{"id":1913,"date":"2016-12-10T21:36:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T07:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.familjenjonsson.org\/blog\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2017-02-25T18:33:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T04:33:26","slug":"microsquirting-the-nc30-part-32-new-battery-wiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.familjenjonsson.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/10\/microsquirting-the-nc30-part-32-new-battery-wiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsquirting the NC30, part #32: New battery wiring"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I started working on hooking up the fuel pump<\/a>, I also realized it was time to make new battery wires. Because the Ballistic lithium battery is much smaller than the original lead acid one, the existing positive wire was too short, and the ground wire is fraying, so I decided to redo that one, too.<\/p>\n

I’d already ordered AWG #6 (about 13mm^2 for the Europeans) battery wire and lugs a while ago, knowing that I was going to have to do this, but until everything was in place it didn’t make sense to make the wires. Now it was time.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the new battery compartment, with the Lithium battery on the left and the fuel pump housing on the right.<\/p><\/div>\n

Using a pretty cheap hydraulic crimper I’d gotten off ebay, it was a breeze to crimp the lugs onto the wire. However, I was unable to find lugs that had the same shape as the old ones, so the rubber covers on the positive wire did not fit super well. They are<\/em> covered, though, so I think it’s good enough. I also realized that I was lucky, because the seat has a large tongue that hooks in under the bracket the tank sits on in the top center of the picture above. This tongue is actually low enough that it touches the rubber boot on the positive terminal. It doesn’t actually touch the terminal, though.<\/p>\n

I was also going to run the fuel lines, but I realized that the 180-degree turn in the fuel line needed to pass forward between the battery and the fuel pump housing requires bending the hoses considerably more sharply than the required bending radius, which is 3″. Instead, I’ll get a 180-degree hose end and use that to turn it around. That should pretty much have the right offset to come out in between the battery and pump housing.<\/p>\n

I also need to make some sort of bracket to hold the fuel filter, which will sit immediately above the frame rail in the picture above, above the #1 spark plug. There’s a space there, under the tank and to the left of the cam chain cover, where the fuel filter can go. It just needs to be held by something so it doesn’t vibrate against the tank or head cover.<\/p>\n

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As I started working on hooking up the fuel pump, I also realized it was time to make new battery wires. Because the Ballistic lithium battery is much smaller than the original lead acid one, the existing positive wire was too short, and the ground wire is fraying, so I decided to redo that one, …<\/p>\n

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