Canyon Chasers relay installation help

[francewavidok]

Hi all,

I just got a new bike, my first one actually (Hyosung GT250r 08). I have a tail tidy kit as well as some hotgrips that are ready to go on. I found a relay tutorial here: http://www.canyonchasers.net/shop/generic/relay.php which looks good but I am terrible with electronics. I have sourced all of the parts from NZ as Jaycar carry most of them, not cheap though but dickies don't do them anymore so have to pay crazy prices. Long story short, here are my two questions:

1. One of the items I need is called a "6 or 8 post Position Jumper Cut in half". I can't seem to find this anywhere in NZ - where do I get it?
2. Is there anyone here who has done this before that would be willing to help me set it up as I am a complete noob and wouldn't know the exhaust from the ignition...

Cheers for your time

[slofox]

Hi all,

I just got a new bike, my first one actually (Hyosung GT250r 08). I have a tail tidy kit as well as some hotgrips that are ready to go on. I found a relay tutorial here: http://www.canyonchasers.net/shop/generic/relay.php which looks good but I am terrible with electronics. I have sourced all of the parts from NZ as Jaycar carry most of them, not cheap though but dickies don't do them anymore so have to pay crazy prices. Long story short, here are my two questions:

1. One of the items I need is called a "6 or 8 post Position Jumper Cut in half". I can't seem to find this anywhere in NZ - where do I get it?
2. Is there anyone here who has done this before that would be willing to help me set it up as I am a complete noob and wouldn't know the exhaust from the ignition...

Cheers for your time

Position Jumper: This one got me too. I got around it though. I bought two sets of connector strips about six or eight connectors long - quite large ones to take plenty amps as needed. One of these is for the positive side of the block and the other is for the negative side. To make all contacts of each side live, you need to connect all the available connection posts together. I just used wire to connect adjacent posts together all along one side of the connector block. You feed your relay into one end of the connected side to liven up all the posts on the other side of the block. Clear as mud? Yeah, I know. Have a look at the diagram - it might help. Schematic drawing is not my forte...




As for help to install it, if you were close to The Tron I'd be happy to help. It's pretty easy. Hell, if I can do it, anyone can.

[francewavidok]

Position Jumper: This one got me too. I got around it though. I bought two sets of connector strips about six or eight connectors long - quite large ones to take plenty amps as needed. One of these is for the positive side of the block and the other is for the negative side. To make all contacts of each side live, you need to connect all the available connection posts together. I just used wire to connect adjacent posts together all along one side of the connector block. You feed your relay into one end of the connected side to liven up all the posts on the other side of the block. Clear as mud? Yeah, I know. Have a look at the diagram - it might help. Schematic drawing is not my forte...




As for help to install it, if you were close to The Tron I'd be happy to help. It's pretty easy. Hell, if I can do it, anyone can.

Thank you so much for taking the time to draw that diagram, will give it a go once I buy all the components. Its unfortunate you aren't in Auckland hahaha - would have been great to have someone on hand who knows what they are doing.

[jellywrestler]

an ordinary 'chocolate block' from any electrical wholesalers dick smith jaycar etc will do the trick, like the earlier posts piccy just loop them along till you have enough positives at one end and enough negatives at the other. no need then to glue them together. using the correct coloured wire will help idetify the job too
he also said quite large ones to take the amps, be careful here your bike only has a limited electrical output and it doesn't matter how many amps your block is capable of the relay is only rated to so many amps so that and the power available on the bike wil;l be the limiting factor.

what amount of power are you running from it?

[francewavidok]

I basically only plan to run my hotgrips which draws 4amps I think and a few led's here and there.

[slofox]

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he also said quite large ones to take the amps, be careful here your bike only has a limited electrical output and it doesn't matter how many amps your block is capable of the relay is only rated to so many amps so that and the power available on the bike wil;l be the limiting factor.

what amount of power are you running from it?

My advice was really meant to indicate "do not use connectors that can handle LESS THAN the current you will draw." After all, there is a fuse in the line as well.