Topic: M unit wiring

[Bastaldo]

I searched the forums and tons of great info but still a little confused.

Does the return wire from the R/R (the red one that charges the batter) go back into the m unit’s power supply (the bolt at the bottom right) or does it  bypass the m unit all together and get attached to the wire that goes straight to the batter (with a main fuse).

Also, can the ground wire go to the frame or does that need to be grounded somewhere specific.

Thanks!

[calj737]

My approach to it.

[Bastaldo]

Your approach is to bypass the m-unit and splice the return wire into the power wire?

[Jnel]

I did this up to help get me thru the Wiring process.   I needed something to keep me keep stuff organized a d i think this is easy to follow compared to some othets I've seen.

Good luck

Jnel

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[guamjake]

What is the best way to "piggyback" the wiring, so say if I need a 1 amp fuse for my m lock and also a 1 amp fuse for my gauge and I want to just have both these coming from the same 1 amp fuse, do I take 2 wires coming out of that 1 amp fuse or do I split the 1 wire coming out of the 1 amp fuse somehow into 2 wires?

 Another example of this is from AUX you run 1 wire to both coils, what is the best way to run the wire then have it split?

[calj737]

You don’t want two devices that each draw 1 amp of protection behind the same fuse. That defeats the purpose.

Run a single wire to one coil, then run a jumper to the other coil.

[guamjake]

Thanks, calj

I somewhat figured the first example wasn't the best.

I guess the meat of my question is what is the best way to "jumper" these wires? What type of connector?
I found the Tifco 44294 connector seems to be a good option and they make it for several different gauges of wire, what would you recommend?

[calj737]

Not my preference. I use simple Molex-type self locking connectors. For powering 2 devices from a single run, get a 2-way. From source to one pin, jumper to other side of the same connector. On the mating connector, run 1 separate line to each of the 2 locations.

For the coil jumper, I use a ring terminal and wind the jumper lead to the end of the wire for crimping inside the ring terminal. You only need 18AWG wire here, so you can use a 16AWG ring for the doubled wire, a proper 18 for the jumpered lead to the opposite coil.