thanks for the vid. I don't know is this has been answered but for an old project i did, i bought a relay that takes a mini blade fuse, basically for the same price as one without. this is much neater than having a seperate in-line fuse.
Thanks for the comment Bob, that's interesting and sounds like it could be a good option and space saver (I'm assuming you're talking about the auxiliary light in-line fuse)! Now that it's been a while I can't actually remember if that in-line fuse came with the lights as part of the included wire harness/relay - I believe it did, but a relay with a built-in mini blade fuse would certainly be cleaner!
Your filming and sound are excellent along with your helpful tips and ideas..may I mention a company called Eastern Beaver..they have excellent electrical products along with factory harness adapters no cutting..keep up the great work and subscribers will grow..
Some other things that may help when wiring an aux fuse box is that you could use a 'piggy back' tap connector that fits into an existing fuse on the ignition circuit to give you an extra 'switched live' for the relay without having to cut/solder or use crimps, or if you dont have space to fit it in, then use a t-tap crimp connector with a spade, which is in fact what i have just used when fitting a small fuse box to to my cb125f using the rear light, when only a little bit of cable is available and i didnt want to unwrap the loom. GL
@@ben54322 I dont do YT video's and stuff, but if there's a way to send you a private message or email, then tell me how and i'll send you a photo of it, and also a schematic so you can post it. It's a 4-way fuse box all with individual mini fuses and i've also added a common ground to the fuse box make it easier. I currently only have a 2 way usb charger attached, but it's now a simple job to fit heated grips or a 12v socket or whatever else takes my fancy, and because it's an easy fit i could simply remove it for my next bike should i wish. GL
great video, but I'm confused. I was given a set of Denali lights and a dashcam. both devices need a trigger cable connection. So do I need a separate relay and fuse for each device? and do the relays have to be spliced to different live wires, say one the ignition and another to the brake light??? Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for watching Daniel. I’m unsure of exactly how you want/need your devices to operate, but assuming you just need them both to only turn on when the bike is turned on, then you only need one relay (the one that is triggered and allows power to the auxiliary fuse box). You then hook both accessories to the fuse box. The auxiliary fuse boxes have a slot for a fuse for each accessory hooked up to them. If your lights have an on/off switch, then they probably come with a little relay, which you’ll use between the auxiliary fuse box and the lights (the trigger for this relay will be the on/off switch).
I have a question, can I connect fuse block to motorcycle kill switch and use it for accessories only ..Instead of tapping into the motorcycle wiring I can go straight to the battery and switch it off when not used ??
Hi there, I’m not quite sure I follow your question, but if I follow correctly, the way I have it set up may be exactly what you’re asking/trying to do. By having the fuse box “turned on” only when the bike is on (which is how mine is set up, by using the tail light wire as the trigger to allow power to the fuse box), then the fuse box and all accessories don’t receive power as soon as the bike is turned off (or when the kill switch is activated). As long as you use a power source for the fuse box “trigger” that is only active when the bike is turned on, the outcome will be the same. Hope this helps.
@@N5Gunner oh ok , I'm scared to tap into a wire , so could I bypass that with a kill switch that connects directly into the battery, and then connect the fuse block to the kill switch. At that point connect all accessories to that fuse box connected to that kill switch, and the only way the accessories get power is when I hit the on button for the kill switch . I was wondering if that would work instead of cutting into wires . I'm srry I'm not good at explaining these things lol I'm new to all of this .
I see what you mean, a new switch that you’ll add - I thought you meant splice into the kill switch button on the motorcycle. I think that would work, but the downside is that the fuse box and accessories could still drain the battery when the switch is turned on. For me, the primary benefit of the fuse box was having it automatically turned off when the bike is off. If you add a separate switch as the trigger and have it wired directly to the battery, if you leave that switch on, the fuse box will keep drawing power even when the bike is turned off. If you don’t mind that, then it would work, but if you want all accessories to stop receiving power automatically when the bike is turned off, you’ll want to use a “trigger” power source that is only active when the bike is turned on (in my case, I used the taillight).
