PIAA 530 driving light kit/Eastern Beaver 3cs - NEED HELP

[mevans70]

Hello All,

I am new to the group and I am needing some help. I purchased the PIAA 530 light kit and the Eastern Beaver 3cs kit. I am not an electrician by any means. I have found the aux wire on my Tenere but I am not sure how to wire the rest of it. The instructions are not very clear.

Does anyone have any pics of their install that they would not mind sharing? Also not sure if there are any instructions available. I am stuck and would love to get them wired up.

Thanks a bunch.

Michael

 

[Eville Rich]

Did you get the S10 specific 3CS kit? That one is the most straight-forward and I've installed that. I don't have pics at the moment. I've also done a 3CS universal kit on a different motorbike and made my own relay kit for an ATV before I knew the magic of 3CS.

Assuming you have the S10 kit, the major benefit is that you can plug right into the auxiliary connector. If you don't have the S10-specific kit, others will need to chime in on good connection options. After that, you need to hook up the two main cables to their respective battery terminals. The specific circuit connectors require crimping or soldering whatever you are connecting into the "load side" plug. I can't recall if the 3CS kit has the relay side plugs already in place. If not, then those need to be crimped or soldered on. I've used their sealed system and it's a little tricky to get the plug seals set, but I've had success using an awl or very small screwdriver to push the plug seal in place. I'm a crimper and haven't had issues so far. It does take some patience and care to crimp the 3CS plug bits to whatever wire you are using, but it works. The pieces of the plug need to be on the wire before you crimp so that you can then pull the plug housing and plug seal over the electrical connector portion of the plug (I made the error of not doing that once).

On the S10, you need to figure out where you want to put the 3CS relay and fuses. I managed to cram mine behind the cowl and next to the battery. I used the rubber battery tie-down to hold the fuse block. Not pretty, but it's behind a cowl and I just have to be mindful of the wires when I pull the cowl off or put it on. The wires and such will fit - i just tie them up so the relay and wires don't flop too much. And don't forget to make sure there are fuses in the fuse block for the circuits you are using. I've forgotten that step and the past and thought I'd biffed the wiring, when it was just a missing fuse. Derp.

Hope this helps a little. I'm sure there are others who can contribute more and better. If you aren't comfortable with wiring and connecting things, it might be best to get some assistance, at least for the first circuit you do.

Eville Rich
2016 S10
2015 WR250R

 

[mevans70]

Hello Eville,

Thanks for your reply. I have the Yamaha Super Tenere specific kit from EB so I have the connector. The PIAA wiring harness also has battery connectors so I am not sure if both the PIAA harness needs to be directly wired to the battery as well as the EB battery connectors? Also not sure where to wire the switch wire from the PIAA harness into the EB?

I appreciate your help with this as I am NOT an electrical wizard by any means. And unfortunately EB did not provide any instructions.

Thanks,

Michael

 

[Thrasherg]

Hello Eville,

Thanks for your reply. I have the Yamaha Super Tenere specific kit from EB so I have the connector. The PIAA wiring harness also has battery connectors so I am not sure if both the PIAA harness needs to be directly wired to the battery as well as the EB battery connectors? Also not sure where to wire the switch wire from the PIAA harness into the EB?

I appreciate your help with this as I am NOT an electrical wizard by any means. And unfortunately EB did not provide any instructions.

Thanks,

Michael

I have not fitted this kit to a Super T, but looking at the picture you included, the two leads at the top of your picture (One has an inline fuse) need to go to the battery + and - terminals (the red lead goes to +), the white plug in the top right hand corner then connects to the Auxillary plug on the standard teneree wiring loom (Usually found near the tool kit), the black box in the bottom right hand side looks to be a relay, so that just needs to be mounted anywhere that there is space, then that leaves the 3 white connectors I assume, 2 of them connect to the lights and the third must connect to a switch? I assume you have the lights and switch and can confirm if they would connect to those 3 plugs? All of this should be mounted behind the front fairing on the right hand side of the bike (where the battery is located).

Hope that helps.

Gary

 

[racer1735]

Correct me if I'm wrong (and someone will!), but if he has a fuse block, he can wire the lights thru the '+' and '-' terminals of that, rather than straight to the battery. Assuming its 'switched' power, that would prevent the lights draining his battery when the ignition is turned off. I have the same setup, just wired to a Fuzeblock. don't know that my pics would help as I have all my wiring run thru split loom so you can't really see it. Just a matter of what wire he wants to tap for switched power.

 

[mevans70]

Thanks,

I do have the fuse block. So can I wire the pos and neg battery wired from the PIAA harness to one of the three connectors on the EB harness? Also would this take care of the PIAA switch since it is pare of the main PIAA harness?

