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I do it similarly. One ground from the rear of the transmission to the - battery post. One ground from the -R/R to the same battery post and one ground from the common harness return junction (black/white wire) to the - battery post. The large gauge wire has it's own lug while the other two are combined into one lug. Both are screwed onto the battery terminal. This basically makes the - battery post the single ground point. Has provided measurable regulation improvement as well.http://img633.imageshack.us/img633/811/douMvs.jpg
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I had everything on the battery negative but it was starting to look like a Christmas tree as I have a hardwired battery tender as well. I moved the frame and r/r grounds to a post on the solenoid case with an extra wire back up to the battery.97 R1100R
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Originally posted by Brendan W View PostI had everything on the battery negative but it was starting to look like a Christmas tree as I have a hardwired battery tender as well. I moved the frame and r/r grounds to a post on the solenoid case with an extra wire back up to the battery.
with the SSPB installs I have fabricated a SPG harness. It ties 3 wires for r/r(-),frame,batt(-) into a common soldered ring lug connection. It is bolted to a convenient location where it can be stacked with the harness B/w.
This is what my Battery looks like. Note the there are only two wires on the negative terminal of the battery. The green wire is the original battery fluid sensor wire. Now hardwired to the battery (+) through a resistor. The other B/W ground is as it originally came from the factory to pick up grounds for the ignitor or anything else mounted to the battery box.
Item #4 in the picture is the SPG Harness I speak of. It is the preferred configurations whether using SSPB or not.
A wiring sizing analysis for the SSPB is here, but the ground side applies equally as well to non SSPB configurations. I only use 14 gauge for short (less than 1 ft ) runs from SPG to R/R(-). The rest of the wires can be 16 ga (frame, battery grounds).
Last edited by posplayr; 03-23-2015, 02:54 PM.
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Originally posted by Rob S. View PostSilly me. I didn't see "electrical," just saw the title, and thought this was a white trash post about junk cars and overgrown grass.---- Dave
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