electrical system with key on-anyone ever do it?

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[Blue Dave]

As far as being able to quickly turn on your lights when stopped at night to warn oncoming sleds why not simply start your sled? If you have a four stroke sled it will fire up instantly with a turn of the key.

The accessory socket is something that I felt should be hot all of the time instead of only when the engine is running. Therefore I wired my accessory socket straight to the battery with an inline fuse. Now I can look at my GPS or plug in a cell phone charger with the engine off. This is useful but you obviously need to make sure that you do not leave the GPS plugged in and turned on all night although I did once and the sled still started in the morning.

I also wired my heated shield cord right to the battery with an inline fuse. I have the female RCA jack on a pigtail coming out of my handlebar pad. When I shut down my sled on a trail stop and take off my helmet I leave it plugged in. If it is snowing and / or cold the shield stays warm and clear no matter how long the trail stop is.

I put the inline fuses near where the battery jumper cables are behind the right side panel. This way if I blow a fuse it is very easy to get to. Another trick if you have a dedicated female RCA jack just for your heated shield is to wire the polarity backwards. This way if you disconnect your cord at the helmet end and let it drop on your running board the center pin on the male plug will be ground and will not short out and blow the fuse. The heated shield does not care about polarity and works the same if the center pin of the RCA plug is hot or ground.