Thanks for watching Rahul, glad it's been helpful for you! I'm assuming you are talking about what I am calling the "main relay" (the relay that sits between the battery and the auxiliary fuse box, NOT the relay used to turn on/off my auxiliary lights with the rocker switch). Regarding this "main relay", I connected the ground wire (thin black wire coming out of the relay) to one of the 6x negative terminals on the auxiliary box designed for the accessories - if you go to the freeze frame at 2:54, you can just about see the black wire coming out of the relay and running to one of the 6x negative connections on the auxiliary fuse box - to clarify, it is NOT connected to the MAIN negative terminal of the auxiliary fuse box). I didn't have enough room to add all of this to the video description, but the full wiring connections between the relay/battery/fuse box are like so: 1) ground wire running from negative terminal of battery to the main negative terminal on the auxiliary fuse box (purple wire with black ends). 2) positive wire running from positive terminal of battery to "power input" of the main relay (thick red wire coming off battery), 3) the "power output" of the relay which runs to the main positive terminal on the auxiliary fuse box (blue wire coming out of relay with red end), 4) the ground wire of the relay running from the relay to one of the 6x negative accessory terminals on the auxiliary (thin black cable coming out of relay), 5) the relay "trigger" wire, which I spliced into the running tail light cable (white cable coming out of relay which then turns to red). If you were asking about the ground wire from the relay between the auxiliary fuse box and the auxiliary lights I use on the bike, then the ground wire from that relay also runs to one of the 6x negative accessory connections on the auxiliary fuse box (mentioned/seen best at 4:06).
Hi, Thank you for posting it. I have questions: How did you connect a relay to the fuse box (wire diagram)? The wires come from battery directly? How about the positive and negative wires (12 Gauge), did you run it directly from battery?. Also, where the ACC wire go to (works only when the ignition key is on which you spliced it from the rear brake light)? Directly to the fuse box? I am a little confused. Thank's.
Thanks for watching and for your comment! First, if you haven't already, I'd recommend reading the video description, where I've laid out the wiring in as much detail as I could. Let me know if the description helps answer your questions, and if not, I can try to answer them here in a different way. Thanks!
@@N5Gunner I still have one more question. So the 12 gauge wire positive and negative run from the battery to the main relay next to your fuse box? (this is not the aux light relay I am asking). And from the relay to the positive and negative terminals from the fuse box, correct? If that so, then the 12 gauge you connect to the relay first, then what size is out to the positive terminal on the fuse box, the same 12 gauge? I just need a clarification on this. Because it looks like all the wires are smaller and the only 12 gauge I see it on your fuse box. I understand the connection well, just confusing whether the 12 gauge should go to the relay first. thank's again
Thanks for the comment and suggestion Paul. I did think about the possibility, but stuck with a fuse for a few reasons. I've heard that breakers are a bit more complicated, with more pieces/parts, and therefore more prone to failure. Which on an adventure motorcycle, I'd prefer to stick with something that is small, cheap, easy to carry a spare (or two!), and easy to find and replace on the bike in faraway places. If I used a breaker switch, I'd still likely carry a spare in case it failed, and it's easier/smaller to carry spare fuses. As with everything, pros and cons to both. I'm not as familiar with breaker switches, which was another factor in my decision. It would definitely be nice to simply flick a switch if something did ever happen though, I agree! Appreciate the comment, and the next time I make a similar setup, I'll probably do a bit more research into whether I should go with a breaker switch, thanks!
Most auxiliary light sets I’ve seen come with a trigger wire. If you hook the auxiliary lights up to a fuse block which itself needs a trigger wire, can you then disregard the trigger wire that comes with auxiliary lights? Thanks.
Most of the auxiliary lights I see come with an ON/OFF switch, yes. If you hook the auxiliary lights up to an auxiliary fuse box, it’s still best to make use of the ON/OFF switch - doing this allows you to still turn the lights on/off with the switch, it simply means that you will only be able to turn the lights on once the bike is on and power is being supplied to the auxiliary fuse box. This adds the benefit of not being able to accidentally leave/turn the lights on and drain the battery once the bike is switched off. Hopefully that is what you are asking! Thanks
@@N5Gunner Thanks for your quick reply. I should have been more clear. I would be using the on/off switch that comes with the auxiliary lights; but do you need to hook up BOTH trigger wires, the one coming with the lights and the fuse block? Maybe the answer is if you use the on/off switch, you need to hook up the trigger wire also coming out of the auxiliary light relay.
