As Max said, you can tap into the aux. power wires provided exactly for that purpose: there are a pair front and rear on the bike.
The front pair is under the top / left fairing cover, inside a black rubber boot with a number of connectors inside it. There are two individual wires, each with a bullet connector on the end, a male and a female. If I remember correctly, it is the male that is negative but either way, the negative lead is black with a yellow stripe, as are all negative wires throughout the bike (with the exception of the heavy cables to the battery and starter). You have 5 amps avaialble so 0.53 amps is a 'walk in the electrical park'.
You will need a pair (one male, one female) bullet connectors of 4mm or 5/32" size to tap into those connectors.
The pair in the back of the bike is tougher to get to but the same deal: they are inside the black rubber boot around a couple of other connectors.
BTW, sometimes these little guys tend to hide, some people report at first that they are not present on that particular bike but they are there, just behind a larger connector or a little further down inside the boot.
These leads are 'hot' or ON any time the ignition is on; they will turn off with the ignition so they cannot be used to, say, charge a GPS or a cell phone or similar with the bike in the OFF condition.
Brian
Edited to fix color of ground wire on C-14
Hi Folks,
I'd like to install a pair of fork mounted LEDs to my recently purchased 2013 C14.
I've got a pair of small LEDs (10W power, 0.53 Amp draw each), and a Denali light mount kit.
Is there a switched 12v auxiliary power source that I can use to power these lights, or will I need to run power from the battery box?
I'd like to run from an existing auxiliary power source, and install an on/off rocker switch.
Thanks!
Tim