Running Wiring

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:52 am

Any advice on running wiring from the battery to the headset? Most PX tutorials advise removing gas tank, but I'm not sure it's worth it on the Stella. Poke it through with a coat hanger?

Lokky · Post by **Lokky** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:21 am

if you have a floormat the easiest way is probably on the floorboard under the mat and up into the glovebox.

jmer1234 · Post by **jmer1234** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:50 am

I fished a coat hanger with the end bent into a loop from the bottom of the horn cast to the back, and pulled a wire back forward. It popped out on the other side by the choke cable, but got me close enough to the battery. I don’t have any pictures or I would post them, but if memory serves me correct, I went in where the wire harness goes in under the frame towards the bottom left (looking at it from the front) of the horn cast area. I then ran the wire through one of the already present perforations into the glove box.

youkiddin · Post by **youkiddin** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:00 am

i pushed a wire from the rear brake exit in the body to the horncast easily,then pulled the wire taped to it through

Post by **ericalm** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:58 pm

The coat hanger method worked! I tried every ingress and egress I could and eventually got it through, back to front, from the engine side. It's a big cable and I had to lop off the plug (SAE2, like Battery Tender) to get it through. This "plug and play" idea I had for wiring power and accessories isn't as plug and play as imagined.

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:46 am

…AND then I get it all wired up, test the voltage, drill holes on the body and glovebox, and then…

The frackkkking dannnnggggin damn USB plug I bought — the whole point of this — turns out to be a dud.

The wiring works, though, so maybe I can snag a 12v adapter tomorrow. Bah.

Mulliganal · Post by **Mulliganal** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:45 am

ericalm wrote:Any advice on running wiring from the battery to the headset? Most PX tutorials advise removing gas tank, but I'm not sure it's worth it on the Stella. Poke it through with a coat hanger?

Eric, are you wiring a new horn? What gauge wire did you use?

Post by **ericalm** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:33 am

Mulliganal wrote:
ericalm wrote:Any advice on running wiring from the battery to the headset? Most PX tutorials advise removing gas tank, but I'm not sure it's worth it on the Stella. Poke it through with a coat hanger?
Eric, are you wiring a new horn? What gauge wire did you use?

Nope. Accessory power outlet.

Crew · Post by **Crew** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:14 pm

Any pictures of the accessory plug you installed? Is it completed and working for you? What type did you install? I have an idea to do the same so as to charge camera batteries on long rides.

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:43 pm

I'm going to do a separate write up on what I did, what I did wrong, and so forth. Hopefully others will learn from my stupidity!

Crew · Post by **Crew** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:47 pm

I am looking forward to reading your report. Thank you

Stilts · Post by **Stilts** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:21 pm

eric, you ever get around to writing this up?

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:18 am

Just got the Stella back from the shop. New brake pads!

I'll be able to get to this after the weekend.

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