What are these wires???

1kevin662 · 12-08-2013, 09:40 PM

They are under the tank beside the radiator cap.. I need a power wire that comes on with the key to turn am amp on..

**ringadingh** · 12-08-2013, 10:11 PM

Those are spare wires, a constant power wire and a ground. Ir you want a switched power wire you should use a relay and connect the trigger wire to a switched source such as the horn or front marker lights.

**cnc** · 12-08-2013, 10:17 PM

It might help if you said what bike you have.
Older nomads had an acc wire under the tank while later 1600 had 2, one in the head light bucket and one under the seat. The black / yellow wire is ground. If this is the acc wire, it is constantly powered.

1kevin662 · 12-08-2013, 10:19 PM

It's a 2004 nomad FI

**cnc** · 12-08-2013, 10:39 PM

As Ring says it is the acc wires used to wire an acc/ cig lighter plug , GPS etc. it's always powered. You really should set it up like Ringhadingh says, powered from a fused wire from the battery through a relay triggered by a wire running off the parking light.

Peg · 12-09-2013, 02:08 AM

I thought I was quite smart when I wired in a USB socket and fixed it up on the neck in front of the tank on my 1500 Nomad. I had it wired straight to the battery, so I could charge my phone in a holder on the bars, and not have it affected by key on or off.

Then I didn't use the bike for a while, and the battery went a little flat. Not so much it wouldn't start the bike - just enough so anyone within hearing threw me one of those glances... you know, a "That was lucky!" sort of a glance.

I learned from that... Those tiny down-stepping transformers that must be in those little USB sockets to make them output 5v must use a little juice up?

So now I've installed two of them on the Voyager - one up front and one down the back... And both of them turn off with the key.

1kevin662 · 12-09-2013, 06:57 AM

Thanks guys I was planning on using a relay and mounting a small switch some where where I can get to it with out bending over... The switch is by the key now and pulling in to the gas station with music blaring cause going slow in a parking lot is not a good place to bend over and reach down to turn off the music

**HwyRider** · 12-09-2013, 09:17 AM

No mute button for the music?

1kevin662 · 12-09-2013, 09:46 AM

No mute button just an 3.5mm plug for a MP3 player, an amp and speakers. Easier to just turn it off than turn down my iPhone..

R_W_B · 12-09-2013, 12:05 PM

I don't have a manual for your year model, but my 2011 Nomad manual shows (in the wiring diagram) that my Accy plugs (one in headlite, one under seat) is fed from the ignition switch (both the Accy B+ relay coil terminal and the Accy B+ relay switch circuit). It's switched (by Ignition) and is fused thru Fuse Block 2.

If I were you I'd test these plugs you've located. First with the ignition OFF, connect your volt meter test leads, one to each of these plugs. Do you read volts with the ignition OFF.

Then turn the ignition ON and do the same test. You may very well have a fused and switched Accy circuit you can use for your needs.

**ringadingh** · 12-09-2013, 06:44 PM

Perhaps the newer bikes have the spares wired through the switch, but the older bikes were all constant power.

Kaygee · 12-17-2013, 02:55 PM

I bought a 9 dollar FM transmitter and now play all the music from my phone wirelessly by sinking an Fm station on the stock radio. Works awesome!

1kevin662 · 12-17-2013, 05:08 PM

No radio on a nomad

12-08-2013, 10:11 PM	#2
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	Those are spare wires, a constant power wire and a ground. Ir you want a switched power wire you should use a relay and connect the trigger wire to a switched source such as the horn or front marker lights. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951
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12-08-2013, 10:17 PM	#3
cnc Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal QC Posts: 12,034	It might help if you said what bike you have. Older nomads had an acc wire under the tank while later 1600 had 2, one in the head light bucket and one under the seat. The black / yellow wire is ground. If this is the acc wire, it is constantly powered. __________________ Norm Ward 2008 blue / silver nomad kawanow / VBA #01136
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12-08-2013, 10:19 PM	#4
1kevin662 Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: new albany, ms Posts: 53	It's a 2004 nomad FI __________________ Kevin Little 2004 Dark Brown Nomad
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12-08-2013, 10:39 PM	#5
cnc Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal QC Posts: 12,034	As Ring says it is the acc wires used to wire an acc/ cig lighter plug , GPS etc. it's always powered. You really should set it up like Ringhadingh says, powered from a fused wire from the battery through a relay triggered by a wire running off the parking light. __________________ Norm Ward 2008 blue / silver nomad kawanow / VBA #01136 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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12-09-2013, 02:08 AM	#6
Peg Sr. Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: West Coast, North Island, New Zealand Posts: 1,375	I thought I was quite smart when I wired in a USB socket and fixed it up on the neck in front of the tank on my 1500 Nomad. I had it wired straight to the battery, so I could charge my phone in a holder on the bars, and not have it affected by key on or off. Then I didn't use the bike for a while, and the battery went a little flat. Not so much it wouldn't start the bike - just enough so anyone within hearing threw me one of those glances... you know, a "That was lucky!" sort of a glance. I learned from that... Those tiny down-stepping transformers that must be in those little USB sockets to make them output 5v must use a little juice up? So now I've installed two of them on the Voyager - one up front and one down the back... And both of them turn off with the key. __________________ Nothing screams poor workmanship like wrinkles in the duct tape '02 1500 blonde Nomad (Sold) '97 800 burgundy Classic (Sold)
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12-09-2013, 06:57 AM	#7
1kevin662 Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: new albany, ms Posts: 53	Thanks guys I was planning on using a relay and mounting a small switch some where where I can get to it with out bending over... The switch is by the key now and pulling in to the gas station with music blaring cause going slow in a parking lot is not a good place to bend over and reach down to turn off the music __________________ Kevin Little 2004 Dark Brown Nomad
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12-09-2013, 09:17 AM	#8
HwyRider Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: South Shore, MA Posts: 4,629	No mute button for the music? __________________ VBA # 02424 VROC # 35971 2010 Nomad 1700 Metallic Diablo Black/Metallic Titanium
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12-09-2013, 09:46 AM	#9
1kevin662 Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: new albany, ms Posts: 53	No mute button just an 3.5mm plug for a MP3 player, an amp and speakers. Easier to just turn it off than turn down my iPhone.. __________________ Kevin Little 2004 Dark Brown Nomad
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12-09-2013, 12:05 PM	#10
R_W_B Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central Florida, 2011 Nomad Posts: 134	I don't have a manual for your year model, but my 2011 Nomad manual shows (in the wiring diagram) that my Accy plugs (one in headlite, one under seat) is fed from the ignition switch (both the Accy B+ relay coil terminal and the Accy B+ relay switch circuit). It's switched (by Ignition) and is fused thru Fuse Block 2. If I were you I'd test these plugs you've located. First with the ignition OFF, connect your volt meter test leads, one to each of these plugs. Do you read volts with the ignition OFF. Then turn the ignition ON and do the same test. You may very well have a fused and switched Accy circuit you can use for your needs.
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12-09-2013, 06:44 PM	#11
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	Perhaps the newer bikes have the spares wired through the switch, but the older bikes were all constant power. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951
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12-17-2013, 02:55 PM	#12
Kaygee Jr. Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 20	Alternate music source for Vaquero I bought a 9 dollar FM transmitter and now play all the music from my phone wirelessly by sinking an Fm station on the stock radio. Works awesome! __________________ (Julie-Anne)
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12-17-2013, 05:08 PM	#13
1kevin662 Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: new albany, ms Posts: 53	No radio on a nomad __________________ Kevin Little 2004 Dark Brown Nomad
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