m in sc
Street Cruiser
Pretty sure the idea came from user jacksdad, but i may be wrong. anyway, got my spare j box, removed the old relays, and made external wiring to run regular automotive ones.
its pretty straightforward. what i did was (to explain the wiring colors) using each relay, the coil of the relay was referred to as + and -, colors being orange and black.
the switched circuit of each relay, which all are normally open, were yellow/yellow with back stripe. red/red with black stripe, and purple/purple with black stripe. that's was just for my own reference. so, you need 12 wires out of the j box. stripe made with sharpie run along side of wire.
I made a small mounting plate, put it on the inner rear fender, tapped 3 mx holes, and used 2 thru bolts with fender washers. theres a foam gasket under the plate and black rtv to keep water out.
pic above shows each relay has sets of + and - and relay 1 (s1-1, s1-2), relay 2 (s2-1, s2-2), relay 3 (s3-1, s3-2) these are switched leads.
wires were originally made about 9" long. each wire bundle of 4 were taped, and a small xip tie about 1/2" off the board used on the wires to act as a strain relief against the grommet.
m6x8mm with lockwashers
so the black and orange always go to 86 and 85, and the 2 switched wires always go to 30 and 87. midde terminal, 87a isn't used.
yes, it works fine. may not be how others do it but zero issues so far.
hope this helps somebody.
now i can just carry a spare relay with me incase one goes hokey, but each one is good for 30A so its unlikely that will ever happen. :beerchug:
its pretty straightforward. what i did was (to explain the wiring colors) using each relay, the coil of the relay was referred to as + and -, colors being orange and black.
the switched circuit of each relay, which all are normally open, were yellow/yellow with back stripe. red/red with black stripe, and purple/purple with black stripe. that's was just for my own reference. so, you need 12 wires out of the j box. stripe made with sharpie run along side of wire.
I made a small mounting plate, put it on the inner rear fender, tapped 3 mx holes, and used 2 thru bolts with fender washers. theres a foam gasket under the plate and black rtv to keep water out.
pic above shows each relay has sets of + and - and relay 1 (s1-1, s1-2), relay 2 (s2-1, s2-2), relay 3 (s3-1, s3-2) these are switched leads.
wires were originally made about 9" long. each wire bundle of 4 were taped, and a small xip tie about 1/2" off the board used on the wires to act as a strain relief against the grommet.
m6x8mm with lockwashers
so the black and orange always go to 86 and 85, and the 2 switched wires always go to 30 and 87. midde terminal, 87a isn't used.
yes, it works fine. may not be how others do it but zero issues so far.
hope this helps somebody.
now i can just carry a spare relay with me incase one goes hokey, but each one is good for 30A so its unlikely that will ever happen. :beerchug:
