Voltage issue for seat connection

[montanamax]

I’m the new owner of a 2007 R1200RT. I discovered the cable connecting to the seat had its plug missing. I’ve ordered a replacement but I discovered something which doesn’t seem right. I measured the voltage on the broken cable and found that with the ignition off, I got a measurement of 0.02V. With the ignition on but the heat control off, I measured 0.17V; in the ½ power setting, ~6V; in full ~12V. This can’t be that’s there’s even a minuscule current when the ignition is off, right? So what do you think is going on?

[David.]

Does the motorcycle have both front and rear heated seats, if so, what are the voltages when compared with each other.

[Stu]

It's more than likely normal.

It has a canbus system which runs off low voltage and it's probably putting a low voltage to it for diagnostic purposes

[montanamax]

I was hoping that the canbus system might be behind this observation in which case, I won't worry about it other than keeping the bike on a maintainer over the winter.

I had not looked at the rear seat but now I am curious to see what its voltages read.