With the ever-increasing electrical accessories I seem to carry around (and need charging) I decided to add a fuse block to my 650GS.
After a bit of digging around I settled on this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-Way-Bla...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2328ecfe09
I liked the idea of an indicator if a fuse blows: on a previous car I’d fitted fuses that illuminated if they failed and that was a very useful function. So this one fitted the bill on that feature, plus it had a bus bar so only one feed needed and seemed reasonably compact.
When it arrived I set about choosing a suitable location: ideally ease to access and near the battery area. On the ease of access there is a suitable area under the seat and at the rear of the bike, but I didn’t fancy all the wiring running from there. However, I struggled to find anywhere that I did like nearer the battery and that would have a degree of protection from the elements. Finally, I hit on the idea of mounting it above the battery and found it would sit between the battery clamp and the air filter housing with just enough clearance from the top cover. Not ideal from an access POV as the cover is held down with six bolts, but the benefit of having it so close to the supply won the day.
But there was a slight problem: mounting it between the clamp and the filter cover seemed a bit precarious and ideally I wanted it to sit on top of the clamp only, but part of the underside of the tank cover fouled it:
So after a bit of head scratching I decided to do a bit of ‘modding’ to the underside of the cover:
This allowed me to move the fuse block onto the clamp (having cut a couple of bits off that too) and to secure it there, initially by double-sided tape.
The supply from the battery runs through an in-line fuse and then through a relay, which is powered by the spare connector (for GPS?) that’s on the same circuit as the fitted power outlet socket on the cover. The first to be wired into the fuse block was the Zumo cable and the second is the spot-lights, to come will be a Stebel horn and perhaps another pair of daylight-running lights.
This is how it looks in situ, just a bit more tidying up of the wires and that should be it. I used a bit of shrink-tube to cover over the exposed live terminal of the block and to the right you can see the relay and in-line fuse. In the under-seat storage box I’ve put a T25 Torx driver in order to remove the screws if needed out on the road – and some spare fuses.
Now, I'm no 'lekky', so if anyone's got a suggestion on improving my work please let me know!
R
After a bit of digging around I settled on this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-Way-Bla...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2328ecfe09
I liked the idea of an indicator if a fuse blows: on a previous car I’d fitted fuses that illuminated if they failed and that was a very useful function. So this one fitted the bill on that feature, plus it had a bus bar so only one feed needed and seemed reasonably compact.
When it arrived I set about choosing a suitable location: ideally ease to access and near the battery area. On the ease of access there is a suitable area under the seat and at the rear of the bike, but I didn’t fancy all the wiring running from there. However, I struggled to find anywhere that I did like nearer the battery and that would have a degree of protection from the elements. Finally, I hit on the idea of mounting it above the battery and found it would sit between the battery clamp and the air filter housing with just enough clearance from the top cover. Not ideal from an access POV as the cover is held down with six bolts, but the benefit of having it so close to the supply won the day.
But there was a slight problem: mounting it between the clamp and the filter cover seemed a bit precarious and ideally I wanted it to sit on top of the clamp only, but part of the underside of the tank cover fouled it:
So after a bit of head scratching I decided to do a bit of ‘modding’ to the underside of the cover:
This allowed me to move the fuse block onto the clamp (having cut a couple of bits off that too) and to secure it there, initially by double-sided tape.
The supply from the battery runs through an in-line fuse and then through a relay, which is powered by the spare connector (for GPS?) that’s on the same circuit as the fitted power outlet socket on the cover. The first to be wired into the fuse block was the Zumo cable and the second is the spot-lights, to come will be a Stebel horn and perhaps another pair of daylight-running lights.
This is how it looks in situ, just a bit more tidying up of the wires and that should be it. I used a bit of shrink-tube to cover over the exposed live terminal of the block and to the right you can see the relay and in-line fuse. In the under-seat storage box I’ve put a T25 Torx driver in order to remove the screws if needed out on the road – and some spare fuses.
Now, I'm no 'lekky', so if anyone's got a suggestion on improving my work please let me know!
R
