Dallara said:
On another note... I keep seeing some here post that the wire size for this application is adequate. I should remind those folks that all depends on the construction, material alloy, insulation, geometry, etc. of the wire itself. ~
The wire is only feeding one bulb of 55 Watts, i've been running Ralley lights on the same Gauge (100Watt) so that's not the prblem, its just the slit in the plastic is the problem, it prevents the prongs making contact on the sharp sides of the connector,leaving the flat side with no real pressure (psi) on the surface, giving the corrosion possibility to build a minute resistance barrier causing as resistors are known for *warmth*, the more warmth generated, the more corrosion, the more warmth until eventually given neough current flowing through melting of the plastic around the copper wires in really bad luck situations even causing fire burning down the bike :-(
Further upstream the same gauge feeds both lamp (110Watt and that doesn't even gets grey, an could feed another bulb without problem (a fourth would get it luke warm though) ;-)
So don't be afraid, the gauge is up to spec for quite a higher load, so you don't have to build a beefier harness...
The nice heath resistant prong orifice is all thats needed, or a small file
advd said:
Is there anyone out there who has a kit, or a parts list, or something to help those of us in need of a better solution?
Yep posted it some day's ago, you only need some dielectric elbow grease, and a lick of acidfree Vaseline, and your girlfriends nailfile...
Make the connector look like this and its fixed until the sbd has passed two decades, don't forget the vaseline though, thats essential corrosion preventing agent, it sthe first thing i do after buying a bike, pull all connectors, spray them (vaseline in a little spray can) and my wiringlooms stand decades of Dutch Winters (loads of utterly egressive roas salt...) My Beemer has beeen sleeping outside all of its life since 1995, and still has no electrical gremlins whatsoever only one Hall pickup gave way in now more than 600kkm...