Power to the BMW R1250GS | Installing the ThunderBox Power Module from HealTech

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If you just want a simple way to provide power to your aftermarket accessories, then consider the ThunderBox, from UK electronics company HealTech. IT WILL WORK ON ANY 12 VOLT BATTERY.😁
Cost is approximately £70 for the 16 amp 4 accessory connector version or £85 for the 32 amp 8 accessory version.
Purchased to provide power for my Carpuride W702 SatNav/CarPlay unit and my Keiss heated jacket.
Sometimes you don't need an accessory manager like the HexEzcan and less is more and its cheaper too!
00:00 Introduction
01:41 Why do we want one? What's in the Box?
03:26 Specifications
04:46 The modes, how to connect to the battery
10:08 Points to be aware of
11:40 The completed installation. How it works in various modes
16:34 And finally....
More information from HealTech:
healtech.co.uk/shop/thunderbo...
Carpuride W702
carpuride.com/products/carpur...
Keis Heated jacket
keisapparel.com/products/heat...
SWITCHED LIVE ? WHERE IS IT?
A video from Steve at " A Bike Thing", was my go to reference . But check as things may have changed since I did mine!!!! Go to 31 minutes 👍
• INNOVV K2 (SCREW BY SC...
Riding Kit that I use:
Helmet is HJC Rpha 11
hjchelmets.eu/product/rpha-11...
Jacket, Oxford Mondial
www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/moto...
Gloves Rukka Forsair 2.0
www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/moto...
Black jeans from Oxford
www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/moto...
Falco Rooster Boots
www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/moto...
Sidi Mid adventure boots Gore Tex
www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/moto...
Vlogging equipment
Osmo Action 4 Camera from DJI
www.dji.com/global/osmo-action-4
Osmo Action 3 camera from DJI
www.dji.com/global/osmo-action-3
DJI MIC
www.dji.com/global/mic

Пікірлер: 59

@117PC 3 ай бұрын

Just great… many tanks for your several videos, I made some of your suggestions in my bike, so now I go working in Fire Fighting helicopter season with a huge smile!

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Pedro thank you for the comments and be safe in that helicopter .

@cyclingbikerwholovestotinker 3 ай бұрын

great detailed review, sounds like a handy little gadget which as you say will help to tidy up the battery terminals.

@williamjones6478 3 ай бұрын

A cracking bit of electronic wizardry explained very simply excellent 👍

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@TheDervMan 3 ай бұрын

I have one of these fitted to my X-ADV. Just be aware that the Oxford Grips fitted to my bike was causing the Thunderbox to take a few minutes to auto switch off. I spoke to Healtech and apparently some heated grips confuse the Thunderbox. I've since removed the Oxford grips as couldn't bear looking at the ugly controller. Since then it's worked perfectly. I tried mose options to provide a switched live and this is bar far the easiest. I also liked the PDM60 as you can configure various options on it. 😊 Oh I should add that connecting the optional switched live trigger wire should have fixed it but I never tried that.

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate the input 😁

@ConciergeMed 3 ай бұрын

Ah! So you got one! Glad you like it. Mine is set to only turn on all my equipment, including my camera system, when the ignition starts the engine. Cheers.

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

I have ordered a 2nd one for my Triumph 1200 Speed Twin 😁

@mizunomp5916 3 ай бұрын

Great video, with loads of information. 👍

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@clivebishop8757 3 ай бұрын

great explanation and video, so much so I bought one.

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

I ordered another one today for my Triumph. If you need to find the switched live I spoke about...there is a link in the description to Steve at a bike things video that I got the info from.

@peetee5229 3 ай бұрын

Used one of these for many years faultlessly 👍

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Great to hear that , am ordering a 2nd unit for my Triumph Speed Twin 👍

@stevecockton6624 3 ай бұрын

Whenever I watch your videos my wallet starts twitching and my bank balance becomes a bit lighter 😂😂. A very well explained video, probably the best I've seen 👍. An interesting product which could be next on the shopping list - look forward to an update after a month or two.

