Since adding all these farkles to my bike I was a little concerned with all the power being drawn from the existing ignition circuit.
I had a look at the Centech AP2 product with relay but at over R500 it was a little pricey
And as I'm a "boer maak n plan" kind of guy ;D I did a little shopping and a little head scratching and came up with the following
I found a 6 fuse holder at the local Autozone for R75
I glued a connector block to the side to make it easier to connect my accessories
Wiring from the bottom
I chose to solder the bottom connectors
I used lots of silicone to keep dust and water out
Fuse block with cap
I connected a 12V relay to 5 of the 6 points on the fuse block, The Relay connects the battery directly to my accessories but still allows everything to be switched off when the bike is switched off at the key, This also makes sure the Acc circuit on the bike is not overloaded.
I connected point 6 directly to the battery as I like to have my 12V accessory point working when the bike is off to run my Pump etc without the lights etc burning (the Switch on my dash allows the 12V accessory point to be toggled between always live and the switched curcuit)
Mounted the whole lot behind the headlight
Here you can also see the little buzzers that sound when indicating. I used 2 as the polarity changes between left and right indicators.
to the left you can see the relay and the earth block I used (speaker connector from a old hifi)
Worked out very well all I still need to do is make a small weather proof cover to add some extra protection.
Total cost was around R150
Time spent 2 hours
Jules
I had a look at the Centech AP2 product with relay but at over R500 it was a little pricey
And as I'm a "boer maak n plan" kind of guy ;D I did a little shopping and a little head scratching and came up with the following
I found a 6 fuse holder at the local Autozone for R75
I glued a connector block to the side to make it easier to connect my accessories
Wiring from the bottom
I chose to solder the bottom connectors
I used lots of silicone to keep dust and water out
Fuse block with cap
I connected a 12V relay to 5 of the 6 points on the fuse block, The Relay connects the battery directly to my accessories but still allows everything to be switched off when the bike is switched off at the key, This also makes sure the Acc circuit on the bike is not overloaded.
I connected point 6 directly to the battery as I like to have my 12V accessory point working when the bike is off to run my Pump etc without the lights etc burning (the Switch on my dash allows the 12V accessory point to be toggled between always live and the switched curcuit)
Mounted the whole lot behind the headlight
Here you can also see the little buzzers that sound when indicating. I used 2 as the polarity changes between left and right indicators.
to the left you can see the relay and the earth block I used (speaker connector from a old hifi)
Worked out very well all I still need to do is make a small weather proof cover to add some extra protection.
Total cost was around R150
Time spent 2 hours
Jules
