Hello: I'm mounting a Britannia Composites Lynx fairing to my '08 TE610. I'd like to mount the OEM instrument panel fairly high up on the "dashboard" of the fairing. however, the stock wiring to the instrument panel is too short. Is there any reason that I shouldn't splice 4" inches of comparable wire into each of the leads going into the stock instrument panel? I'd either use adhesive shrink tubing butt crimps or solder the connections. The reason I'm asking is that I ran into some problems when I spliced extra length into the wiring of some electronic instruments on a sailboat many years ago. Apparently those instruments were sensitive to changes in the resistance of the wiring & when I soldered in similar, but different, wiring I altered the resistance & that affected the values displayed on the instrument panels. Any danger of this on the Husky instrumentation leads? Thanks, Howard Snell
It is not like the sailboat instruments at all. I've dealt with those for decades and they are a pain in the rump. I could write thousands of words on that topic - especially the fluxgate compass sensors. The instruments are are DC & a Hall effect sensors for the speedo and such and I seriously doubt there would be a problem. There is no magic impedance matching involved. Of course the Mike Kay types might follow up with real world experiences. My vote is always solder with adhesive shrink wrap, or at least shrink wrap.
Yep, use water proof plug in connectors only on things that you may want to unplug the rest should be soldered and shrink tubed.
Thanks Hello Coffee & Rajo: Thanks for the prompt responses. I agree soldering is the way to go. Howard
I mounted mine low as it would go so I wouldn't have to mess with that wiring, and I wanted to mount my Heat-Troller above it, and have room for the GPS, and cover that annoying green light: ( I'll have to play with the brake line a bit)
