Re: [ST] Stebel Nautilus/ Rolo Bad Boy

[John Ulizzi <jaulizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good points all, thanks Emile...( charging camcorder
batteries as we speak...)


--- Emile Nossin <Emile@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >From: John Ulizzi
> >Been meaning to ask you this for awhile...On the
> >Nautilus that you mounted to your ST, did you find
> it
> >necessary to hook up the relay?
> >>From: Kevin Dicks
> >>I used a relay on my S3 - the Stebel draws
> something like 15 or even 20 amps
> >>on full blast and there is no way the switch will
> handle that for long (if
> >>at all).  A relay is very cheap and easy to wire
> up.
> 
> Yeah, what he said :-).
> 
> http://piloot.smugmug.com/gallery/1338993
> The relay was included with the Stebel, you don't
> want to fry your
> horn wiring on the stebel. It's a 20 amp fuse versus
> a 5 amp one
> or so. It is indeed extremely easy to hook up. You
> connect a plus
> wire from the battery with a 20 amp in line fuse,
> from there to
> the relay and from the relay to the horn, from the
> horn back to
> the ground of the battery (not the alu frame). The
> plugs that
> connect to the stock sprint beeper connect right
> onto the other
> two plugs left on the relay, so the horn button acts
> as the switch.
> I tied ripped the relay on the back of the beeper
> frame somewhere.
> 
> I bought a compact version of the Stebel Nautilus
> for the TDM:
> http://piloot.smugmug.com/gallery/1871672
> You can see the relay still hanging in the last
> picture, the
> transparent plugs are the plugs that normally
> connect to the
> stock wimpy yamaha beeper.
> 
> While installing you can just connect those two
> wires to the
> relay, then turn the ignition switch to on and try
> the horn
> button to check if you hear the relay clicking when
> pushing.
> 
> I believe there is other stuff connected to the same
> wiring
> loom of the horn. Besides the risk of melting
> (fire?) the
> wiring or the horn button switch (which also isn't
> designed
> to handle that load) you don't want to take out
> other bike
> funtions while experimenting.... Perhaps the
> standard fuse
> will prevent any danger of course... Just make sure
> you get
> your videocam / webcam ready in case you decide to
> hook it
> up anyway :-)).
> 
> 
> Emile
> www.piloot.com
> 
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