Installing an accessory fuse box: Difference between revisions

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~~Find~~ a location on your fuse box that will be easy to access and where the bolt won't get in the way of anything. In the example here, the grounding post is in the lower right hand corner. Drill a hole in the plastic that is just large enough for the bolt to pass through. Feed the bolt through from the back side, so the head of the bolt is on the back side of the fuse box, and secure with one of the [http://www.nylok.com/products_torqpatch.htm Nylok] lock nuts on the front side. You want the long end of the bolt sticking out, so you can add your individual grounds later.

To add your grounding post, find a location on your fuse box that will be easy to access and where the bolt won't get in the way of anything. In the example here, the grounding post is in the lower right hand corner. Drill a hole in the plastic that is just large enough for the bolt to pass through. Feed the bolt through from the back side, so the head of the bolt is on the back side of the fuse box, and secure with one of the [http://www.nylok.com/products_torqpatch.htm Nylok] lock nuts on the front side. You want the long end of the bolt sticking out, so you can add your individual grounds later.

After you mount the fuse block to the bike, put a wire going from this post back to the negative terminal on the battery and secure it with a [http://www.boltdepot.com/K-Lock-Nuts.aspx k-nut]. You can then put all of the accessory ground leads on this post. You can put a couple of accessory leads between k-nuts, assuming the wires don't break from extreme mounting angles.

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-Find a location on your fuse box that will be easy to access and where the bolt won't get in the way of anything. In the example here, the grounding post is in the lower right hand corner. Drill a hole in the plastic that is just large enough for the bolt to pass through. Feed the bolt through from the back side, so the head of the bolt is on the back side of the fuse box, and secure with one of the [http://www.nylok.com/products_torqpatch.htm Nylok] lock nuts on the front side. You want the long end of the bolt sticking out, so you can add your individual grounds later.
+To add your grounding post, find a location on your fuse box that will be easy to access and where the bolt won't get in the way of anything. In the example here, the grounding post is in the lower right hand corner. Drill a hole in the plastic that is just large enough for the bolt to pass through. Feed the bolt through from the back side, so the head of the bolt is on the back side of the fuse box, and secure with one of the [http://www.nylok.com/products_torqpatch.htm Nylok] lock nuts on the front side. You want the long end of the bolt sticking out, so you can add your individual grounds later.
 After you mount the fuse block to the bike, put a wire going from this post back to the negative terminal on the battery and secure it with a [http://www.boltdepot.com/K-Lock-Nuts.aspx k-nut]. You can then put all of the accessory ground leads on this post. You can put a couple of accessory leads between k-nuts, assuming the wires don't break from extreme mounting angles.