| Author | Message | ||
     Tneall |
I would like to run dedicated power and ground wires from the battery up to the instrument cluster for running a set of driving lights. Has any ever done this? Any suggestions on routing? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I followed the stock harness under the airbox. | ||
| Johnboy777 |
I used 10ga marine-grade wire (definitely over-kill), fused, from the batt. and snaked it through the air cleaner... very simple. It also keeps it away from the engine heat. With regard to the conductivity of the wire, heat creates resistance. Especially with our heat issues. Normally, run length figures in as well...but we're under 6 Ft. from the batt. to the flyscreen, so its a non-issue 16Ga will work for 10Amps, but you may want to hook up additional accessories down the line (or even a fuse block), so maybe 12ga is a better choice. IIRC, 12ga. is good for 20Amps. Watts / Volts = Amps (55W X 2 = 110W / 12v (13.7v) = 9.2 Amps…say 10Amps) . | ||
| Tneall |
Thanks FB, How did you get it through, it looks very tight in there. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I pulled the airbox base. Others have routed it up the airbox base, across the airbox floor, and up between the handlebars through the steering head into the front faring. | ||
| Prowler |
I, likewise, routed an individual heavy gauge wire (fuse close to the battery) from the battery to the instrument nacelle along the top of the aircleaner base. Don't recall exact wire used, but was 14-12 ga. or there-abouts. Used an auto-switch tapped to the high beam to turn them on and off. Hella projector fog lights put out light about the same distance as the high beam with a lot wider spread. | ||
| Court |
It is very tight. I ran 2 #12 THHN and the Garmin power and antenna in a heat resistant split conduit. I embedded all the wires, marked where they each ended and wrapped the entire thing in friction tape covered with Scotch 88 and left the entire length of the conduit intact. I used the conduit as a "fish line" and routed it, then used a razor to split the casing as each wire I needed passed it's target. I went high and right under the airbox, pretty much following the stock routing. I left 2 spares behind the windscreen and used one for the air horn. |
