Blue Sea Fuse Panel Installation - 5th Gen

Britt · 08-11-2008, 07:06 AM

Installing electrical devices on a motorcycle can lead to a mess of wires coming off of the battery posts. To prevent that from happening, I purchased and installed a Blue Sea Systems 5025 Screw Terminal Blade Fuse Block (6 Circuit ATO/ATC w/ Negative Bus). I paid $40 for mine, including shipping.

It did not come with a relay, so I picked up a 30 amp automotive relay from Autozone. The relay is necessary so that the fuse panel only has power when the ignition is on.

Also purchased were 3 spools of 12 gauge wire (red, black, and yellow), some ring terminals, some spade terminals, assorted fuses (the fuse panel only came with one 15 amp fuse) and some shrink tubing.

I did not photograph every step of this installation. If you can strip insulation from wires, and crimp a terminal to it, pictures are sort of a waste of bandwidth.

I installed the fuse panel under my seat and in front of the tool tray. I bought some high quality Velcro and attached it with that. I am confident that it will not go anywhere, and I can easily pull it up if I need to.

I started the wiring by running a red wire (with an inline fuse) from the positive post of my battery to the relay (which you will see later is mounted a few inches from the fuse panel). Then I ran another red wire from the relay to the positive post of the fuse panel.

I decided to switch the relay by tapping into the license plate light. This way, when the ignition is turned on and the license plate light comes on, the relay is activated and power goes to the fuse panel. If you are unsure of how a relay works, this article may be helpful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relay

To ground the fuse panel, I simply ran a black wire from the negative post of my battery to the negative post of the fuse panel.

Here is a picture of the installed product. The pictures were taken after wiring up my Stebel air horn and my grip heaters.

And here it is with my tools and flat repair kit in place. There is no interference between anything.

My Corbin seat fits over the fuse panel just fine. I believe other seats use similar pans so they would probably fit as well.

FrankoQ · 08-18-2008, 06:30 PM

Nice job on the install

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08-11-2008, 07:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Britt Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Last Online: Today 07:05 AM Location: Westmont, IL - Find Me! My Ride: 2001 VFR View my Photo Gallery Posts: 184 Thanks: 4 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Blue Sea Fuse Panel Installation - 5th Gen Installing electrical devices on a motorcycle can lead to a mess of wires coming off of the battery posts. To prevent that from happening, I purchased and installed a Blue Sea Systems 5025 Screw Terminal Blade Fuse Block (6 Circuit ATO/ATC w/ Negative Bus). I paid $40 for mine, including shipping. It did not come with a relay, so I picked up a 30 amp automotive relay from Autozone. The relay is necessary so that the fuse panel only has power when the ignition is on. Also purchased were 3 spools of 12 gauge wire (red, black, and yellow), some ring terminals, some spade terminals, assorted fuses (the fuse panel only came with one 15 amp fuse) and some shrink tubing. I did not photograph every step of this installation. If you can strip insulation from wires, and crimp a terminal to it, pictures are sort of a waste of bandwidth. I installed the fuse panel under my seat and in front of the tool tray. I bought some high quality Velcro and attached it with that. I am confident that it will not go anywhere, and I can easily pull it up if I need to. I started the wiring by running a red wire (with an inline fuse) from the positive post of my battery to the relay (which you will see later is mounted a few inches from the fuse panel). Then I ran another red wire from the relay to the positive post of the fuse panel. I decided to switch the relay by tapping into the license plate light. This way, when the ignition is turned on and the license plate light comes on, the relay is activated and power goes to the fuse panel. If you are unsure of how a relay works, this article may be helpful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relay To ground the fuse panel, I simply ran a black wire from the negative post of my battery to the negative post of the fuse panel. Here is a picture of the installed product. The pictures were taken after wiring up my Stebel air horn and my grip heaters. And here it is with my tools and flat repair kit in place. There is no interference between anything. My Corbin seat fits over the fuse panel just fine. I believe other seats use similar pans so they would probably fit as well. __________________ 2001 VFR Corbin Seat, Heli Bars, Givi Smoked Touring Windshield, SOS Priority Plus Taillight Modulator, Blue Sea 5025 Fuse Panel, Symtec Grip Heaters, Stebel Nautilus Air Horn, Throttlemeister, Garmin Nuvi 200 w/ Ram Tank Mount, BLS Peg Lowering Blocks "If you have a pulse, these four gear-driven cams pushing 16 valves at 10,500 RPM will quicken it." Tim Carrithers, Motorcyclist Magazine - June 2006

08-18-2008, 06:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
FrankoQ Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Last Online: 01-07-2009 06:58 AM Location: Laurel, MD - Find Me! My Ride: 1996 VFR View my Photo Gallery Posts: 651 Thanks: 9 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts	Nice job on the install __________________ Deny everything!

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