grpark20 Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 (edited) Well I'm to the part of my build where I am waiting on funds and I'm bored. I want to wire my truck battery to my wiring harness so I can work out the details with eliminating my stock light switchand replace with a toggle switch and make sure the lights work with taillight and running light. Do you think this will hurt anything and do you think it will work? I don't think it will hurt anything but I'd rather get some opinions. Edited October 18, 2008 by grpark20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shee4speed Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 prob.wont hurt anything as long as the polarity is correct.But not sure.Would I try it?NO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellicoseBanshee Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Why not use a multi-meter and shoot the wires that way? There is a wiring diagram in the technical documents section linked from the home page that shows how to modify the harness in the manner you are wanting to... HERE it is. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grpark20 Posted October 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 (edited) Why not use a multi-meter and shoot the wires that way? There is a wiring diagram in the technical documents section linked from the home page that shows how to modify the harness in the manner you are wanting to... HERE it is. :thumbsup: I think that diagram is for pre 01 shees. I have the taillight/brake light set up.....I'm 98% sure it will work if I splice blue and green together and use yellow/red as power wire. From the diagram in the clymers, the front brake and rear brake switches that trigger the brake light get their power directly off the stator wire and the running light gets its power from the light switch when on. So I just need to supply the power to the switch (yellow/red wire) from stock switch cluster and splice together the blue wire (turns on running light when lights are on) with the green wire (lights high or low beam). I am running aftermarket lights so either beam will work. As long as bike is running the front and rear brake switches have power, so they will work even if I have no front lights. Does this sound correct? Edited October 18, 2008 by grpark20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcardracing Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 The only problem I can see with it is that a banshee's electrical components are meant to run on AC voltage w/low amperage, an automotive battery will supply 12v DC with high amperage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grpark20 Posted October 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 The only problem I can see with it is that a banshee's electrical components are meant to run on AC voltage w/low amperage, an automotive battery will supply 12v DC with high amperage. Point taken......I'll keep researching to see if I can get enoungh info to make it a go. So far it's a NO. If I make it to a GO the way I plan on doing it is to hook the positive from the battery in to the wiring harness part that the yellow/red stator wire goes in to and the the negative to the wiring harnes part that the ground is to. With this the only part that will actually get power is the voltage regulator, front lights, taill/brake light, and the front and rear brake switches. Still researching though.....and still at a NO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-racer Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Just fuse it and it will be fine. The battery will only supply as much amperage as the devices will draw.....if there is nothing on the harness, there will be no current draw. However, if there was a short to ground, you would melt it in a hurry without a fuse. As mentioned earlier, a multimeter will do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hylander88 Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Just fuse it and it will be fine. The battery will only supply as much amperage as the devices will draw.....if there is nothing on the harness, there will be no current draw. However, if there was a short to ground, you would melt it in a hurry without a fuse. As mentioned earlier, a multimeter will do the job. point taken I would use a multimeter over a car battery you could fry more thing than just wire like the cdi or stator......with that 12 volt battery i think street bikes run only a 6 volt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopczynski Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 It would be a good idea not to do it with the stock regulator connected. If I was gonna run ac still, I would just use a meter and ohm everything to set it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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