Electrically, it would make no difference.
Physically, it might.
Just how crowded was it inside your headlight bucket? Some of them are a work of engineering art to get everything in there just right, while others have PLENTY of room. If your room was a bit tight, you will find that it is easier to place two flat connectors into separate areas than it is to place a larger four-place block.
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Actually, after really looking at the wires and thinking about this it doesn't make sense. The double barrel female connectors only have one wire each. If I connect the double male connectors into one consolidated cable, I'll still have to create some kind of a jumper on the harness side. So I'll just buy new bullet connectors for that section.
Thank you for the help Steve.
With that, I took the day off from work for a few reasons. After retaking a job interview this morning and getting some hope I might be offered the position (doubtful but I'm
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, I started working on cleaning my electrical stuff again.
So I started with this: soaking my harness in warm water and Simple Green.
While that was soaking, I started off fixing some connectors. First, I finished the R/R to Stator connector by replacing the OReilly's special blade connectors.
It took me awhile to set the blades in there correctly but a couple of test fits worked out finally. Then, I replaced the kill switch connector on the switch side:
The previous owner had cut the green/yellow wire out of the connector and I just repeated it two years ago for financial sakes but with the intent on replacing it someday.
I then sat around cleaning the connectors for parts still downstairs as best I could with the DeOxit. I don't know if it did the job but I sure am hoping so.
Once that was done, I unwrapped the tape from the taillight wiring. I took the taillight off the bike because I was stupid in December and left the rear fender hanging on the wires instead of in place on the bike. I intended to work on the airbox side of the bike and wanted it out of my way. However, although I saw it hanging and knew it could break during a high wind, I never took the time to put it back into place like I should have. Wouldn't you know it, a good strong wind came up and broke the taillight and turn signal wires. However, I found out today my stupidity actually worked in my favor because I found the wires looking like this under the tape:
It seems the wires must have broken some time before I bought the bike and the PO might have tried soldering them back together. Since I prefer to have solid wires the entire length, I don't believe it is a good solid connection and want to fix it. So I tore apart the remainder of the taillight/wiring and started wondering how I get these wires out of the socket here:
Of course, then I look at the lens cover and see a broken post so I think I just might replace the entire assembly.
Once I was done with that, I ran back upstairs to start cleaning the wiring harness after it had sat for about 4 hours in the sink. Personally, I don't think the solution works that great as I still had to put some effort into getting the gunk off the wires but they look better now. Course, I realized they'll just get covered again so I'm not that worried about being too perfect about it.
I also replaced the kill switch connector on the harness side so at least I have one nice connector now.
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