Merry Christmass to all and to my Jewish friends I hope you had a most blessed Hanuakkah:P
I received some LED lights for Christmass that I am planning to mount on my '85 Aspy with a "poor boy" alternator modification. My question is where is the best place to wire the hot lead to? I don't think going directly to the battery positive terminal is the best idea, instead I was planning on hooking up the fusible link to the hot lead of the alternator. Is the correct thinking or is there a better way to go about this?
Thanks in advance.
L.Dodge
ps only three more months until we can be back on the road (A white Christmass is beautiful, but not very conducive to riding )
On the road again ..YIPPIE. Riding with the Green Hornet and Kato
I would not hook them to the alt as it will fool the voltage regulator in to thinking the battery is low also it will draw off the power to charge your battery. I would suggest hooking it to the aux terminal on the fuse block with its own fuse. If they are leds you wont have to much of a problem with the power requirement. Just my 2 cents.----Hal
A woman that can use tools is worth her weight in gold !!
If you look at the fuse block you will see a screw terminal a the top it will show a positive marking on it. I would run your hot to it,and find a good ground for your negative. I did this on my 85 and installed a light up switch on the left side lower around where the cb would be. So you have the option to be able to turn them on or off when needed.-----------Hal
A woman that can use tools is worth her weight in gold !!
Hi Hal --
I was thinking about mounting the switch on the plastic piece underneath the "leather" covered storage container. Do you know what is behind there and the best way to remove / replace that plastic cover?
On the road again ..YIPPIE. Riding with the Green Hornet and Kato
That would be ok as there is plenty of room to put it in your storage pocket. Just take off the leather snap on cover off. You will see small screws holding the plastic pocket in place just take them out and pull it out. You will see a lot of wires in there so just find a good spot for the switch so it wont dig into any thing.You should not have any problem fishing your wire over to the aux terminal. Depending on the type of switch you get just drill a hole in the pocket for it to fit thru.I used a square lighted switch so I can tell at a glance if its on or off. It took a little more time to cut in the square switch but looks good.------------Hal
A woman that can use tools is worth her weight in gold !!
Hi Hal--
I was referring to the section below that pocket that has the "wind" volume control knobs; any thoughts on how to get that off without tearing it apart?
On the road again ..YIPPIE. Riding with the Green Hornet and Kato
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