And where might you buy these pigtails by themselves?I buy the battery pigtails 10 at a time and put them on all my stuff and anything I work on. That way the next time It is in my shop the leads are there ready to go.
I get them from Tucker Rocky. They come with the ends and a fuse. They cost me 6.00 each.And where might you buy these pigtails by themselves?I buy the battery pigtails 10 at a time and put them on all my stuff and anything I work on. That way the next time It is in my shop the leads are there ready to go.
Ummm. I beg to differ, sir. If you start attaching red leads to your negative battery terminal, something will certainly go amiss, sooner or later. When you separate the two connectors as shown in the picture that you provided, the one on the right should be connected to your battery. The other one should be used for the mating electrical farkle only, and never connected directly to the battery, to avoid confusion.Like Scoots, it's one of the first things I do to any bike.
BUT....
...a lesson from the "I successfully goofed that up once" book of life...
If you buy one of the two plug loops, to cut apart for two installations like THIS:
Just remember that on one connector, the red goes to the negative battery terminal!
Look close and you'll see that one end has the red going to the prong that will be exposed. The exposed prong is the one that should be grounded.
I think you are both right, just talking about different things. If you take that loop and cut it in half so you have two separate SAE connectors you can use either piece to wire to a battery or to a device. Just remember that the wire from the exposed terminal will be ground when connecting to the power source (like a battery), and the exposed terminal will be connected to the positive wire going into a device.Ummm. I beg to differ, sir. If you start attaching red leads to your negative battery terminal, something will certainly go amiss, sooner or later. When you separate the two connectors as shown in the picture that you provided, the one on the right should be connected to your battery. The other one should be used for the mating electrical farkle only, and never connected directly to the battery, to avoid confusion.Like Scoots, it's one of the first things I do to any bike.
BUT....
...a lesson from the "I successfully goofed that up once" book of life...
If you buy one of the two plug loops, to cut apart for two installations like THIS:
Just remember that on one connector, the red goes to the negative battery terminal!
Look close and you'll see that one end has the red going to the prong that will be exposed. The exposed prong is the one that should be grounded.
On my FJR as it came from the factory, red goes to the battery positive. As it does on cars. Red for hot.Like Scoots, it's one of the first things I do to any bike.
BUT....
...a lesson from the "I successfully goofed that up once" book of life...
If you buy one of the two plug loops, to cut apart for two installations like THIS:
Just remember that on one connector, the red goes to the negative battery terminal!
Look close and you'll see that one end has the red going to the prong that will be exposed. The exposed prong is the one that should be grounded.
