If any of you own an '08 Sporty and installed the FuelPak, you understand what a PITA removing the battery is.

Since a lot of these aftermarket electric gizmos call for relays being wired directly to the negative terminal (buried in the frame) is it possible to have another cable come off the negative terminal and have 3 or 4 way splitter? There is already one cable that comes off the terminal and down to a stud bolt on the case. Would that work for these type of applications?

And how about for the positive terminal? I already have 3 or 4 different wired crowding that one.

I just received the Howards Dual Horns that have 2 wires needing to go to the negative terminal. I'm not looking forward to this project.

 

A ground is a ground is a ground. You can ground your horn or anything else to the frame just like the negative battery terminal is .

 

Howard's was very specific in stating not to ground to the frame.

That's why I was wondering if doing a splitter would work. It seems to me that a ground is a ground is a ground. But since I'm no electrician, thought I'd ask. LOL

 

Makes no sense does it! The battery negative is grounded to the frame.

I don't see why you could not run a single wire off the negative cable and then connect several ground wires to that single wire.

 

That one cable coming off the negative is secured to the "grounding stud" per the manual.
I did find this: http://www.fuzeblocks.com/index.php
Looks like a pretty cool addition. The biggest drawback is there isn't a whole lot of places to hide stuff on these Sportys.

 

That is a pretty nice little unit. I can think of quite a few times where I would've used one, and not just in motorcycle applications.

 

Exactly googs. Just need to find a place to mount it. Could come in handy for additional electrical accessories.

 

Installed the horns and they are loud.

I solved the current issue and future issues with having to have wires directly connected to the negative terminal. I took 2 round connectors and attached 2 wires to each. Connected them, crammed the battery back in and fed the 4 wires up under the seat. I used 2 for the horns and have 2 left over. Capped 'em and called it good.