PDM60 VS Any other

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cheetah

Discussion Starter · Mar 11, 2016

Hello Everyone,

I plan to run some electronics on my motorcycle, to keep multiple go pro cameras running, GPS running and Aux Lights and keep charging a Goal Zero sherpa 100 powered. This is for long expeditions .... what should be my ideal choice here for power management? Is PDM60 the best in market OR is there anything else that can be used to make all of the above work?

Getting Greedy on Power>

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Drago

· #2 · Mar 11, 2016

cheetah said:
Hello Everyone,

I plan to run some electronics on my motorcycle, to keep multiple go pro cameras running, GPS running and Aux Lights and keep charging a Goal Zero sherpa 100 powered. This is for long expeditions .... what should be my ideal choice here for power management? Is PDM60 the best in market OR is there anything else that can be used to make all of the above work?

Getting Greedy on Power>!

I have fitted the PDM60 and it does its job and is easy to configure, but would have had one of these.. http://www.arborealsystems.com/Arboreal_Systems/Neutrino_intro.html
but at £300 in the Uk its simply to much..

Dschmidt08

· #3 · Mar 11, 2018

Drago said:
I have fitted the PDM60 and it does its job and is easy to configure, but would have had one of these.. http://www.arborealsystems.com/Arboreal_Systems/Neutrino_intro.html
but at £300 in the Uk its simply to much..

Drago, where did you mount the PMD60? I am just about to get started on installing mine. Any tricks or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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mwmanuel

· #4 · Mar 12, 2018

It fits under either the rider or pillon seats quite well. You will have to extend the main positive cable and the big ground cable that go to the battery. Good luck. It's a very straightforward install. You can tap into the red/yellow wire under the left side of the pillon seat for ignition trigger.

Shedracer

· #5 · Mar 12, 2018

I’ve been looking at the PDM60 and the Eastern Beaver PC-8. The PDM60 seems to be a better solution, in that there are no physical fuses to change, you just have to switch ignition off then back on to reset. However, looking at the pictures of it, there just seems to be a bundle of wires coming out of it, so I guess there’s a lot more work wiring up your accessories. Do you have put your own connectors on each wire, and how does the ground wire work?

rider_marc

· #6 · Mar 12, 2018

PC-8 user here.

Dosnuttays

· #7 · Feb 25, 2020

mwmanuel said:
It fits under either the rider or pillon seats quite well. You will have to extend the main positive cable and the big ground cable that go to the battery. Good luck. It's a very straightforward install. You can tap into the red/yellow wire under the left side of the pillon seat for ignition trigger.

Is there anyway you can take a picture of the wire you tapped?

DCTFAN

· #8 · Feb 25, 2020

Where the connector is located

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The pinouts

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DoubleThumper

· #9 · Feb 25, 2020

Dosnuttays said:
Is there anyway you can take a picture of the wire you tapped?

Welcome to the Forum Dosnuttays!

Dosnuttays

· #10 · Feb 25, 2020

Rhank

DCTFAN said:
Where the connector is located View attachment 53475

The pinouts
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Dosnuttays

· #11 · Feb 25, 2020

Thank you!

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DCTFAN

· #12 · Feb 25, 2020

The rear OP connector is used for the OEM alarm system. I would not connect anything that draws more than say 1A-2A.
I use it to trigger a relay.

Dosnuttays

· #13 · Mar 4, 2020

DCTFAN, thanks for your help! Everything worked out well.

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FastnFried

· #14 · Feb 22, 2022

mwmanuel said:
It fits under either the rider or pillon seats quite well. You will have to extend the main positive cable and the big ground cable that go to the battery. Good luck. It's a very straightforward install. You can tap into the red/yellow wire under the left side of the pillon seat for ignition trigger.

Do u have a crf1100 or 1000 ?

FastnFried

· #15 · Feb 22, 2022

DCTFAN said:
Where the connector is located View attachment 53475

The pinouts
View attachment 53476

Where is this diagram from ?

Dosnuttays

· #16 · Feb 22, 2022

1000

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DDevildogg

· #17 · Feb 22, 2022

different on the 1100 I used the taillight wire to trigger the PDM60

FastnFried

· #18 · Feb 22, 2022

DDevildogg said:
different on the 1100 I used the taillight wire to trigger the PDM60

Tail light? Or license plate light?

you used the middle of the three two pin connectors in the tail area ya ?(The white one )

also how long have you had the PDM 60 wired up without failure or any electrical faults? I was looking over on ADV rider and there’s a couple of people complaining that they’ve had their PDM60 fail within a year and then potentially send electrical feedback into other electrical systems but I’m not sure if they tapped the right wires.

DDevildogg

· #19 · Feb 22, 2022

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FastnFried said:
Tail light? Or license plate light?

you used the middle of the three two pin connectors in the tail area ya ?(The white one )

also how long have you had the PDM 60 wired up without failure or any electrical faults? I was looking over on ADV rider and there’s a couple of people complaining that they’ve had their PDM60 fail within a year and then potentially send electrical feedback into other electrical systems but I’m not sure if they tapped the right wires.

I will go check this morning which wire and take a picture, I have had the PDM60 in constant use on various bikes since 2017 no issues

FastnFried

· #20 · Feb 22, 2022

DDevildogg said:
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I will go check this morning which wire and take a picture, I have had the PDM60 in constant use on various bikes since 2017 no issues

The same PDM 60 for that many years?

that’s impressive

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