@@rogerhart1835 Yes, you would still use the auxiliary light relay and it’s trigger wire. The auxiliary light relay should have four wires - a power input (power coming from the auxiliary fuse box), a power output (running to the lights), a negative/ground, and the trigger. The trigger wire for the auxiliary light relay is the ON/OFF switch. So you end up with the primary auxiliary fuse box relay being triggered by a circuit that is only live when the bike is on (I used the rear running light), and then the trigger for the auxiliary light relay is the ON/OFF switch wire. Hopefully I’ve got it right this time around and understood what you were asking correctly! 😅
No, the power comes from the battery, through the auxiliary fuse box, with the accessories connected to the auxiliary box. I spliced into the tail light wire only to provide the relay with the “trigger” to allow power from the battery to the auxiliary fuse box. So when the bike is on, tail light wire has power, relay allows power (from the battery) to auxiliary fuse box, accessories get power.
I used 12AWG for the primary connections to/from the battery/Auxiliary fuse box, and smaller gauge for the individual accessories connected to the fuse box. Hope that helps.
sorry man your video does not help anyone who wants to do the same thing, I am sure you know what to do but you are not teaching or showing anything in details!!!
Nicely worded. Paused to let the the words and idea to sink in. Short and sweet. Real pro.
thanks for the vid. I don't know is this has been answered but for an old project i did, i bought a relay that takes a mini blade fuse, basically for the same price as one without. this is much neater than having a seperate in-line fuse.
Thanks for the comment Bob, that's interesting and sounds like it could be a good option and space saver (I'm assuming you're talking about the auxiliary light in-line fuse)! Now that it's been a while I can't actually remember if that in-line fuse came with the lights as part of the included wire harness/relay - I believe it did, but a relay with a built-in mini blade fuse would certainly be cleaner!
Nice setup. Thank you for posting the video and all the parts details.
Thanks for comment Mario, it means a lot. Glad it was somewhat helpful to you!
Your filming and sound are excellent along with your helpful tips and ideas..may I mention a company called Eastern Beaver..they have excellent electrical products along with factory harness adapters no cutting..keep up the great work and subscribers will grow..
Thanks so much for the kind comment Karl, really appreciate it. I don't have the best equipment but still tried to make a well-polished video, thanks!
Thanks for sharing knowledge. Very helpful
you should get more sub for having this detail tutorial - Thanks a lot
Some other things that may help when wiring an aux fuse box is that you could use a 'piggy back' tap connector that fits into an existing fuse on the ignition circuit to give you an extra 'switched live' for the relay without having to cut/solder or use crimps, or if you dont have space to fit it in, then use a t-tap crimp connector with a spade, which is in fact what i have just used when fitting a small fuse box to to my cb125f using the rear light, when only a little bit of cable is available and i didnt want to unwrap the loom. GL
Hi Bob. Can we see your set up in a video. It would help the motorcycle community. Thank you
@@ben54322 I dont do YT video's and stuff, but if there's a way to send you a private message or email, then tell me how and i'll send you a photo of it, and also a schematic so you can post it. It's a 4-way fuse box all with individual mini fuses and i've also added a common ground to the fuse box make it easier. I currently only have a 2 way usb charger attached, but it's now a simple job to fit heated grips or a 12v socket or whatever else takes my fancy, and because it's an easy fit i could simply remove it for my next bike should i wish. GL
great video, but I'm confused. I was given a set of Denali lights and a dashcam. both devices need a trigger cable connection. So do I need a separate relay and fuse for each device? and do the relays have to be spliced to different live wires, say one the ignition and another to the brake light??? Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for watching Daniel. I’m unsure of exactly how you want/need your devices to operate, but assuming you just need them both to only turn on when the bike is turned on, then you only need one relay (the one that is triggered and allows power to the auxiliary fuse box). You then hook both accessories to the fuse box. The auxiliary fuse boxes have a slot for a fuse for each accessory hooked up to them. If your lights have an on/off switch, then they probably come with a little relay, which you’ll use between the auxiliary fuse box and the lights (the trigger for this relay will be the on/off switch).
