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Old 05-27-2015, 11:04 PM   #16
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Go to an auto parts store or home improvement store and pick up a small roll of 14 gauge wire in red and one in black. Run those back from your lights to your aux fuse panel if you put one in.

If you put a fuse panel in and don't want the items of the fuse panel to come on before the bike is started run a wire from the battery to a relay and then from the relay to the fuse panel. You would trip the relay with whatever circuit you were using that just fried or another one that doesn't come on until the bike starts.

This is the best type of system to use for a fuse panel. After you install the fuse panel you would just connect other items to a positive and negative on the panel.

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Syste...sea+fuse+block
That's a nice fuse block! I like having the negative bus on it.

Fuse blocks on relays are your friends if you add accessories.



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Old 05-28-2015, 07:43 AM   #17
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Here is a thread I started a while ago about wiring a light bar through a relay.

http://vulcanbagger.com/forums/showt...ighlight=relay
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Old 05-28-2015, 07:15 PM   #18
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Lot's of great info posted to my problem. Thanks to everyone for your input. For now I've cleaned up the fuse block and switched off the aux lights.
I'll either replave the halogen with LED or I'll add the aux panel and relay.

Thanks again, you guys are really helpful....well most of you are, some are just jokers!!!
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Old 06-02-2015, 10:06 PM   #19
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Old 06-04-2015, 08:30 AM   #20
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Thanks for the post, that sure make things clearer for me.
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