Because the back of the $30 one looks a little exposed.

[kb0nly]

Well i wouldnt mount it in the side of the trunk, i would mount it inside and just have the wiring coming out the front of the trunk up high like i did on the front side of it facing the battery. That way nothing is exposed its all inside the trunk. They aren't AC if they have a battery, then they are DC so your all good there. Just tap right on at the battery terminals with the fuse inline and your good.

The one i used up front in the weather looks like this..

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=263173_0_0_

The one i used inside the trunk is this style..

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=263161_0_0_

[Hair Bear Bunch]

I've fitted an inline cig socket up front and run a GPS from it. Can't find pics at the moment...

[Ghostv2]

Found this in my basement, came with an old spotlight. Has a built in 15a fuse. Works for now i suppose.

[kb0nly]

Take the clamps off and put on some ring terminals and there is your trunk cord...