I have a question, can I connect fuse block to motorcycle kill switch and use it for accessories only ..Instead of tapping into the motorcycle wiring I can go straight to the battery and switch it off when not used ??
Hi there, I’m not quite sure I follow your question, but if I follow correctly, the way I have it set up may be exactly what you’re asking/trying to do.
By having the fuse box “turned on” only when the bike is on (which is how mine is set up, by using the tail light wire as the trigger to allow power to the fuse box), then the fuse box and all accessories don’t receive power as soon as the bike is turned off (or when the kill switch is activated). As long as you use a power source for the fuse box “trigger” that is only active when the bike is turned on, the outcome will be the same. Hope this helps.
@@N5Gunner oh ok , I'm scared to tap into a wire , so could I bypass that with a kill switch that connects directly into the battery, and then connect the fuse block to the kill switch. At that point connect all accessories to that fuse box connected to that kill switch, and the only way the accessories get power is when I hit the on button for the kill switch . I was wondering if that would work instead of cutting into wires . I'm srry I'm not good at explaining these things lol I'm new to all of this .
I see what you mean, a new switch that you’ll add - I thought you meant splice into the kill switch button on the motorcycle.
I think that would work, but the downside is that the fuse box and accessories could still drain the battery when the switch is turned on.
For me, the primary benefit of the fuse box was having it automatically turned off when the bike is off. If you add a separate switch as the trigger and have it wired directly to the battery, if you leave that switch on, the fuse box will keep drawing power even when the bike is turned off. If you don’t mind that, then it would work, but if you want all accessories to stop receiving power automatically when the bike is turned off, you’ll want to use a “trigger” power source that is only active when the bike is turned on (in my case, I used the taillight).
@@N5Gunner ohhhh ok. I'll try the tail light.. thanks man I appreciate it !!!!
No problem. I recommend a butt splice where you can cut the tail light wire and then add a new bit of wire that will run to the fuse box trigger.
What did you connect the ground wire from the relay to? Very helpful video btw. Thank you!
Thanks for watching Rahul, glad it's been helpful for you! I'm assuming you are talking about what I am calling the "main relay" (the relay that sits between the battery and the auxiliary fuse box, NOT the relay used to turn on/off my auxiliary lights with the rocker switch). Regarding this "main relay", I connected the ground wire (thin black wire coming out of the relay) to one of the 6x negative terminals on the auxiliary box designed for the accessories - if you go to the freeze frame at 2:54, you can just about see the black wire coming out of the relay and running to one of the 6x negative connections on the auxiliary fuse box - to clarify, it is NOT connected to the MAIN negative terminal of the auxiliary fuse box).
I didn't have enough room to add all of this to the video description, but the full wiring connections between the relay/battery/fuse box are like so: 1) ground wire running from negative terminal of battery to the main negative terminal on the auxiliary fuse box (purple wire with black ends). 2) positive wire running from positive terminal of battery to "power input" of the main relay (thick red wire coming off battery), 3) the "power output" of the relay which runs to the main positive terminal on the auxiliary fuse box (blue wire coming out of relay with red end), 4) the ground wire of the relay running from the relay to one of the 6x negative accessory terminals on the auxiliary (thin black cable coming out of relay), 5) the relay "trigger" wire, which I spliced into the running tail light cable (white cable coming out of relay which then turns to red).
If you were asking about the ground wire from the relay between the auxiliary fuse box and the auxiliary lights I use on the bike, then the ground wire from that relay also runs to one of the 6x negative accessory connections on the auxiliary fuse box (mentioned/seen best at 4:06).
Hi, Thank you for posting it. I have questions: How did you connect a relay to the fuse box (wire diagram)? The wires come from battery directly? How about the positive and negative wires (12 Gauge), did you run it directly from battery?. Also, where the ACC wire go to (works only when the ignition key is on which you spliced it from the rear brake light)? Directly to the fuse box? I am a little confused. Thank's.
