Electrical questions for AUX. harness

[h2smokin]

I finally ran the Eastern Beaver harness on the bike today. Have panel in tool tray now, so a few questions are:
1- how many things can or should you wire to battery directly? I already have the bullet lights and the HID lights hooked to battery and this would make the 3rd item running directly from there.
2- I would like to install a 15amp unswitched powerlet to the dash, is this to much? or unnecessary ? I thought good as a charging outlet if needed but a small compressor as well maybe?
3- How much can the 2 wires at tail of bike under seat handle charging wise? I'm gonna be installing one of the powerlet setups through the tail trunk to charge phone , etc. inside trunk and thought of using these wires for that or should I just run off of fuse panel I installed?
4- How do you decide which fuse size to use? Do you use what the item your running is rated for ? Less than rating?More than?
I know lots of questions but want this done right especially since I'm doing it and I'n no electrical guru. Thanks

[VirginiaJim]

Eastern Beaver harness?  What's that and do you have a web link?

[RBX QB]

Eastern Beaver harness?  What's that and do you have a web link?

Gooooooooooooooooogle... http://www.easternbeaver.com/

I like building my own harnesses, I find it therapeutic.

OP... I have a number of things fused directly to the battery, but you run into the whole "too many wires" problem pretty quickly. Most will run a Fuzeblock, or similar, and just have one supply wire from the main battery, then all the accessories to the Fuzeblock hidden somewhere under the plastics.

http://www.fuzeblocks.com/

I've (finally) got one on order to eliminate my haphazard fuses.

Search the forum for "Fuzeblock" and I'm sure other posts will pop up with more info.

[VirginiaJim]

Google?  What's that?     Looks like some good products.

[RBX QB]

Google?  What's that?     Looks like some good products.

I had never heard of them, either (Eastern Beaver, not Google).

It does appear to be quality stuff. Found some hits (Google, that is) on other forums that confirm the quality is excellent.

[h2smokin]

I don't think I have enough wire on the aux. lights to reach the fuse block. I did get that as well from eastern beaver. This is the second harness I got from them. I gotten various from him with no problems and he's good at answering emails. I am now at the point at the battery area where there are to many wires. I'm thinking of removing that plastic battery cover now so I can sneak the relay and such up above. Anything I do wire now will go to the fuseblock . Will finish hooking everything up tomorrow.

[PlaynInPeoria]

I looked the Eastern Beaver and the Fuzeblock and thought the design was dumb. To wire anything into it, you have to remove the whole main cover, which is a pain, especially in a tight spot. 

[MAN OF BLUES]

You guys like to toss money don't ya?

man, http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_fuse-panel-for-atc-fuses--30-amps-bussmann_5171571-p

$10

[OregonLAN]

You guys like to toss money don't ya?

man, http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_fuse-panel-for-atc-fuses--30-amps-bussmann_5171571-p

$10

I think the beaver block is a single unit, water resistant, crimp-less and includes a 12v trigger/relay. You could probably build something similar for around $25 - $30, but comparing it to a basic $10 fuse block, you cannot...

[RBX QB]

You guys like to toss money don't ya?

man, http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_fuse-panel-for-atc-fuses--30-amps-bussmann_5171571-p

$10

Money grows on trees, right?


I basically had one of those, and one of the fuses just burned itself in (the fuse melted into the holder without blowing the fuse). The smoke it created was white with no noticeable odor (sure freaked me the hell out). At least it happened in my garage, and no other damage happened. Bike's been fine ever since I removed the wires (tho I have no driving lights at the moment).

What I like about the Fuzeblock is that the one unit houses it's own relay, and you can run switched and unswitched connections to it... which is what I need. It's not something I anticipate accessing on a regular basis, but it will be under the right cover if I need to.


So, I'm gonna go shake some more money out of my tree to pay for it.

[VirginiaJim]

Money grows on trees, right?

No, it grows on this guy.  All you gotta do is kidnap him or get him drunk or just plain follow him around.

GEICO Motorcycle Money Man Commercial - Get Away

[stevewfl]

You guys like to toss money don't ya?

man, http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_fuse-panel-for-atc-fuses--30-amps-bussmann_5171571-p

$10

for me when I looked at those and added switched 12V relays and two days wiring and you're at about what a real fuzeblock is worth, plus I'd have had to deal with relays and crap all over the bike.  No buyers regret over the fuzeblock here for the C14. 

for switched or unswitched I just move the fuse position in the one little little tiny box

Now for the KLR...in true Kawi rider/KLR fashion I'm going the uber-cheap route