Making your accessory wires 'switched': Difference between revisions
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This is where you're going to remove power from your "ACC" fuse when the ignition is "Off". The only other item that receives power when the ignition is in the "Off" position is the Fan, and you can see here that they are connected by the circuit (refer to earlier diagram). The best way to do this is to sever this printed circuit. At this point you need to take your small, sharp, flat screwdriver and make a "cut" in the board, as in the picture below. You want to make many slow motions with minimal force; you don't want to go off target and hit a portion of the board that you don't want scratched. You need to keep going until you see a yellowish color instead of the silvery metal color of the circuit; this shows you are through the metal and the link is severed. Use your tester to ensure that these two points aren't connected anymore. Put one arm of the tester on each metal contact (not on the board itself; there is a protective coating that is non-conductive on it). | This is where you're going to remove power from your "ACC" fuse when the ignition is "Off". The only other item that receives power when the ignition is in the "Off" position is the Fan, and you can see here that they are connected by the circuit (refer to earlier diagram). The best way to do this is to sever this printed circuit. At this point you need to take your small, sharp, flat screwdriver and make a "cut" in the board, as in the picture below. You want to make many slow motions with minimal force; you don't want to go off target and hit a portion of the board that you don't want scratched. You need to keep going until you see a yellowish color instead of the silvery metal color of the circuit; this shows you are through the metal and the link is severed. Use your tester to ensure that these two points aren't connected anymore. Put one arm of the tester on each metal contact (not on the board itself; there is a protective coating that is non-conductive on it). | ||
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You will now need the small piece of wire, preferably between 18 and 12 gauge – no larger than 12 for clearance issues. 16 AWG usually works well for moto applications. Strip a few mm off of each end, but not too much; you want the coating to occupy most of the length to prevent any issue of touching another piece inside the fuse box. Refer to your own board for exact length; you can see how it will be used in this photo. | You will now need the small piece of wire, preferably between 18 and 12 gauge – no larger than 12 for clearance issues. 16 AWG usually works well for moto applications. Strip a few mm off of each end, but not too much; you want the coating to occupy most of the length to prevent any issue of touching another piece inside the fuse box. Refer to your own board for exact length; you can see how it will be used in this photo. | ||
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Crush both ends lightly with your pliers, just enough to flatten them for clearance issues. Use your solder paste, dabbing a bit on each end, to help the solder itself. Draw some solder into each end of the wire with the solder gun, making sure it is well saturated before we solder it onto the board. Take the wire, and one end at a time solder it to the applicable connectors. You are connecting the power, before the fuse, of the horn and attaching it to the power, again; before the fuse, side of the ACC. This way, if your ACC fuse blows, you wont also risk blowing the horn fuse (As it is at a lower amperage after your modifications). | Crush both ends lightly with your pliers, just enough to flatten them for clearance issues. Use your solder paste, dabbing a bit on each end, to help the solder itself. Draw some solder into each end of the wire with the solder gun, making sure it is well saturated before we solder it onto the board. Take the wire, and one end at a time solder it to the applicable connectors. You are connecting the power, before the fuse, of the horn and attaching it to the power, again; before the fuse, side of the ACC. This way, if your ACC fuse blows, you wont also risk blowing the horn fuse (As it is at a lower amperage after your modifications). | ||
====Testing==== | ====Testing==== | ||