Bika Powa!

As I've got a few things connected to the battery on the bike [1] it's
starting to get a tad busy under the seat. Ideally I'd like to run one
set of cables to a connector block in the tail and connect the
accessories up to that, leaving the battery with 2 connections per
terminal rather than lots.

Does anyone know of a pre-wired kit that does this or is it time to get
my crimping tool out and pop to Maplins?


[1] Alarm, GPS, Optimate, intercom, toaster etc

 

You'll need something like this if you want to tidy it up under the seat

http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/fuses/holders1.php

 

Or somthing like this

http://www.fuzeblocks.com/

 

Nice, but perhaps a bit more complex than I had in mind. Good reminder
that I might have to think about always on and switched though.

 

It's not complex at all. You take a live feed from the battery and an
earth from there too and run them into the appropriate connectors on
the Fuzeblock, then you find a switched live from the original fuse
block and run that to the Fuzeblock as well. From there on you simply
wire your accessory into the Fuzeblock and move the fuse to the
position it needs to be in to give either constant or switched live
power. There's even a ready powered up relay included for things like
air horns that require a heavier feed.

It really couldn't be simpler

 

Perhaps I should have said cheaper. I was thinking of a piece of wire
with 2 connectors on one end to connect to the battery and 2 terminals
to bolt stuff to at the other.

With maybe a fuse.

For about a fiver.

Don't get me wrong, the fuseblocks thing looks to be the right solution.
It's just not the solution I was think of.

 

80 bucks???

HOW FUCKING MUCH???

It's a relay with a couple of fused outputs.

You can do exactly the same with a strip of 'chocolate block'
connectors, a relay and a few in line fuse holders.

Maybe I ought to make something since this is seriously over-priced.


Gyp, really all you need is a strip of block connectors, one goes to the
negative and has the left hand side 'chained' (with little U links of
wire) so there's a negative strip available. You have a similar block
which is fed from the relay output (more later). Also chained. You can
connect the two together (with something like a cable tie) to make it
compact.

The relay needs to have:
- the power input pin (30) connected to the battery +ve,
- the power output pin (87) connected to the 'positive block strip' (see
above)
- One end of the switching coil going to earth (85)
- The other end of the coil going to a switched +12v (86)

I'd put a fuse between the battery and the relay pin 30. Probably 10A.
Anything that needs a smaller fuse I'd fuse on the output of the
'positive block strip' (at the point of connection).

That's about it. If you wanted to go OTT you could even build it on
vero board and then stick it in a small box. But, jesus, it's possible
to do it for less than a fiver.

Ignore me if all this is obvious, I'm shocked by the price of the
'fuzeblocks' offer.

 

Someone posted a link with exactly what you need just a week or so ago.


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