Appreciate the help,

Michael

 

[magic]

You have the Yamaha "plug and play" version of the PIAA wiring harness. There is also a more universal version, that's what I have. Your version simply plugs in to the existing plug near the front of the tool kit area. You can use your fuse block if you want, but it's not necessary. You can simply connect directly to the battery with the 2 leads with ring terminals and then plug in the connector shown in the right side of your picture. Plug in your lights and switch and you're all set. The Yamaha connector on your bike is wired so the PIAA lights will only come on when the ignition switch is in the on position. If you're not planning on adding any more electrical devices, there really isn't a need for adding that fuse block.

 

[mevans70]

Thanks,

That wiring harness in the photo is the Eastern Beaver 3cs.

 

[magic]

OK, What does your PIAA harness look like?

 

[mevans70]

Here is a photo of the PIAA harness. I have it wired to the driving lights.

 

[magic]

If you don't use the EB fuse block you can simply use the PIAA harness. The large black wire with the ring terminal goes to battery negative. The large white wire with ring terminal goes to battery positive. The small white wire that is all rolled up is the signal wire that operates the relay. This can be connected to the bikes harness at the accessory plug in front of tool kit area. There are 3 wires in that connector. You want to connect it to the brown wire which is hot when the ignition key is on. If you don't plan on adding any more electrical accessories this will work just fine. I have a set of PIAA 530s and a GPS as my only added electrical toys. You can buy the matching connector to make a nice installation. Do a search on this forum for more info and some diagrams. Search for topics by my username, magic and put PIAA in the subject area. You will find a picture of the PIAA wiring diagram and more info on where to get that connector. It's up to you if you want to use that add on fuse block or not, but if you don't need it why bother with it? Good luck

 

[AVGeek]

Whereabouts in Utah are you? I'm down in Nevada, near Las Vegas, and would be willing to help you wire up your lights.

 

[mevans70]

Thanks Magic,

I would like to be able add some more items later don the road. Thanks for the information.

 

[mevans70]

Hi AVGeek,

Thanks a bunch for the offer to help out. Unfortunately i am in Northern UT, so too far away. I am sure I am making it harder than it has to be but i want to make sure it is done correctly. I have the PIAA wiring harness and the Eastern beaver 3cs switched (pictured above).

Maybe you know....

Can I wire the pos and neg cable wires to one of the three connectors on the EB harness with the provided EB connector? Then connect the pos and neg wires from the EB harness to the correct battery terminals?

Make sense?

Thanks,

Michael

 

[AVGeek]

Hi AVGeek,

Thanks a bunch for the offer to help out. Unfortunately i am in Northern UT, so too far away. I am sure I am making it harder than it has to be but i want to make sure it is done correctly. I have the PIAA wiring harness and the Eastern beaver 3cs switched (pictured above).

Maybe you know....

Can I wire the pos and neg cable wires to one of the three connectors on the EB harness with the provided EB connector? Then connect the pos and neg wires from the EB harness to the correct battery terminals?

Make sense?

Thanks,

Michael

I had to go look at the 3CS again, as I had used the PC-8 on my bike. To have your PIAA lights switched, use one of the switched circuits on the 3CS, connecting pos to the fused output, and neg to one of the ground terminals, then connect the 3CS to the factory aux light connector (for the 3CS relay, and the pos and neg wires from the 3CS directly to the battery.

 

[mevans70]

Appreciate the help you so much AVGeek,

I am waiting for the Crimper I ordered to finish up. Just to confirm, I do not need to do anything with the white wire that is connected to the PIAA switch wire, correct?

Thanks,

Michael

 

[AVGeek]

Appreciate the help you so much AVGeek,

I am waiting for the Crimper I ordered to finish up. Just to confirm, I do not need to do anything with the white wire that is connected to the PIAA switch wire, correct?

Thanks,

Michael

I forgot about that....As I recall the PIAA harness has an inline relay, and that white white is the trigger. So in your case, you can either tie the white wire to the red wire from the PIAA harness to the 3CS, or tie the white wire to the trigger wire in the EB harness. In either case, the white wire will eb energized with the key on the bike.

 

[mevans70]

Thanks.... I will try that.

 

[Random_Rockfish]

I installed the 530 kit last month. I bought my bike second-hand and its aux harness was cut off leaving me the three capped-off wires!

My wiring was as follows:

PIAA black eyelet to negative battery terminal
PIAA white eyelet to positive terminal
Thin white wire from PIAA relay to ignition-switched, hot wire - leftover from where the aux harness used to be (I did not want the lights to be on unless the ignition was switched on)
(used a multimeter to verify that the wire was only hot when ignition is on but I don't recall its color)
I used 3M molding tape, a zip tie and a custom aluminum plate to mount the PIAA push button on/off switch to my handlebar

The majority of the time - and it took quite a while since I'm anal - was spent running and securing the wires.

I'm very happy with the result.

 

[mevans70]

Got it done today. Thanks to everyone for their help!!!