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dhgeyer
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I tried to run my Gerbing's jacket liner off the Beemer plug socket via the adapter I bought at a BMW dealership when I bought the liner years ago. Always worked on the R850R with no problem. The R1200R is brand new, and I'm getting to know it. I run the jacket through a dual controller, as the jacket has pass through wiring to the ends of the sleeves for gloves, controlled separately. Anyway, I couldn't get it to work. I was trying to run the jacket liner only, with the glove circuit turned off. The controller would come on for a second, then power was cut.
I rode over to the dealer. The tech said that there's a 5 amp limit on the output to the socket, controlled electronically, not fused. It shuts off if any accessory is drawing more than 5 amps. I later confirmed this in my owners' manual.
My jacket liner draws over 6 amps, even without the gloves. So there seems to be no possibility of running my heated gear from the Beemer plug. I installed a Gerbing's wire right to the battery, so I do have heat, so ultimately it's not a problem.
But, frankly, I'm kind of appalled. It seems to me that one of the main purposes for having that socket on the bike is for heated clothing. Is this limitation true for other R1200 models also? Is the socket only useful for powering phone chargers and GPS units and the like? This "feature" seems like a serious defect to me.
Thoughts?
I rode over to the dealer. The tech said that there's a 5 amp limit on the output to the socket, controlled electronically, not fused. It shuts off if any accessory is drawing more than 5 amps. I later confirmed this in my owners' manual.
My jacket liner draws over 6 amps, even without the gloves. So there seems to be no possibility of running my heated gear from the Beemer plug. I installed a Gerbing's wire right to the battery, so I do have heat, so ultimately it's not a problem.
But, frankly, I'm kind of appalled. It seems to me that one of the main purposes for having that socket on the bike is for heated clothing. Is this limitation true for other R1200 models also? Is the socket only useful for powering phone chargers and GPS units and the like? This "feature" seems like a serious defect to me.
Thoughts?