Sirius Radio Need Help..

[George W]

I'm posting this for a Friend,,,Please tell us what and how to check for..

I installed a Sirius Radio Kit on my 2012 Street glide SE. I used the
cigarette lighter on the faring for my power source. It worked fine for the
first hour sitting in the drive way with the bike in accessory mode. I lost
power after a few minutes of riding and then it would come back on for a
while and then quit again. It finally stopped working all together after
about an hour of riding. I did some trouble shooting after the ride. I
discovered it's not the power cord as I tried it in my truck and it works
fine. I plugged a few other devices into the bike cigarette lighter and they
did not work either. I checked all the fuses as well, all were good. I did
notice that the ACC light (next to the cruise button) does not light up now.
Trying to figure out why I lost power to my cigarette lighter?? The bike
runs great and everything else works fine electronically wise.

[UltraNutZ]

check the fuse box for corrosion at the fuse terminals.

[George W]

 cleaned/checked the fuse box/contacts and it did not help. What else can I do?

[UltraNutZ]

George, you're going to have to figure out why you're not getting power/ground to the cig lighter.

do you have a test light or DMM?

take your black or ground lead from your test light/DMM and connect it to the ground post on the battery.

take the other end and probe the center pin inside of the cig lighter. 

Are you getting power? 

if no, you need to find where you're losing +12v.  check fuse # 8 shown below on both sides of the fuse to make sure it's not blown.


if yes then your +12v circuit is good and now you need to check the ground circuit.

connect your red or + lead from test light/dmm directly to the +post on the battery

connect the other lead to the outside metal casing of the cig lighter

does it show voltage?

if yes then you likely have a cig lighter adapter for your radio that is not seating well in that cig lighter.

if no, then you need to trace that ground wire and see where it's getting lost.