P1000m5 Wiring harnesses and relay organization.

[jajohn00]

As I am working through this self quarantine and social distancing like the rest of my high risk friends I am preocupying myself with more lights and mods on my pioneer. I know you guys have some ideas that will help my wiring overload. I have side pods, rear pods, front light bars. Now I am installing a switch plate. Rough Country Front pods, Rough Country light bar to replace one of the others. And adding a turn signal/horn kit. I have the swich panel all figured out but boy am I running out of room for all the relays and coils of extra wire.
Anyone have a good solution or pictures of ideas that I have obviously not thought of yet?
Once I get the electrical stuff done I am tackling the Mudbusters install.
I appreciate all of your help, ideas, and of course pictures. Thanks guys!

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[Russ989]

As I am working through this self quarantine and social distancing like the rest of my high risk friends I am preocupying myself with more lights and mods on my pioneer. I know you guys have some ideas that will help my wiring overload. I have side pods, rear pods, front light bars. Now I am installing a switch plate. Rough Country Front pods, Rough Country light bar to replace one of the others. And adding a turn signal/horn kit. I have the swich panel all figured out but boy am I running out of room for all the relays and coils of extra wire.
Anyone have a good solution or pictures of ideas that I have obviously not thought of yet?
Once I get the electrical stuff done I am tackling the Mudbusters install.
I appreciate all of your help, ideas, and of course pictures. Thanks guys!

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There’s many ways to do it, @Hondasxs can build you a custom panel or you’re running short on space.

 

[jajohn00]

H ummm. I have a PBR panel. I have the switches. I just seems that every light, pods, or accessory comes with a wireing loom with relays. It is finding the place to attach all the relays under the hood that is challenging me.
I don't know, maybe some of these can be combined. I don't know.
I will keep reading and researching. Not like I have anything else to do for a few weeks evidently.


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[Russ989]

H ummm. I have a PBR panel. I have the switches. I just seems that every light, pods, or accessory comes with a wireing loom with relays. It is finding the place to attach all the relays under the hood that is challenging me.
I don't know, maybe some of these can be combined. I don't know.
I will keep reading and researching. Not like I have anything else to do for a few weeks evidently.


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How many do you have?

 

[jajohn00]

Two Rough Country looms that are large duel relay pods. A loom with a single relay that powers a small switch box above the driver side. And a good sized box that runs the turn signals and horn package.

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[Bradley-Thornton]

These guys make some really nice stuff. I use it on my cars. It will cost you but you can make it as nice as you want with very little space used.

Leash Electronics

Leash Electronics

leashelectronics.com

 

[Russ989]

Two Rough Country looms that are large duel relay pods. A loom with a single relay that powers a small switch box above the driver side. And a good sized box that runs the turn signals and horn package.

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I zip tie my relays to the bar above the battery.

 

[jajohn00]

I zip tie my relays to the bar above the battery.

There you go. That I can try. Thank you.

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[Ultrasonic1]

I used a gang switch that came with a relay/fuse box. Then cut free all of the harness that came with the lights and wired them to the relay box that came with the gang switch.

 

[jajohn00]

I used a gang switch that came with a relay/fuse box. Then cut free all of the harness that came with the lights and wired them to the relay box that came with the gang switch.

I like that system. I am using that to run my side pods, rear pods, and my dash lights. It runs off of one relay.
The challenge I ran into was the addition of two Rough Country lights that both have the running light LEDs. Each loom has two large relays and 3 way switches. What can i say. I must be afraid of the dark. I have a friend that sayes he doesn't understand my obsession with lights as he has never seen me up before the sun and ussually in bed before dark. LOL
I just love the challenge.

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[ohanacreek]

I have used switches and relays for years, they take forever to to wire take a lot of room and end up making the wiring look like a pot of spaghetti after several rounds of changes.

I highly recommend using the quick connection harnesses in the HondaSxS store they make splicing into the factory harness MUCH easier and cleaner, and Switch-Pros I have wired up two machines with them so far and it’s so much cleaner and FASTER. Using the two in conjunction EASY.

I’m in the middle of my Pioneer rewire.

Before but after several rounds of moves adds and changes and still wasn’t the final mess of spaghettiI had accomplished.


After (I still have 5wires to run from the PDM on the right to constant on accessories but they will be in a single loom and remount the horn)


I am waiting on mystic to get me my new switchplate.

 

[jajohn00]

Thank you for the pictures!
I do have a dual battery set up. But I am challenged by having a Honday OEM PDM taking up space. I am to cheap to take it out. But like you, I will probably be rewiring for quite a while looking for the perfect set up.
When I get it done I will post a picture of my spaghetti mess. lol

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[ohanacreek]

Thank you for the pictures!
I do have a dual battery set up. But I am challenged by having a Honday OEM PDM taking up space. I am to cheap to take it out. But like you, I will probably be rewiring for quite a while looking for the perfect set up.
When I get it done I will post a picture of my spaghetti mess. lol

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Yup second batter is under the seat.
feeds to the relay to the left of the contractor.

 

[helimech]

If the led pods dont draw much current, cut the harnesses and just wire em through the switches, as long as their fused your safe. Most good quality switches are good for 20amps. I would not run 15amps through em , but up to 10 doesnt worry me much

 

[kaspar139]

I zip tie my relays to the bar above the battery.

Can you show a picture of that?!??! THanks!

 

[Fdxjettech]

I may be slightly elementary in my wiring knowledge, but couldn’t you use one switched relay to power a buss bar and run your power off the buss to your components?

 

[bumperm]

Couple of points . . . you don't need relays for everything, of course. Measure the current draw of things like pod lights on the bench. As an example, the Nilight pods, I recently installed, take a little more than 1 amp each, no more than 2-1/4 total. No need for a relay, run 18 GA or thicker wire to the switch and to the light and call it good. I removed the AUX fuse/relay box Honda had cleverly mounted in the spot I wanted to put the AUX battery. Slapped a bit of foam on top of the battery and cinched the whole thing down with a cam type cinch strap - easy and works great (strap hot melt glued to the sides of the battery well. See upper left corner in picture. To the left of that is a 75 amp Bosch relay I'm using to "key-on" switch half my fuse block. The other half is always on, for stuff like the horn, phone mount/charger, and pod and rear lights as they'll do double duty as work/convenience lights.