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Re: Horn Replacement - MORE PROBLEMS !!!!
Reply #30 - 01/18/08 at 03:52:09

Paladin. wrote on 01/17/08 at 20:53:20:

When you break considerable amperage you get nice toasty sparks. Eventually the switch gets coated with char and you stop making contact. A relay takes the current load off the switch and onto it's own beefier contacts.

You want something like this. Basically the leads that connect to the horn get relocated to the coil terminals of the relay; you then run a loop from the battery thru the make contacts of the relay, the horn, and back to the battery.

Well, since you'll have the tank off to do this anyway, it would be better to wire the + supply from the Orange wire in the harness instead of the battery. That way the horn is fused. You can ground it to the frame anywhere.

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Re: Horn Replacement - MORE PROBLEMS !!!!
Reply #32 - 01/18/08 at 16:34:16

Savage_Greg wrote on 01/18/08 at 03:52:09:

Paladin. wrote on 01/17/08 at 20:53:20:

When you break considerable amperage you get nice toasty sparks. Eventually the switch gets coated with char and you stop making contact. A relay takes the current load off the switch and onto it's own beefier contacts.

You want something like this. Basically the leads that connect to the horn get relocated to the coil terminals of the relay; you then run a loop from the battery thru the make contacts of the relay, the horn, and back to the battery.

Well, since you'll have the tank off to do this anyway, it would be better to wire the + supply from the Orange wire in the harness instead of the battery. That way the horn is fused. You can ground it to the frame anywhere.

the switch closes the ground on stock harness right?
think thats how im reading the diagram..makes sense the load(horn) absorbs some or the in rush current(beep) so the sw contacts last longer...

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Re: Horn Replacement - MORE PROBLEMS !!!!
Reply #33 - 01/18/08 at 16:36:48

Savage_Greg wrote on 01/18/08 at 03:52:09:

Paladin. wrote on 01/17/08 at 20:53:20:

When you break considerable amperage you get nice toasty sparks. Eventually the switch gets coated with char and you stop making contact. A relay takes the current load off the switch and onto it's own beefier contacts.

You want something like this. Basically the leads that connect to the horn get relocated to the coil terminals of the relay; you then run a loop from the battery thru the make contacts of the relay, the horn, and back to the battery.

Well, since you'll have the tank off to do this anyway, it would be better to wire the + supply from the Orange wire in the harness instead of the battery. That way the horn is fused. You can ground it to the frame anywhere.

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Re: Horn Replacement - MORE PROBLEMS !!!!
Reply #34 - 01/19/08 at 07:00:35

thumperclone wrote on 01/18/08 at 16:34:16:

Savage_Greg wrote on 01/18/08 at 03:52:09:

Paladin. wrote on 01/17/08 at 20:53:20:

When you break considerable amperage you get nice toasty sparks. Eventually the switch gets coated with char and you stop making contact. A relay takes the current load off the switch and onto it's own beefier contacts.

You want something like this. Basically the leads that connect to the horn get relocated to the coil terminals of the relay; you then run a loop from the battery thru the make contacts of the relay, the horn, and back to the battery.

Well, since you'll have the tank off to do this anyway, it would be better to wire the + supply from the Orange wire in the harness instead of the battery. That way the horn is fused. You can ground it to the frame anywhere.

the switch closes the ground on stock harness right?
think thats how im reading the diagram..makes sense the load(horn) absorbs some or the in rush current(beep) so the sw contacts last longer...

On bikes, that is usually the exception to the rule, with one wire, rather than two, going to the horn button, and then a ground through the handlebar.

Keeps the harness size down going to the controls too.

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