Author Topic: Aux fusebox (Read 177558 times)

650XTJIM · « **Reply #300 on:** November 06, 2015, 20:12:19 »

That's one half.

Cam · « **Reply #301 on:** November 06, 2015, 20:31:07 »

Cool! I definitely don't see one like that. The only two wire connector I can see is blue?

bigpie · « **Reply #302 on:** November 06, 2015, 20:37:44 »

Post a pic up, maybe you need to poke around and move some of the wires around? Even if you have a 'Friday afternoon' bike it'll be in that area some where.

biglad · « **Reply #303 on:** November 06, 2015, 22:19:45 »

I've just made a start to mine (2013 Glee) and it was a bit tricky to find..

Mine is underneath the rear of the coolant tank slightly towards the right hand side of the bike.

To get to it I had to swing the tank support out of the way (take one bolt out, loosen the other and swing it to one side. There is also a bundle of wires which were tied together with a rubber cable tie. I loosened the cable tie to give some wiggle room.

The bodywork was a pita to get off...that took an age to do- conscious not to break any fixings or grommets..one or two might have suffered an injury but Hello ho. I've also dropped one of the tank support bolts. Had a quick look and a fish with the magnet and couldn't get it. I'll find it tomorrow when I can see in the daylight.

I've got the box wired up so I can start on the accessories. I take it the best way is to run the cables for grips under the tank? The lights will come in at the side panels.

biglad · « **Reply #304 on:** November 07, 2015, 16:41:47 »

that's me all done and the bike back together. Fitted the cree led lights and dr bike heated grips.. took me about 4 hours from start to finish but that's my first electrical job so maybe not too bad. Had some fun and games along the way but all done now!!

Cheers
Biglad

Jez · « **Reply #305 on:** November 07, 2015, 20:58:34 »

Bigpie,
Can I register an interest if there's to be another batch. Much appreciated

Cam · « **Reply #306 on:** November 07, 2015, 21:33:51 »

Well, that was a bit more effort than I expected! Finally found the connector — it was taped up right underneath the main set of cabling going across the front of the coolant reservoir — and after lifting the tank and taking the reservoir off its mount and getting it out the way, I got the signal connector attached. Got the pos/neg wires attached to the battery (along with battery tender wiring) and tank, reservoir, panels, and seat all back in place. Probably about 4 hours all in. No disasters!

Tomorrow I will attach the Oxford heated grips to the aux fusebox …

biglad · « **Reply #307 on:** November 07, 2015, 22:02:41 »

Good to hear you got there in the end.

Just reading you have put the bike back together; did you run the cable for the heated grips between the handlebars and the fuse box underneath the tank while you had the bike open? If not, I think the easiest way to do it is to remove the left side tank panel, loosen the bolt at the rear of the tank and I think you should have enough wiggle room to slide it in. The tricky point is where a rubber on the bottom of the tank rests on the frame.

I was messing around with a switch for my lights and decided to live with them being on all the time before changing my mind.. however this was after I had the bike almost back rogether which meant trying to get the cable in with minimal disturbance.

BTW, I had one black bolt left over from the rebuild- partially threaded, about M8 thread and 30mm long. There was only one of this type of bolt. Any ideas where its from?

smidster68 · « **Reply #308 on:** November 08, 2015, 19:36:32 »

Have you made more Aux fuse boxes yet

Cam · « **Reply #309 on:** November 08, 2015, 20:44:58 »

Got the heated grips in this evening. Struggled with the connectors ( hadn't used those type before and had bought the wrong crimping tool), and realised I needed a bigger value fuse than the supplied 2A ones and found some in the local garage which saved a trip across town to the 24 hour Tesco. Seems to work fine so thanks again for the cool product! :-)

bigpie · « **Reply #310 on:** November 08, 2015, 21:04:36 »

Glad you got it all sorted.

Cam · « **Reply #311 on:** November 09, 2015, 09:13:01 »

Hello bigpie, what is the name of the connectors in the baggy? They look like Bullets — is that right? What diameter are they? Looking to order some more …

bigpie · « **Reply #312 on:** November 09, 2015, 10:59:31 »

3.9mm bullet connectors

Cam · « **Reply #313 on:** November 09, 2015, 12:13:13 »

Thanks! Do you have a recommended supplier?

bigpie · « **Reply #314 on:** November 09, 2015, 15:07:34 »

I get them in bulk. Try ebay or maplins? How many are you after?

Cam · « **Reply #315 on:** November 09, 2015, 21:13:38 »

It's cool — got a bunch off Amazon and the correct crimper too. I'll be a crimpin' maniac soon! Muwhahaha!

shezasdad · « **Reply #316 on:** November 10, 2015, 09:50:12 »

Arrived today. Well made quality product. Thanks very much.

touchstone · « **Reply #317 on:** November 10, 2015, 11:51:22 »

Quote from: bigpie on November 05, 2015, 18:00:36

Nice one, thanks for the pics. First one to my knowledge on the new 1000. I've got a pair of those lights coming.

Big Pie, I presume lights are CREE U5 lights - http://www.banggood.com/CREE-U5-Motorcycle-LED-Headlight-Waterproof-High-Power-Spot-Light-p-941300.html

Can you let me/us know how good/bad lights are and how you can bypass the mode switching?

Cheers

P.S. Aux fusebox is great - makes everything neater!

bigpie · « **Reply #318 on:** November 10, 2015, 11:54:37 »

They are the ones, but they've not arrived yet.

biglad · « **Reply #319 on:** November 10, 2015, 12:26:53 »

Those lights look identical to mine, and judging by the questions asked at the bottom of the page, they are. I've got a handlebar mounted switch and each time you turn the lights on and off, it cycles into the next mode. (Hi / Lo / Strobe). Bit of a nuisance, but no real issue. Just before I switch the bike off I switch the lights on and off twice, so the next time I turn them on, it comes onto hi beam. There's a link on a thread in the accessories forum about soldering inside the lamp to disable the lo & strobe modes, but given this was my first 'proper' electrical job, I'll leave them alone and live with cycling through the modes....