Any interest in purchasing a home made relay kit?

[TheHelios]

I'd like to gauge y'alls interest in purchasing a home made relay kit. It would be very basic (1 positive connection, 1 negative connection, and a tap into a "hot" wire), not look very pretty, but will get the job done. I'm thinking of something ~$20 shipped.


Any thoughts, questions, or input?

 

[BaldKnob]

Dude! These things are $5 at any Radio Shack. Keep it simple and cheap.

 

[TheHelios]

Dude! These things are $5 at any Radio Shack. Keep it simple and cheap.

The relay itself is cheap along with all the other components that go along with it. The issue is many people don't know how the wiring works, don't care to do it themselves, or don't want to pay the up front price for all the initial stuff (wires, terminal/butt connectors, relay, etc.) This price is for labor + components for a simple relay solution.

 

[BaldKnob]

Must've miss understood you. I was referring to just an automotive relay. Are you describing a fuse box of some sort? If so, then yeah, $20 is more than reasonable. So sorry :0 D'oh!

 

[TheHelios]

Must've miss understood you. I was referring to just an automotive relay. Are you describing a fuse box of some sort? If so, then yeah, $20 is more than reasonable. So sorry :0 D'oh!

Not a fuse box. This would be a relay wiring setup where you'd need to connect terminals to the positive and negative ends to your battery, another wire which you tap into an active line (I'd provide a positap), and then a wire with fuse holder which would then power whatever device you are trying to connect. I'll probably throw in extra wire for the new device's negative line.

Basically, I give you all the things you need to connect an auto relay to your bike, with most of the "hard" stuff already connected, and you just make the connections into the bike. If you know how to do this on your own, then this sounds like nonsense but there are plenty of people who don't know how/want to do it. I'm perfectly fine messing with the electrical stuff on a bike. It's the mechanical stuff that's foreign to me

 

[justbob]

are you referring to something like this ?

http://www.delcity.net/store/Relay-&-Socket-Harness-Kit/p_72563.h_72767.t_1.r_IF1003?mkwid=s46GInzUe&crid=38094426869&mp_kw=&mp_mt=&gclid=CjwKEAiAvauyBRDwuYf3qNyXmW4SJACX9-fXSXAI_yIZF0XyRIhqz-VyiUB8eWXLmCC9o6V2cwCIiBoCDWPw_wcB

 

[TheHelios]

are you referring to something like this ?

http://www.delcity.net/store/Relay-&-Socket-Harness-Kit/p_72563.h_72767.t_1.r_IF1003?mkwid=s46GInzUe&crid=38094426869&mp_kw=&mp_mt=&gclid=CjwKEAiAvauyBRDwuYf3qNyXmW4SJACX9-fXSXAI_yIZF0XyRIhqz-VyiUB8eWXLmCC9o6V2cwCIiBoCDWPw_wcB

It would contain the relay and wired socket but would have extended wires with terminal ends (allow you to connect to a battery), a wire with a tap to tap into a live wire (on/off for the relay), and then extra wires to connect to your new device.

The idea of all this is to give someone all the wires and premade connections needed so they just need to hook up 2 wires to a battery, tap into a wire, and they can go from there. It would be useful for people who have none of the tools/pieces to do it on their own or don't want to do it on their own. Basically, it's an Eastern Beaver 3CS with one connector, instead of 3, and not as pretty. If someone wanted to toss on a fuse box to the active wire of the relay, then they'd get a lot more connections but I'll leave that up to the buyer.

 

[Checkswrecks]

This thread has been moved to Vendors, because that's what you are trying to be. I'd suggest making one up, posting a couple of photos, maybe a little more description, and seeing what you get for orders.

 

[TheHelios]

This thread has been moved to Vendors, because that's what you are trying to be.

I knew you'd find an appropriate place for this Thank you.

I threw together an example of what I've been talking about. This example has very long cables to reach the battery. This could be used for placing the relay kit under the seat. I hate opening the battery panel to fenangle with my current setup and I've got plenty of unused space under my seat which is much easier to access. From there, it can tap into any live wire that's nearby (something 20 amp or less, preferably 10 amp) and then the last cable is used to power the new accessory that's being added.. I'd need to research for a "good" wire to tap into near the seat. In the worst case, I can just make a 3rd long wire for the tap and it can tap into something in the battery area.

The white wire, which is connected to a section on the relay labeled as "87a" on most relay blocks, that's wrapped around the black block thing (the relay) is used in situations where you have a accessory with an on/off light. The accessory with an off light would have an extra connector which is what you would connect with that white wire. Most things don't use it by I usually leave it there just in case.

 

[OldRider]

This is a good deal for the unmechanically inclined rider. There are a lot of riders out there that could take a relay along with some wire and after screwing with it for a week, burn their own house down.

$20 bucks for everything they need and some simple instructions seems fair to me.