Auxillary USB Power Plug install for IPhone

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When on longer trips out of the local area I use my iPhone6 for the Google Maps/route App with a power pack. Power pack sits in storage box under seat and routes to handle bars via iPhone cord. Power Pack can recharge iPhone from dead to 100% 6 times. Has worked well for me to date.

This is what that set up looked like when in use:



Last year I replaced the battery and at the same time installed a trickle charger lead to it. I had the lead on the right triangle down bar for easy access:



Well, today I was at Cycle Gear and saw this little gizmo. Plugs right into the trickle charger lead:



Came home and after looking at my options decided to route the trickle charger lead from its current location into the storage box under the seat. I rationalized that while giving up the easy access it would look cleaner and since I only use the trickle charger for winter it wouldn't be an issue to remove seat once to plug it in and leave it that way for an extended time.

First thing was to pull the storage box and widen the little open area to the left of the pic with a round file. That would allow the trickle charge lead to pass through it:



What it looks like with the storage box out. The battery sits nice and low down in between the frame:



Routing the lead through the bottom of the box:



The powered lead from the battery. The USB port ready to plug in when I need it and the Apple cord that runs to the front of the bike:



Putting everything back. Tubeless tire plug kit fits nicely in there:



Followed by a small crescent wrench and a buff. Power cord held in between:



RAM mount up front with Apple Power cord:



Nice thing about that USB option is now if I wanted I could run a heated vest/jacket (were I to purchase them).