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can you figure this out?????

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#1 ·
12 AWG WIRE IS THICKER WIRE
18 AWG WIRE IS THINNER WIRE

Crimp the connectors tightly and use a heat gun or a lighter to shrink them around the wire. Don’t use open flame near your bike.
INSTALLING THE RELAY
We recommend keeping the relay closer to the battery, for example underneath the saddle. Relay pins are numbered.
Use red connectors and 18 AWG wire:
  1. Connect pin 85 and 86 to your stock horn wires.
  2. The positive and negative can be switched up on these pins.
  3. The relay has a green built-in fuse, make sure it is seated properly.
    Your relay is now operational.
FINAL CONNECTIONS
Use yellow connectors and 12 AWG wire:

  1. Connect pin 30 to battery positive.
  2. Connect pin 87 to compressor positive.
  3. Connect compressor negative to the battery negative.
Congratulations! Your MotoHorn is ready to use!

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#6 ·
12 AWG (thicker) wires to and from battery, and, to and from the compressor.
18 AWG to the horn from the relay...

Anything connected to the positive (+) side is RED wire, All others are black.
Higher current loads and supply use thicker wire, the 12v horn has changed from stock low amps to the higher current aftermarket horn. So the (+) side needs to be upgraded to 12AWG.

This was really confusing for a second, because i was viewing in dark mode. Had to switch to light mode to see the components.
 
#7 ·
Think of a relay as a on/off switch for the new horn. Your thinner stock horn wires used to turn the horn on when you pressed the horn button, but now they simply turn the relay on. You need to run the thicker wires from the battery to the new horn (through the relay) because the new horn requires more current than the thinner stock wires can carry. The horn button tells the relay when to turn the power on for the new horn to sound.