Thanks for watching and for your comment! First, if you haven't already, I'd recommend reading the video description, where I've laid out the wiring in as much detail as I could. Let me know if the description helps answer your questions, and if not, I can try to answer them here in a different way. Thanks!
@@N5Gunner I still have one more question. So the 12 gauge wire positive and negative run from the battery to the main relay next to your fuse box? (this is not the aux light relay I am asking). And from the relay to the positive and negative terminals from the fuse box, correct? If that so, then the 12 gauge you connect to the relay first, then what size is out to the positive terminal on the fuse box, the same 12 gauge? I just need a clarification on this. Because it looks like all the wires are smaller and the only 12 gauge I see it on your fuse box. I understand the connection well, just confusing whether the 12 gauge should go to the relay first. thank's again
Very useful - great vid fella👍
Thanks for the comment, appreciate it! Glad it was helpful.
Had you thought about an actual breaker switch instead of a fuse between the relay and fuse box so you don't have to carry around fuses for a reset?
Thanks for the comment and suggestion Paul. I did think about the possibility, but stuck with a fuse for a few reasons. I've heard that breakers are a bit more complicated, with more pieces/parts, and therefore more prone to failure. Which on an adventure motorcycle, I'd prefer to stick with something that is small, cheap, easy to carry a spare (or two!), and easy to find and replace on the bike in faraway places. If I used a breaker switch, I'd still likely carry a spare in case it failed, and it's easier/smaller to carry spare fuses. As with everything, pros and cons to both. I'm not as familiar with breaker switches, which was another factor in my decision. It would definitely be nice to simply flick a switch if something did ever happen though, I agree! Appreciate the comment, and the next time I make a similar setup, I'll probably do a bit more research into whether I should go with a breaker switch, thanks!
Most auxiliary light sets I’ve seen come with a trigger wire. If you hook the auxiliary lights up to a fuse block which itself needs a trigger wire, can you then disregard the trigger wire that comes with auxiliary lights? Thanks.
Most of the auxiliary lights I see come with an ON/OFF switch, yes. If you hook the auxiliary lights up to an auxiliary fuse box, it’s still best to make use of the ON/OFF switch - doing this allows you to still turn the lights on/off with the switch, it simply means that you will only be able to turn the lights on once the bike is on and power is being supplied to the auxiliary fuse box. This adds the benefit of not being able to accidentally leave/turn the lights on and drain the battery once the bike is switched off. Hopefully that is what you are asking! Thanks
@@N5Gunner Thanks for your quick reply. I should have been more clear. I would be using the on/off switch that comes with the auxiliary lights; but do you need to hook up BOTH trigger wires, the one coming with the lights and the fuse block? Maybe the answer is if you use the on/off switch, you need to hook up the trigger wire also coming out of the auxiliary light relay.
@@rogerhart1835 Yes, you would still use the auxiliary light relay and it’s trigger wire. The auxiliary light relay should have four wires - a power input (power coming from the auxiliary fuse box), a power output (running to the lights), a negative/ground, and the trigger. The trigger wire for the auxiliary light relay is the ON/OFF switch.
So you end up with the primary auxiliary fuse box relay being triggered by a circuit that is only live when the bike is on (I used the rear running light), and then the trigger for the auxiliary light relay is the ON/OFF switch wire.
Hopefully I’ve got it right this time around and understood what you were asking correctly! 😅
@@N5Gunner 👍
So you basically got power from the tail lights + wire..... Did you notice any change on the aux light beam when you brake???
No, the power comes from the battery, through the auxiliary fuse box, with the accessories connected to the auxiliary box. I spliced into the tail light wire only to provide the relay with the “trigger” to allow power from the battery to the auxiliary fuse box. So when the bike is on, tail light wire has power, relay allows power (from the battery) to auxiliary fuse box, accessories get power.
Nice video mate Benelli Tom TRK
Thanks!
What gauge wire are you using?
I used 12AWG for the primary connections to/from the battery/Auxiliary fuse box, and smaller gauge for the individual accessories connected to the fuse box. Hope that helps.
sorry man your video does not help anyone who wants to do the same thing, I am sure you know what to do but you are not teaching or showing anything in details!!!