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Bill - Thanks for your response. I'm hoping to avoid multiple direct battery connections if it's possible to do so. I'm confident that I'll need to make a direct battery connection in the case of battery tender pigtails. If they're connected to a switched circuit, no charging will occur when the ingition is off. What I still hope to discover is whether heated grips (drawing less than 4 amps, less than 50 watts) can share this circuit with the headlights and the "Blue Dash prewiring" (whatever that might be) without overloading the fused 15 amp circuit. It's nice to have heated grips on a switched circuit and it would avoid another set of ring terminals on the battery or an Eastern Beaver type solution. I suspect that the answer is I need to know what the maximum headlight draw is and the draw, if any, from the "Blue Dash" to know if there's enough room for heated grips at this location. If it helps to clarify my question, I'm not concerned with alternator output here, simply available room on this circuit. I'm hoping that those who might snicker at your weighing in on modest technical questions may have an answer. Cheers. Quick edit and update: Just discovered that the "Blue Dash prewiring" is the plug for the Guzzi Multimedia Platform. So the draw there is nothing if that's not wired in and very modest if it is plugged in.John Zibell and other long-timers here will likely snicker when they see me responding to a technical question, even a modest one, involving Guzzi electrics.
But, here goes: The connector in post #4 is the TomTom connector that is on V7 II's, but not III's. Yes, it's "switched."
I installed a connector for an SAE lead directly to the batteries on my own V7 II Stornello and to my brother's V7 III. I use mine solely for charging; he, for electric jacket and gloves. No issues.
Trust that is responsive. If not, heckle away.
Bill
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