Fuse box is crap - Better option?

[notronk]

Did my ride this weekend and finally figured out my intermittent headlight! Half the prongs that hold the fuse were not connecting! So is there a better option than buying one off of ebay? I was wondering if a blade fuse box would be an upgrade even? Its on my 1978 GS1000. thanks!

 

[Steve]

I have all my bikes converted to an Eastern Beaver fuse box. Not cheap, but worth it to me. :encouragement:

If you don't want to do your own wiring, EB also offers wiring kits with relays for an additional fee. I figured that I could do my own wiring and have the components where I wanted them, rather than where EB thought I should have them.

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[Eli69]

check out this thread by gsr member posplayr.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?210261-Solid-State-Power-Box&highlight=posplayr

 

[Steve]

The SSPB is a great idea, but I think I saw that he has stopped production on them.

Check with him (posplayr) to see if he has any left.

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[Guest]

A guy on the XS1100 Forum sells a replacement blade type box for IIRC under $20, lots of the guys over there use one. I am trying to get on the site now but it's timing out...hope it's not gone!

 

[60ratrod]

The SSPB is a great idea, but I think I saw that he has stopped production on them.

Check with him (posplayr) to see if he has any left.

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IIRC, my last set of emails with pos said he was working on a new batch, just production was on hold due to big projects at work making him have to travel. but talking with him would be the best bet just to make sure that he's still producing SSPBs. I'm thinking about getting another SSPB and retrofitting it into my kz. it really is a great little upgrade

 

[posplayr]

IIRC, my last set of emails with pos said he was working on a new batch, just production was on hold due to big projects at work making him have to travel. but talking with him would be the best bet just to make sure that he's still producing SSPBs. I'm thinking about getting another SSPB and retrofitting it into my kz. it really is a great little upgrade

Long story short just not enough demand for this type product.

 

[hillsy]

Blade fuse boxes are better because you can get those fuses just about anywhere.

And a generic box is pretty cheap:

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/on...x-6-Way-Blade.aspx?pid=393571#Recommendations

 

[60ratrod]

Long story short just not enough demand for this type product.

Sad to hear, but understandable since this is such a niche market.

 

[geol]

You can get a universal blade fuse block. I bought several (don't recall where) that have pins that are all on a strip. When you go into the three circuits with the orange wire you just cut off 3 clips and leave them ganged together, press into the block and then connect the orange to one of them. You crimp the ones I bought for the wire connection and then touch it with a bit of solder. On the other side where the fuses bridge, you cut three individual clips and connect the three circuits such as O/R, O/G and O/W. Of course, the main circuit from the reg/rec/battery via the hot lug on the starter solenoid just has one clip on one side and one on the other installed for the 15A main circuit that goes up to the ignition switch.

You can buy universal fuse blocks like this one on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Ninth-City-S...0?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1467289407&sr=1-70

With one of these you would connect orange wire coming off your ignition switch which feeds the three circuits to the purple fuse right side and then run a small wire to the yellow and red right hand connectors then come off the purple left connector with the O/R, the yellow left connector with the O/G and the red fuse left connector with the O/W. This block has 6 possible circuits so you can just connect the red to red out on one of the three bottom or make them all hot by connecting the red in, sat say the green fuse right connector, and then tying the right green fuse connector to the two below it. You can then have not only the hot red fused circuit that feeds the ignition switch but two accessory circuits which you could use for a coil relay and a headlight or horn relay.

Mounting? I mount mine with only one M6 screw and use a nylon locking nut on the back and it stays in place just fine. I cut the wires on the OEM fuse box and just soldered them in so no wire color issues would happen in the future. Original wires work fine.

 

[SVSooke]

I did an 83 GS750 blade box into my 78 1000 post 568> in my build thread,see my sig for the link.Not the easiest way but I work with what I have

 

[leducgser]

Did my ride this weekend and finally figured out my intermittent headlight! Half the prongs that hold the fuse were not connecting! So is there a better option than buying one off of ebay? I was wondering if a blade fuse box would be an upgrade even? Its on my 1978 GS1000. thanks!

Why not use a later model fusebox ? My 85 GS uses regular blade type fuses, I've had no problems. Easier to find too if you need one in the middle of nowhere.

 

[ShadowFocus603]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...fl_title_25?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2WCR1L7XCIL9L
Running this on my 850G. Covers the necessities and has room to expand for accessories should the need arise in the future.

So the top wire is the red from battery through the 15a to the ignition. Then the orange from ignition comes back to the box, passes behind it, then get split 3 ways to feed orange/white, orange/red, and orange/green.
FWIW, I wanted the Eastern Beaver fuse box in a bad way. I saw the write up Steve did a long time ago and was chomping at the bit to do my bike up similarly. I simply cheaped out at the last minute (or was forced to by the Mrs, grr) and got the Amazon box. No functional regrets but that Eastern Beaver still whispers to me...

 

[revilo]

I got a hella one off of amazon for about 8 bucks. Planning to wire it up like ShadowFocus has done, should be light years ahead of the melted original.

 

[notronk]

Awesome sauce! got in one of the cheaper but waterproofed ones off amazon. thanks for the info everyone!

 

[notronk]

SO i'm stripping the bike of it's old harness. I know the + lead from the battery goes to an inline fuse, and then to the ignition. from the ignition, does it go to this fuse box?

I'm following these steps:
http://www.bikeexif.com/motorcycle-wiring

but it doesn't mention the fuse box. and if it goes back to the fuse box first, why is there an inline fuse, then a 15 amp fuse before it get's to the coils/motor?

 

[suziscrambler]

Here's my El-cheapo make shift fuse box cover made from a plastic packaging of M5 screws from my hardware store :fat: Extra support brought to you by electrical tape! Used the existing fuse mounts to secure the plastic.