Add ons and battery posts
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Add ons and battery posts
I have added a few electrical accessories over the years and some of them need connection to the battery. After a few of these it becomes difficult to keep adding to the battery. I made a remote ground hub but obviously can't do this for the positive side without a protected panel or hub. I bought a secondary fuse panel from a company called Eastern Beaver. It's a quality device from Japan. Several fused and protected connections.
Problem is I can't figute out where to put it. I have ABS so no room under the right cover. I could possibly break off the siren prongs on the left side and put it there but I'm reluctant to do that even though I have no siren. I've considered putting it inside the fairing but that makes it really inconvenient. Anyone do this and have and answer for me?
Problem is I can't figute out where to put it. I have ABS so no room under the right cover. I could possibly break off the siren prongs on the left side and put it there but I'm reluctant to do that even though I have no siren. I've considered putting it inside the fairing but that makes it really inconvenient. Anyone do this and have and answer for me?
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Guess that most of what you are adding is up front, inside the fairing would be dandy.
run a 10 ga or heavier fused feed from the battery to your new panel ( stranded wire), run a piece of tubing over it for extra insulation
while you are at it run a ground wire as well
like any wiring, draw it up, think it over, rethink it redraw it make it easy for future revisions.
once you do it draw it up and attach it to your manual
mike
run a 10 ga or heavier fused feed from the battery to your new panel ( stranded wire), run a piece of tubing over it for extra insulation
while you are at it run a ground wire as well
like any wiring, draw it up, think it over, rethink it redraw it make it easy for future revisions.
once you do it draw it up and attach it to your manual
mike
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Thanks Mike. I'm not surprised that you were the first to respond. It does make the most sense and eliminates many of the wires going over or under the tank.
I'm not looking forward to the job because it involves rewiring a bunch of things already installed.
I'm not looking forward to the job because it involves rewiring a bunch of things already installed.
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