Wire Routing

[Curious in CT]

I'm adding a couple power strips (also called barrier strip) under my seat, one for power and one for grounding.

After removing some of the plastic and raising the tank there appears to be quite a bit of space between the heat shield and the bottom of the tank. I'm thinking about running the two wires from the battery to the barrier strips underneath the tank. Has anyone else done it this way?

Thanks, Bill

 

[Wild72]

That's exactly the route I used, although I did use some heat resistant sleeving from the local autoparts store to be on the safe side.

 

[Ignacio]

Ditto on the shielding. I used asphaltic coated loom from Napa. See this thread that includes a picture of running through the steering head area.

 

[twowheelnut]

I never sheath. I live on the wild side. Seriously, my wiring has been in for most of 55,000 miles without issues, but do try and run the wires away from the buzzy electronics, like along the left side of the tank...

 

[rayban]

Conversely, you can put your strips up in the front fairing, unless you intend to frequently tinker with it...



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[wfooshee]

If you got to a strip under the seat, put a big fuse in front of it, just in case. I know it's going to a fuse box, but you don't want anything happening to your main line, like arcing under the tank if it gets cut . . . . .

My bike actually has, courtesy of the original owner, a 6-strip terminal up front, which he had 3 grounds and 3 battery. Then there is a 4-fuse box under the seat, fuses alway hot, though.

I changed it to 2 grounds, 2 switched, and 2 battery up front, and switched the fuses under the seat (none of which were used when he took his stuff off the bike anyway) to switched power. I triggered an automotive relay off the front running light and used the relay to send current to the switched strips via a 30-amp fuse. I'd probably get away with 20, but the carrier came with a 30 when I bought it. Anything I put on there gets its own fuse in addition, such as the 3-amp fuse on the Audiovox cruise control.

 

[Bounce]

there may be some ideas you can use here:

https://www.fjr-tips.org/mods/pdb/pdb.html