25-12-14, 07:15 PM
Hi all, happy christmas! After years of bodging accessories onto various live wires with gaffer tape and prayers, disconnecting them was interesting. I have a heated vest, grips, autocom, satnav, trickle charger and occasional phone charger. I have decided to add a home made accessory fuse box to the new bike. It will be in its own box and comprise of two busbars- one negative and one positive, and a relay connected to a positive when ignition on wire. The kit will be powered by the battery so there will be no additional load on the loom. I've copied this set up from elsewhere.
![[Image: relay-diagram-final.jpg]](http://www.canyonchasers.net/shop/generic/_img/relay/relay-diagram-final.jpg)
This looks ideal but......... I'd like to have some terminals on whether the bike is on or not. (Trickle Charger phone charger). I understand a relay with a fifth pin may be the way forward. What do you geniuses reckon? If I leave the negative bar solid but split the positive leaving these two on their own, is it just a matter of connecting 87a to this end? Or will these are on when the bike is off - which is probably okay too.
This is the best resource page I could find.
http://www.12voltplanet.co.uk/relay-guide.html
![[Image: relay-diagram-final.jpg]](http://www.canyonchasers.net/shop/generic/_img/relay/relay-diagram-final.jpg)
This looks ideal but......... I'd like to have some terminals on whether the bike is on or not. (Trickle Charger phone charger). I understand a relay with a fifth pin may be the way forward. What do you geniuses reckon? If I leave the negative bar solid but split the positive leaving these two on their own, is it just a matter of connecting 87a to this end? Or will these are on when the bike is off - which is probably okay too.
This is the best resource page I could find.
http://www.12voltplanet.co.uk/relay-guide.html