For Christmas I got myself a radar detector, which when added to my Widder vest and Blaster horns, I figured it was time to get a power plate. So today I picked up this exact power plate shown in the photo by GunMD.
I have reviewed all the links on this thread and others, and seen the famous WarChild site with all the Rat Shack parts. And I have reviewed the instructions that came with my Electrical Connection Power Plate, and created a wiring diagram using colored markers showing where everything hooks up.
But even after all that I have a couple of loose ends, literally, in my diagram. So before I start removing farings and getting out the blow torch and machete, I thought I'd try to get these loose ends tied up. Here goes:
1. "Connect the black wire from the relay to a suitable ground." What is suitable? Back to the negative terminal on the battery? Somewhere on the frame? I thought I saw a posting that said not to connect the ground to the frame.
2. "The remaining blue wire is the turn-on for the Plate." I take it this is the one I can connect to the left horn wire now orphaned by the Randy Blaster Harness?
3. "The red wire with blue butt connector is designed for connection to a battery charger positive wire. Turning on the key disconnects the charger from the bike preventing possible damage to the bike's electrical system." Huh? WTF? What does this connect to? Can I leave it dangling?
4. "Connect accessories to the block and install proper size fuses."
>How do I know the proper size fuses?
>What about the fuses that are already part of the original wiring, like with the Widder vest? What becomes of those puppies?
>What do I do with the ground side of these accessories? I understand from the threads I can get a negative strip, which I take it would connect to the neg battery terminal, and all my negatives from the accessories connect to that. But if I don't do that, what do I do with 'em in the mean time? Can I twist them all together and give them a common grounding?
Finally, speaking of the Blaster horn harness, that's got some serious fandangled parts (not technical talk, I realize). Do I leave that separately connected to the battery, or connect that sweetheart to my new power plate also? [i think leave alone is the answer.]
Looking forward to help from all you Sparkies out there. Thanks in advance!
Jb