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02-06-2012, 08:23 PM | #17 |
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PCD/PDC? please elaborate on what those are.
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02-06-2012, 08:47 PM | #18 |
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I was wondering that myself Ron. Guys use the abbreviations, not realizing most of us have no idea what they mean.
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02-06-2012, 09:38 PM | #19 |
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I believe he means Power Center and Distribution or Power Distribution Center. i.e., Fuse box. Modern cars have relay ports built in so you can run a relay by just dropping power in and then running to your load. The relay it's self is then just plugged in. Makes for a very clean compact setup. Could you post a simple list of everything you want to run? Thanks
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I ordered this today. http://www.wiringproducts.com/contents/en-us/p519.html It has a place for grounds, too so I hope it will work. I have: stereo (12v constant/12v switched/ground), 3 gauges, power for 4 ways (per Gadgets site), lighter.
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I think I have the wiring figured out. I drew it on paper but it looks like a bowl of spaghetti. I'll redo it this morning (with pretty lines and such) and snap a pic of it to post. Ya'll can see what you think.
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02-08-2012, 09:20 AM | #23 |
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That fuse panel you chose should work well, thats the same as I had, but mine doesn't have the ground terminals. Ive never seen them before like that but its exactly what you need.
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Well, that'll be one thing I've done right so far. I'm off to a good start. :)
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02-08-2012, 09:39 AM | #25 |
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You can connect it with a 30-40 amp relay so it becomes switched if you need.
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The only thing missing is a ground wire from the forks to the frame in a heavy enough size to be the ground the head bearings are right now! Probably a 10 gauge wire in black bolted to any bolt near the head stock to the forks, as a ground.
Maybe you added one in another of my rants already? The whole reason is about keeping bearings, bearings and not turning them into rocks. When current passes through bearings that are greased, and are not good connections in the first place arcing occures, and little by little the bearings are turned into steel rocks. Pebbles of steel make for very poor bearings. I call these pebbles because that's what they end up looking like. They get black and irregular.
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I can only think of a few wires I would need coming from the bike.
Chassis ground Unswitched hot Park position from key switch, not sure where to source. One of you guys know??? You can make unswitched hot switched by using the headlamp low beam to trip a relay. No need to have a seperate switched lead coming from the bike. Me personally I would probably run an overkill lead for hot and ground and then some stranded Cat5 for the rest. If you use a shared ground you can run 8 signals on a single Cat5. Once you have a good hot supply into the fairing it only takes a few miliamps to trip the relays, 22 or 24 gauge Cat5 is plenty for that task. Since it's stranded it will handle the vibration and movement like automotive wire. However unless you can find CMX you would need to run it inside a wire loom to protect it from UV. I think the park feature is just underutilized so I want to do something cool with it. |
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