Aux power sockets

[Dreadnought]

Evening all,
Admittedly I'm new to this whole BMW lark and a few things are "different" but what heck do you use the Aux Power Sockets for, and the bike has two of them?

Cheers

[David and Sally]

Heated jackets. Charging phones. Plugging lamps into when camping. Plugging canbus-ready chargers in.

Anything that needs 12v whilst on the move.

[Dreadnought]

Thanks, i guess the next question is, where do you get the plug from as its an odd fitting?

[David and Sally]

Amazon. It’s a common plug.

It’s called a Hella plug.

Like this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Meetou-Powerle ... pons&psc=1

[Dreadnought]

You're an absolute star many thanks

[Marvin2Shoes]

The only thing i need a socket for is to run my compressor. Apparently I have to run it from the battery as these sockets can't supply enough current. I'll connect a 15 Amp manually resettable breaker to the battery to feed the socket with a usable amount of power. Now to check the current rating of the bmw sockets.... does anyone have that info handy?
I will use the 12V wire that used to go to the outlet and run it to the tail light enclosure to power my new LED tail lights so the CANBUS doesn't have an error.... error... error.... error...