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Hahaha thanks Steve . Sadly for you Chigee will be sending me their AI05 lite to review . That’s going to go on the Speed twin and I have just by coincidence ordered a 2nd Thunderbox to put on that bike ….. it must have known something else was on the way and needed a power module !!! 😂

@nickbas10 2 ай бұрын

Very good video well presented. If connect the thunderbox direct to battery, when charging the battery the thunderbox would sense 14volt from the charger and switch on the outputs. The stay off mode you said to connect to the earth wago (black wire). If you connect an inline switch on the white wire this would stop the thunderbox sensing the charger voltage, ie. it can now charge the battery without activating the thunderbox outputs. Not tried this myself but has anyone else tried this method.

@gsd32i 2 ай бұрын

So far with the Triumph and BMW the thunder box doesn’t “switch on” when I connect the optimate battery conditioner/charger . So all good .

@nickbas10 2 ай бұрын

@@gsd32i thanks for the info. I have a honda deauville. I am due to get one soon. I will wire up straight to battery first and see what result i get when i charge the battery. Cheers

@michaelneve3223 3 ай бұрын

Really good vid, very clear. I’m going to follow your previous vid and fit a zumo XT2 by replacing the nav cradle so that gives me a switched live. However, I have been thinking about my Keis heated gear and was thinking it would be better to use the thunder box to power it. At the moment I have the connection straight to the battery but the healtech seems like a safer option. Am I over engineering this and spending cash I don’t need to?

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Always good to spend a bit of cash !😂 just ordered a 2nd one for my triumph and that has the Keis plug direct to the battery so I will connect it to the healtech too 😁

@GS_riders1250 3 ай бұрын

Looks great apart from 1 point, no fuse on the positive cable 50cm of no protection 🤔 so if it gets damaged and shorts out that wire will glow nicely so I’d get a fuse holder fitted if that was going on my bike 👍

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Hopefully HealTech know what they are doing then?👍

@GS_riders1250 3 ай бұрын

@@gsd32i absolutely 🫣 but if you look on any accessories that fit direct to the battery it’ll have a short tail from the battery to a fuse before the cable runs to the accessory.

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

@@GS_riders1250 I looked at numerous KZfaq videos and all were fitted without cutting and splicing an inline fuse onto the positive cable . Leaves me to believe that the module itself will act as the fuse . Haven’t heard any issues and they distribute these in the USA ! I am no expert in the field of electronics and so do as I am told ,especially by my wife ! 😂

@mengaw-yong2490 3 ай бұрын

It’s great for easy fit tidying up battery I have one on each bike

@williamjones6478 3 ай бұрын

A cracking bit of electronic wizardry explained very simply excallent👍

@SimonWatson-nx1kt 3 ай бұрын

Fitted one a couple of days ago ... 20 mins job, couldn't be easier. would still like to find a switched live that doesn't affect the canbus though!

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

The one I used doesn't effect the canbus . Glad I got it as I have a few more bits to add to the bike now that I am off work for a few weeks 😂

@greengarth 28 күн бұрын

Great Video as always! Did you connect your HEXcan to this unit or keep it direct to the battery?

@gsd32i 28 күн бұрын

Battery.

@shopaccount6446 3 ай бұрын

Looks good sensible price from reputable manufacturer... Certainly compared to crazy Denali prices...

@genuinecomments4008 3 ай бұрын

If the unit is potted then great, the only issue is if something goes wrong you generally can’t repair the unit.

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

2 year warranty . Sealed in resin inside . Fingers crossed nothing can go wrong . But at £65 just buy another one .

@sd2305 3 ай бұрын

Great vid I will order tonight, however I would like to know where the switch live you connect to ?

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Have a look in the description below....I added a link to another KZfaqr video who I got the info from ref switched live. I've also ordered another one for my Triumph Speed Twin.😁

@sd2305 3 ай бұрын

Thunder box arrived and fitted. I opted for the bigger unit for an extra €20. Quad lock charger installed today and all works great. Looking at connecting the remaining toys over the next couple of weeks. Great product and thanks for the suggestion.

