wiring Stebel Nautilus horn

[Hef]

I purchased a Stebel compact horn and I want to use it with the Valk horn button. I am removing the original horn and replacing it with the Stebel. Will I need to wire in a relay and if so what is the a good relay to buy? Also what amperage for the relay? I am not very electrical savy so any help will be greatly appreciated. If a wiring diagram is available that would be nice too. Thanks in advance. Hef

[98valk]

go to rattlebars.com. Chet has electrical wiring there and how relays work.

[9Ball]

you definitely need a relay, the stock horn wires can be the trigger for the relay.  The Stebel draws about 18  amps, so you need a 20 amp fuse in the power supply wire from the battery to the relay.

Chet's diagram is about as clear as you will find.

A 40 amp relay can be bought at most auto parts chain stores.  Look in the electrical or fog light sections and you will see what you need.

Good luck, it's easy.

[bassman]

M'be something here will help - thanks to Chet at Rattlebars 

http://www.rattlebars.com/valkfaq/circuits.html

[ILcruiser]

Eastern Beaver sells a horn wiring kit which works great with a Stebel.  The kit contains all the wiring in a loom, plus an inline fuse and relay.  So it's really plug and play.  You have the option of keeping the stock horn, which I did, or removing it and wiring only the Stebel to the stock horn button.  The website has installation instructions.

http://www.easternbeaver.com/Main/Products/Horn_Kits/horn_kits.html

[Walküre]

Very, very simple! You mention stock location? That's where I put mine. I took the stock wires from the stock horn, hooked them to the coil on my relay, ran a single 10 ga. wire with a 20 amp inline fuse back to the battery for power to the relay, and a 10 ga. wire from the relay to the horn. Then took another #10 wire, to a ground, for the ground to the horn. MAKE SURE you connect + to +, and - to - on the horn - a little hard to see on the casing or the horn, and not obvious.

I had to make a different bar, than the stock stacked set - it wasn't strong enough. So grabbed a piece of stainless, and polished it. Also had to make an aluminum stand-off, which I polished also.

I'd use at least a 20 am relay, but I had a 30, and that's great - the horn draws 18, if I recall. The stock wires are NOT big enough to handle the current draw. I hid the relay up by the horn, under the frame cover.

Here's a pic - better would be black wire, but red was in my box:

[Hef]

Thanks to all who replied. Got it hooked up this past weekend. It is LOUD!