Hi all. I decided to sign up to reach out to some experienced folks who may be able to point me in the direction of how to make this work (and more importantly, the right way).
This is going to be a piece of cake for everyone here (but me) I am sure. To keep a long story short, I am setting up a relay and fuse box on my motorcycle, with the relay hooked into a "switched" wire on the bike, so that any electrical accessories I will be using on the motorcycle (USB port, GPS, auxiliary lights, etc.) can be hooked up to the fuse box, and will only be powered when the ignition is on.
I found that on my motorcycle there is an OEM connector that is intentionally left unused by the manufacturer, designed to be able to hook up OEM heated hand grips if purchased. As opposed to splicing into a wire for my "switched" power source for the relay, I decided to make use of this OEM connector, as it is also a switched power source.
The OEM connector comes with the male end already plugged in. However, it seems to just be a plastic housing. I am completely new to anything electrical, but I am assuming perhaps I am missing some sort of hardware in there.
Either way, I am hoping for help on how I can connect the wire that will be running to my relay into this OEM male connector, so that I can plug it into the female wired end. It can be hard to find these OEM motorcycle plugs (I think, based on my attempts to find some online), or else I would try to find a male connector that already has a bit of wire inserted that I could connect my relay wire to.
Thanks in advance.
This is going to be a piece of cake for everyone here (but me) I am sure. To keep a long story short, I am setting up a relay and fuse box on my motorcycle, with the relay hooked into a "switched" wire on the bike, so that any electrical accessories I will be using on the motorcycle (USB port, GPS, auxiliary lights, etc.) can be hooked up to the fuse box, and will only be powered when the ignition is on.
I found that on my motorcycle there is an OEM connector that is intentionally left unused by the manufacturer, designed to be able to hook up OEM heated hand grips if purchased. As opposed to splicing into a wire for my "switched" power source for the relay, I decided to make use of this OEM connector, as it is also a switched power source.
The OEM connector comes with the male end already plugged in. However, it seems to just be a plastic housing. I am completely new to anything electrical, but I am assuming perhaps I am missing some sort of hardware in there.
Either way, I am hoping for help on how I can connect the wire that will be running to my relay into this OEM male connector, so that I can plug it into the female wired end. It can be hard to find these OEM motorcycle plugs (I think, based on my attempts to find some online), or else I would try to find a male connector that already has a bit of wire inserted that I could connect my relay wire to.
Thanks in advance.
- TL;DR
- How do I hook up a wire into this plastic male connector?