Got a new Rick's reg/rec in today and going to wire it up. Bought it from 4into1.com and really have to say everything I've ever bought from those guys has arrived supper quick (two days) and is exactly what was described. Would like to double check how the wiring from the unit should hook up. Unit came with a pin hook up (no idea why they would put a pin attachment that doesnt match up with the pin on a stock set up but oh well
which has 3 yellow wires, 1 thicker green, 1thicker red. It also has three separate wires green/white/black (prolly the regulator portions) Below Im going to show how I plan on hooking this thing up and if someone would double check it (CrazyPJ) I'd appreciate it. After I've done it and tested it I'm going to start a separate topic titled "Ricks regulator rectifier install on cb550" , as there is almost nothing on the web for this and Rick's doesn't send much in info as to how to connect.
reg/rec
3 yellow wires- connect to three yellow wires coming from engine (i gather that which connects to which doesn't matter in this situation)
1 thicker green wire- (which came in the pin formation) connects to green wire coming from engine at pin junction
1 thicker red wire- connects to the solenoid's smaller pos wire (not the plugs but one of the two smaller wires)
1 (thinner) white wire- connects to the engine at pin junction with corresponding white wire
1 (thinner) green wire- grounds to the frame
1 black wire- from research everything tells me to connect it to the ignition (this is the one that is throwing me for a loop, if someone could elaborate as to what this connection actually does I would appreciate it. My aim is not to just plug and play but actually know how the motorcycle functions completely) If I'm thinking about this correctly this wire would attach to the main "back bone" wire of the harness or whatever draws the most power (head light).
Also from the other pic I've posted you can see how i've set up my battery box. In wiring this thing I figure there are two basic ways I can do this 1.) one set it up similar to stock. Dont run a ton of fuses, wire one main "back bone" wire and power most everything like that. 2.) because i've got that pretty awesome fuse connector run everything separately. I.E.- run coils, headlight, turn-signals, tail all on different fuses. My question is which is the best way in your opinion?