New Fuse Box

During a recent problem with my starter solenoid and starter, I had to replace my fuse box. I saw some of the pics that others had posted. They helped me figure out how to do mine.

There was no tool kit with my bike so my tray is empty. As you can see, I located my new fuse box a bit differently than some. I had to trim parts of the tool kit tray but I think it worked out quite nicely. Where the front bolt goes into the air filter box, there was about a 1/4" gap. I used the old fuse box cover as a spacer to get the new box to sit flat. I had also gotten the gasket for the new box but due to a bit of uneveness, I put a small piece of bicycle inner tube underneath to help seal up the base.

A very easy upgrade and highly recommended. Thanks for the posts before me on 'how-to' do this.

 

Well done! I still need to do this....

 

Nicely done!! Extra points for having spare fuses!


Now this way, all you would have to do is wire a jumper over from one of the wires that is on with the key over to an empty bay, and you can add a 12v cigarette lighter plug for any of your phone charging needs!

 

where that fuse box can be obtained?

 

nice job well done i should really do something along that lines got the blade fuses in but not so pretty as yours

 

The fuse box can be obtained through Chacal. Scroll down on this page to see the info;

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=1 ... rt=15.html

 

Thank you, windlover!

 

That wouldn't really be the way to do it, since the supply you tapped into would then be operating 2 circuits & could be overloaded even if there was not a fault as such. (OK for phone charging it ain't gonna happen but if someone were to fit a lighter back in the socket....)

The correct way would be to run an appropriately sized cable either direct from the battery, or through a relay switched by the ignition, to the fuse for the AUX socket, creating a separate circuit capable of handling the potential load...

 

Bloke, if you're so smart - add a photo of this, or post a more detailed description, with the location details of this so-called "relay".

Kidding I know you know what you're talking about.

Really, though, help a brother out with the above request. I, uh friend of mine started changing the fuse box this week, and need extra circuits for a couple add-ons.

 

I mean to add an extra (bog standard 30A automotive) relay.

You, sorry your friend, would connect 86 to ground, 85 to an ignition live (from the protected side of the fuses obviously) then run a suitable sized cable from battery + to the new circuit in the fusebox and run the output from the extra fuse through 30 and connect your accessories to 87 . Easy enough to do, that way the relay gets thrown when you turn the key & activates your auxiliary/accessory circuits. I'll do a doodle if you need though...

*85 and 86 could be connected either way round, as they're just connections for an electromagnet & aren't polarity sensitive.
You could also make the 87/30 connections before the fusebox if you wanted, but it's better practice to have the relay protected by the new fuse as well (for example in case the casing broke & the contacts touched the frame)*

 

Thanks!

I mean I pretty much knew all that, you know: 87, eletromajextic, polar-bearity. It's not like rockin' signs or anything :?

Just good to have this posted on the forum for 'my friend' and others, to print out and race into the garage and get to business, after googling a few terms.

Thanks again, and to you, windlover, for the topic. Always looking at everyone's else's boxes. Fuse, that is.

 

Just wanted to make sure you knew you weren't about to hurt any polar bears :roll: lol