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Old Jun 1, 2017 | 10:34 PM
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Default Drew Excess Ampage from DC Adapter Vulcan S

As the title suggests I made a very boneheaded move.

I recently installed a power relay and DC power Adapter on my Vulcan S.

I did it myself and it worked great. Charged my phone and everything.

I was very happy and satisfied with my handiwork.

Afterward I decided it would be a great idea to buy a portable air compressor and use it from the motorcycle.

So I get the thing in the mail and I paid absolutely no regard to the fact that there was only 25 Watts of available current to be used. So I'm looking at roughly 2A to spare which I more than exceeded.

The portable air compressor needed 10A min 15A max

Well when I plugged the thing in, it read the tire pressure just fine, so I figured I was on the right track.

I then proceeded to turn the pump on and the compressor did not engage.

The display completely shut off and nothing I did changed that fact.

So I switched back over to my cell phone charger to see if it was the compressor or the DC outlet.

The phone did not charge.

The pump worked just fine when hooked up to a car afterward and I used that to inflate my tires.

The bike still starts and runs fine. All of the displays still work, the lights...etc

My question is what did I blow out/damage?

Would it be the DC power outlet, the power relay, the wiring, or something else entirely?
 
Old Jun 2, 2017 | 12:11 AM
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Whichever fuse was inline with the power adaptor
 
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