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

@@sd2305 thanks for posting . I would have got the bigger unit but there’s only so many toys one can fit 😂 plus I have the hex ezcan with a spare plug . Next to be fitted on Monday is the innov 3 rd eye blind spot unit and the thunder box will be used for that too . Enjoy weekend 👍

@ludovicbourg9361 Ай бұрын

H thanks for (as usual) your very helpful videos. I have a question regarding the solution to tidy up the battery connection. I have actually two Hex ezCan + different things connected to the battery . I thought I was connecting everything to the thunderbox but it seems you kept the ezcan connected directly yo the battery - any reason so far ? thanks

@gsd32i Ай бұрын

Hi . Hex ezycan gives me control over my lights etc intensity that kind of thing whereas the thunder box simply provides power and nothing more . 😁

@ludovicbourg9361 29 күн бұрын

@@gsd32i thanks but I was not comparing hex vs thunderbox . I’m using my ezcan as you’re doing I’m just wondering if there is any issue while connectting ezcans + other devices i haveto the thunderbox so i have then only the thunderbox connected to the battery Any thoughts on this?

@gsd32i 29 күн бұрын

@@ludovicbourg9361 Ok I see what you mean. I can't see an issue , you could always send Hex product support an e mail as they have answered some of my questions in the past.

@jimariel6785 3 ай бұрын

Where did you attach switch live on a bmw r1250gs

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

The wiring loom near the base of the tank . I tapped into that for my Vantrue F1 camera system and just tapped into that the F1's trigger wire which was tapped into the BMW's wire🙈 as per the video . I have put a link in the description to the reference video that I used.

@Martin3869 7 күн бұрын

`do you still have the Hex EZ Can installed as well? I have a Denali Soundbomb running through the E can, just wondering if I could bin the EZ can off and use one of these?

@gsd32i 5 күн бұрын

Hi, yes I have both , the hex gives the ability to programme things whereas the TB is simply to supply power.

@pituchahayabusa200 3 ай бұрын

Ola aonde se liga o fio acc amarelo?

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

há um link para um vídeo sobre isso na seção abaixo 😁

@richardbriggs1335 3 ай бұрын

would this be suitable to power the Colights? thanks

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Yes, each colight from the ones that were sent to me were drew 2.5 amps each. So hooked up to the thunder box with it being switched live you could have the lights on all the time when the ignition is turned on, albeit angled low down to not dazzle oncoming road users especially at night....unless you hooked them up to the high beam somehow, even better.

@ESSA20 2 ай бұрын

For dashcam parking mode do we use the white wire or no? I think parking mode on the unit uses it own battery Correct?

@gsd32i 2 ай бұрын

I believe that if you want the unit to be able to use the parking/guard mode then there has to be a permanent power supply to the dash camera and you have to power it via the bikes battery terminals. But I may be wrong.

@ESSA20 2 ай бұрын

@@gsd32i by the way forgot to mention in previous comment in using the vantrue f1 dascam. Hmm in bit of dilimer so I can't use the thunderbox if I want to run parking mode aswhile. Need to find where to hook the acc cable on the Kawasaki Z1000 if that's the case.

@gsd32i 2 ай бұрын

@@ESSA20 Yes I believe so.

@gnmurray5955 3 ай бұрын

Shame the Healtech website is down….

@gsd32i 3 ай бұрын

Seems fine now 😁

@Nightrod66 4 күн бұрын

I dont understand manufacturer that provides rubish connectors with theyr products. The Tunderbox itself have an IP68 and then they provide non waterproof connectors on the wires out of it????? The tap connector and the Wago connector should not been used on motorbikes. They are not waterproof and will make problems in the future. Tap connectors should been trown in the bin. This is often the reason why you get voltage drop in a curcuit. Use a proper waterproof connector like the Deutch connector. Wago connector can be used in a dry inviroment, but not under the seat of a motorcycle.

@gsd32i 3 күн бұрын

So far, so good.