Does anybody happen to know the specs for the battery terminal bolts in the ST1300's OEM Yuasa battery? I need to get a couple that are a skosh longer.
There's a store closer to me than the local ACE. I'll give that a try. Thanks.DeanR said:When I needed some longer ones I went to a local powersports place and the guy had a boxload of em. Lots of lengths. He just said help yourself.
I'll keep that in mind and look for the solenoid. At the very least I'll use the seat bolts to take a load off the — terminal. Thanks!jmcarruth said:FWIW, I have found it easier to leave the battery terminals just for the (+) and (-) cables and take power from the hot side of the solenoid and ground to the seat bolts on the frame.
Currently (I'm here all week!) I've got a short length of ty-rap shaped in a U holding the nut up against the inside of each terminal.SupraSabre said:Sometimes placing a little piece of plastic under the nut will push it up so the bolt will engage the threads.
Guilty. Most of the kit is low-current draw and one day I may get 'round to adding a fuse box. I'm just trying Q&D and know that ST isn't supposed to mean shade-tree. But picking a fuse box is like choosing an oil or filter or spline lube.SupraSabre said:Unless you are putting a lot of extra electrical FARKLEs on, in which case you might be better off adding a fuse block!
Yup, for the first three (fusebox,oil, filter) it makes no difference except in your mind. For the last, it also doesn't if you heed Honda's printed instructions in the service manual.But picking a fuse box is like choosing an oil or filter or spline lube.
I'll make it easy for you. Bluesea fuse block Either the 6hot6ground or the 6hot running off a 50amp relay and fuse (only need ONE wire to the battery and I run the fuseblock off the hotside of the starter relay)....
Guilty. Most of the kit is low-current draw and one day I may get 'round to adding a fuse box. I'm just trying Q&D and know that ST isn't supposed to mean shade-tree. But picking a fuse box is like choosing an oil or filter or spline lube.
Easy is good. I may hit you up for details of your install. The Bluesea had been mentioned before and looks to be clean and functional. I like that in a fuse box.I'll make it easy for you. Bluesea fuse block
Why do you have a preference for no negative buss Unc?I go with the 12 circuit without the negative buss.
So I don't have run my ground wires all the way back to the BlueSea unit. I guess if you are pulling wires, two are as easy as one to pull, but I started out with another fuseblock (which came apart on a long road trip) that only had 'hots' so I continued wiring that way.Why do you have a preference for no negative buss Unc?
I think it depends on how many contacts contact ... ;-)Should we use moly 60 grease....or is there a better substitute???
I've always heard moly 60 on the battery screws, but since the screws on the multi-tap block are smaller you could get away with M77 on those.Should we use moly 60 grease....or is there a better substitute???
only if you're trying to compute the psi loadI think it depends on how many contacts contact ... ;-)
Lots of folks use those. I'm cheap so a autozone one like thisOk, so something like this fed by a 50A relay?
6 30A circuits / no negative buss / fed by 50A relay? With the possible exception of a GPS I wouldn't be using any of the labeled devices.
Huh. That pic turned out to be a little bigger than I expected.