Hey guys I just installed some lights on my 03 NX 882 and am having an issue of not getting enough power to the fuse box. I need some clarification and help so the way I understand it is, there's a wire that comes from the battery that either goes to the ignition, or to the main power switch, then from there the power goes to the fuse box, as well as daisy chains to most of the switches(I assume for lights when I turn the key). It seems like the wires going from the battery to the fuse box are too small because I didn't have enough power to run my graph from the fuse box and when I turn anything on it lowers the power, with both sets of my led lights on it jumps from 12.8 to 10.8 and stays there until I turn the lights off. If I turn anything else on it keeps going down.
I have an 8 gauge wire long enough to run from the battery to the console, but I am unsure where I should run it to. If I run it to the fuse box, and have both positive wires ran to it, will this bypass the master power switch or mess anything up? I just am unsure since it would be getting power from 2 different wires. Or could I just remove the wire from the fuse box thats coming from the dash and put in the larger gauge wire straight from the battery? Would I need a fuse or breaker in-between the battery and fuse box and/or a battery switch? What size if so? Right now I am unable to back track the power cable from the fuse box so I don't know where it is coming from which makes it difficult to do what I want, which is just run the same route with bigger wire.
So my main questions are if anyone is familiar with this setup to explain how it is wired right now, and how I would go about getting my fuse box the power it needs. I already upgraded the negative wire to an 8 gauge going from fuse box to battery just need the positive side figured out. All the lights work I just don't want to have issues in the future, and am unsure if they will be brighter with full power. It'd also be nice to be able to add more stuff in the future but I can't run it straight to the battery because i already have 3 things on each terminal. I tried searching the forum for my answer but didnt find it and was unable to understand what I need to do. Any help is appreciated!
I have an 8 gauge wire long enough to run from the battery to the console, but I am unsure where I should run it to. If I run it to the fuse box, and have both positive wires ran to it, will this bypass the master power switch or mess anything up? I just am unsure since it would be getting power from 2 different wires. Or could I just remove the wire from the fuse box thats coming from the dash and put in the larger gauge wire straight from the battery? Would I need a fuse or breaker in-between the battery and fuse box and/or a battery switch? What size if so? Right now I am unable to back track the power cable from the fuse box so I don't know where it is coming from which makes it difficult to do what I want, which is just run the same route with bigger wire.
So my main questions are if anyone is familiar with this setup to explain how it is wired right now, and how I would go about getting my fuse box the power it needs. I already upgraded the negative wire to an 8 gauge going from fuse box to battery just need the positive side figured out. All the lights work I just don't want to have issues in the future, and am unsure if they will be brighter with full power. It'd also be nice to be able to add more stuff in the future but I can't run it straight to the battery because i already have 3 things on each terminal. I tried searching the forum for my answer but didnt find it and was unable to understand what I need to do. Any help is appreciated!