P1000 Help wiring 52" light bar

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hey all - when it comes to electrical i seem to have a mental block. i bought this light bar and got it mounted on the SxS (2021 1000-5 LE). the machine came with honda's 12" light bar and accessory fuse box, but i can't make any sense of how to properly wire this thing. I think i need to put the red and black terminals of the wiring harness directly onto the battery, but not sure how to pull switch power for the relay - i.e. can i plug that in somewhere to the honda accessory box? also i bought a backlit rocker switch to use in place of the cheapo that came on the wiring harness, so add that complexity into the mix.

UGH i know it's simple but i'm stuck! spent the past two days searching threads and youtube videos but still don't have a clear picture in my head.

please help!

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Are u replacing the 52” with the other light bar?
 
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The big red and black need to go direct to the battery.

For the switch. It may be 3 wires. Red, white, and black.

The red is the power.
White is the relay control.
Black ground

It will work currently hooked up.

But if you want to move it to a key-on source we need to do the following.
- remove the red wire from the switch and tape it off good as it is a constant hot.
- find a key-on source and run it to the where the red wire was.
Now your relay is only controlled via key-on power.


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The big red and black need to go direct to the battery.

For the switch. It may be 3 wires. Red, white, and black.

The red is the power.
White is the relay control.
Black ground

It will work currently hooked up.

But if you want to move it to a key-on source we need to do the following.
- remove the red wire from the switch and tape it off good as it is a constant hot.
- find a key-on source and run it to the where the red wire was.
Now your relay is only controlled via key-on power.


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Thank you, that helps tremendously! I did want to wire it to key on since the switch is backlit. Can anyone recommend an “easy” source to tie into? Somewhere in the factory accessory fuse box maybe?
 
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Yes - an easy, key on power source is to tap into the output side wire under the ACC fuse.
Some people splice, others use a Posi-tap.

 
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Another option is a plug and play wiring harness that plugs into the back of the cigarette lighter you can purchase thru the sxs club store, it worked great for me
 
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Yes - an easy, key on power source is to tap into the output side wire under the ACC fuse.
Some people splice, others use a Posi-tap.

Looking in here, anyone have experience tapping into that? Don’t want to break anything but seems like i need to pull the whole fuse box out?

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Looking in here, anyone have experience tapping into that? Don’t want to break anything but seems like i need to pull the whole fuse box out?

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If I remember right, there are assembly retainer clips that let you pull the whole thing out a few inches.
It was enough that I could put on the Posi-tap without pulling things apart.
 
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Looking in here, anyone have experience tapping into that? Don’t want to break anything but seems like i need to pull the whole fuse box out?

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I personally would not run it without a duel battery set up mine is hard on the second battery set up if your not moving or going slow though the woods and from what i understand the transmission needs full power.
 
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