Front Accessory Socket No Power...Has Power!

[Protonhound]

So as some of you pointed out the manual is lying about the front accessory socket being permanently live and not having anything to actually plug into it I was using my VOM to test for continuity which is pointless on a switched circuit which this definitely is. The fact that I was not getting any voltage reading with the bike both on and running can only be due to it needing to sense some current draw before switching on. Once I plugged my brand new charging plug in it worked just fine even though I had to tighten up the pin contacts for a stable connection.

 

[papanorm]

I've connected both my Zumo XT and Denali DRL's to the DIN plug and all works great, on and off with the bike. I did brake the terminal on the DIN plug and replaced it with another from Amazon, very fragile, breaks as soon as its bent.

 

[stingray]

CAN-Bus systems are different that way.

 

[Protonhound]

CAN-Bus systems are different that way.

But then why would @papanorm 's 2023GT behave differently from my 2023R? His socket is always live while mine is switched.
But oh well, I'll just stop thinking about it.

 

[Einar]

But then why would @papanorm 's 2023GT behave differently from my 2023R? His socket is always live while mine is switched.
But oh well, I'll just stop thinking about it.

Papanorm said in the other thread that his is switched, as is mine.

 

[Protonhound]

Papanorm said in the other thread that his is switched, as is mine.

Well I guess that horse has been beaten to death and I'm moving on.

 

[papanorm]

Yes the socket is switched.