I'm looking forward to seeing how Captain OCD does his wiring! Haha! I'm guessing it'll be tidy!
Paul, That's not how it's drawn on the diagram I just threw away. If you look at that one, it's a direct shot from the batt. to the ign. switch. No protection whatsoever. I just glanced a my Yamaha manual... It's not drawn that way.So the fuse does provide protection for both the red wire going to the ignition switch and the charge circuit.
What I'm hoping to do is access the backside of the new fuse holder and isolate one fuse with a cutoff wheel on a dremel. That way I can run the red from the battery to that one (20A), and from there back out to the ign. switch. The brown from the ign. switch will go to the lug on the front of the fuse block and feed the three 10A's. If I can't isolate one of the fuses..... then I'll go with the inline on the red... and have a spare.Assuming I am correct then in order to use your fuse box you must do as 5twins suggested earlier:
This leaves one spare fuse for an auxilary of your choosing e.g. electric fan for when it is hot.
- Insert an inline 20A fuse for the Red wire so it does not go via your new fuse box.
- Connect Brown (from ignition key) to the Screw/Nut on your fuse box and then choose 3 of the 4 fused outputs to be Br, R/W and R/Y.
Enjoy the Challenge.
Paul,I suspect there is a mistake on the diagram I posted:
- On the SH diagram it is obvious that the Brown wire from the ignition switch splits to give Brown, Red/White and Red/Yellow and these plus the red wire gives the 4 separate inputs to the fuse box.
- On the SG diagram immediately below the fuse box I believe there is a black dot missing to show that the Brown wire also splits to give R/W and R/Y.
Ain't that the truth...That's why it helps to have several wiring diagrams to refer to.
That's a pretty clean looking mod you did there Downeaster. Is that an aluminum plate you used?Here's how I handled it on my '79.
That's a pretty clean looking mod you did there Downeaster. Is that an aluminum plate you used?
....and then fill in any pits with molten silver, and re-polish...
Since my fuse holder is shot, like most others this old.....
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and wanting to go with the newer blade type fuses anyway, I ordered this one from Amazon...
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It was 13 bucks and has good reviews. No brand name... so it's obviously Chinese. I like the idea that a red LED will go out when the fuse blows. A nice modern touch. It's 4.3" long, 3.9" wide and 1.6" tall. So.... I'm not sure there's clearance under the seat. Anybody out there know off the top of their head how much room there is?
If there's not enough room, I'll probly' put it under the right side cover.