help!!!

[The Black Pearl]

Ok guys heres my problem, i am adding a highway blaster horn I picked up at autozone for 20 bucks (139db) i am mounting it in the front fairing. i have pulled a 12g 30 amp fused line from the battery to the fairing and i know it runs in to 30 on the relay, 87 will run to the horn it self i am running from the handle bar switch wire to 86 on the relay now my question whats running to 85 i know probably simple answer but basic backyard mechanic here lolol giving it my best thanks for any help

[short-haul]

85 hot for solenoid 86 ground horn button .85,and86 can be switched they just energize the relay

 

You can run a short jumper from 30 to 85 assumeing the horn triger is a groung circut

[Snaggletooth]

I need to look for my diagram that I got from Bongobob. He helped me out on mine. The trick is you use the wire from the horn button ONLY to complete the ground to fire the horns other wise the button can't handle the load. I'll post the diagram if I can find it or maybe Bob will pop in on this.

 

Mike

[MiCarl]

85 hot for solenoid 86 ground horn button .85,and86 can be switched they just energize the relay

 

You can run a short jumper from 30 to 85 assumeing the horn triger is a groung circut

[The Black Pearl]

ok i have the horn mounted in there and have got the fused power line run up from the battery but reading now the horn switch itself is the ground i guess i am confusing myself now gonna call it a night for today and get back at it tomorrow morning with some coffee and fresh eyes thanks for the info so far guess lol hope it helps more tomorrow:think:

[Skid]

Does this help?

[Snaggletooth]

Hey Tony

 

Yep.....there ya go. Didn't find my diagram but that one does the trick.

 

All I had was a comment from MiCarl.

 

"I believe that hot is supplied to the horn by the ignition switch and the horns are activated by providing the ground through the button.

 

You should be probing for the wire that grounds when pushing the horn button.

 

On my upgrade I just plugged the relays into the connectors for the stock horns (saved doing any thinking!)."

 

Like he said I just used the exsiting wires and ran the ground to the "+" wire off the horn button.

 

Took me two days of tinkering until I asked these guys for help.

 

It will become clear in the morning.

 

Mike

[bongobobny]

I need to look for my diagram that I got from Bongobob. He helped me out on mine. The trick is you use the wire from the horn button ONLY to complete the ground to fire the horns other wise the button can't handle the load. I'll post the diagram if I can find it or maybe Bob will pop in on this.

 

Mike

Yah! Take the 2 wires that goes to the horn and connect them to the primary coil of the relay, and you should be good to go. It doesn't matter which wire goes where as the couil has no polarity. As you have stated, one relay contact goes to 12volts and the other contact to the plus of the horn. The minus of the horn goes to ground...

[The Black Pearl]

thanks for the help guys will let you know tomorrow how it goes!!

[The Black Pearl]

well actually decided to add a fuse block under the seats for the add ons i am doing so got that all in today and got the leds wired to it then went back to the horn and decided to run some test wires to figure this set up out before running the wires and after going right in to the hidden horn in the fairing ran the wires and no fire on the new horn??? both stock still going off but nothing from the blaster and getting to cold today to keep at it guess it will be tomorrow nights project lol my relay has a extra tab 87a? did i get the wrong relay? man wish i could get this thing to work lol

Edited February 7, 2010 by The Black Pearl

[The Black Pearl]

IT BLOWS!!!! LOL well took one more look at it and got it blowing now to run the wires out of site thanks for all the help guys next weekend passing lamps........lol

 

 

UPDATE!!!! loved the low tow so much i went back and got the high tone highway blaster and ohh man fired them both off and had the wife coming running out to see what was going on!!! lollol

Edited February 9, 2010 by The Black Pearl