Yay! wireing buchering time again!

[mr.z]

I'm just getting my gps wired back in again.. i'm fairly unfamilair with the ta(87) on my last bike i had the gps powered directly from the tail light (only come on with the ignition and headlights) worked perfectly for a year...

This time i'm going to run it off a relay, its just better that way Very Happy found a nice place for the relay to live, on an indicator mount... what i need is somewhere to feed the relay "switch" was thinking the front headlight, but which wire? i have the dipped beam on 99% of the time, so which wire will be "live" with the lights and ignition on? idealy somehting i can just use a scotchlock on and not remove any panels Very Happy incidentaly do any panels need to come off to take the tank off?

Another thing i'm doing is haveing it plug into a socket on the faring near the clocks, anything to be carefull of? drill on a slow setting be ok?

Attached is a wireing diagram, i though i'd found a goodun but not sure... (the headlight wires are easyish to access)
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For the headlamp, Green is earth, Blue is main bean and White is dipped beam.

[binge]

When I wired a bulb to my Digital Speedo I wired it to my dipped beam, and Realising after I wired it. It is usually darker when you have to use your high beem, So when I camt to a pitch black road, I put high beam on and out goes my speedo Light...

Have you got any dashboard lights, If you do then find a live to your clocks and scotch block it, and simply earth to frame...

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[Guest]

Good point binge

Feed to the clock lights is Brown from that diagram

[stinkwheel]

[stinkwheel]

I would try taking a feed to your relay off the the blue on Black wire going to the fan motor. Ideally from the fuse box but from where it connects to the fan should work too (which will be closer to your flasher for mounting the relay). It will most likley have a spade terminal which I would replace with a 'piggyback' spade terminal and connect your relay to this (easily removed if you want to). This wire is live all the time the ignition is 'on'

Piggyback Terminals (first one more readily available, second is better if you can find one as it requires no actual cutting of the loom)
https://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/terms-pre/Images/bpg.GIF https://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/terms-non/Images/sbc.GIF

Do not connect to the black on blue wire going between the fan and the temperature switch as this will make the fan come on all the time.

I am not sure if this would affect the operation of the fan, I doubt it as the relay will draw next to nothing but it would be worth doing a functional check by shorting the wire that runs between the fan and the temperature switch to earth with the ignition on (fan should come on, relay should remain powered up).
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[mattsmith95]

[binge]

Yea, Scotchblocking is good temporaraly...

Ive scotchblocked my Blue LEDs but im talkin them all off when I respray...

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[mr.z]

Thanks for that all esp stinkwheel.


I had the last gps wired with scotchlocks, it was fine for a year, but then it was under the seat and kept well out of the filth!

The fan fuse defenately looks promiseing (easy to get at too!) will have to have a good look at it, looks fiddley to get it off, some sort of odd plastic locking piece that i dont want to smash off

I'll let ye all know how it goes
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[binge]

You said about wireing it to a relay. What will that do?

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[mr.z]

[Davo]