Voltmeter & Horn Install Question

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I'm about to install a Stebel nautilus horn and plan to add a voltmeter on the same side since the tupperware will be off. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to tapping the voltmeter into the two wires I will be pulling from the battery (with an inline fuse) to provide power to the horn? Is there a better source of voltage to tap into on the right side of the bike? The voltmeter is a round waterproof model which will fit just below the glove compartment door.
 
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If those are wires dedicated to the new horn and there isn't gonna be anything else on that circuit, it's probably a great circuit for your voltmeter - nothing else on all the time to draw down voltage (until you sound the horn.) Makes sense to me.

Jack
 
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@Blitzen: I bought the same voltmeter, but haven't installed it yet. Where do you plan to put it?

I have checked it against a good quality multimeter, and it is spot on.
 
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