I'd like to use the Polaris kit to power my gps. To install the kit, I connected the rectifier & capacitor to the wiring harness. And connected the yellow & brown wires to the spare "accessory" plug on the sled. Diagram supplied w/ kit is a little different. Shows power from the harness and ground going to the metal part of rectifier & other "part" that the recitifier bolts on to when installing in a Poo. Is the way I have it ok? I do have a multimeter.... unfortunately that doesn't mean I know how to use it Anyway, I set the meter to "200" on the "V DC" part of the dial. Plugged in the leads to the end of the waring harness and got a reading of 21 (varied slightly). Does this sound correct?

Thanks.....

post the Polaris diagram...

I hope that was a typo when you said it was reading 21 volts, it should be 12 volts

Here it is, I think.... first time u/l file.

Here's how I have it hooked up....

Not a typo... that's why I'm not sure if it's hooked up correctly. But I'm not even sure if I choose the right setting on the meter......

looks like you have it wired right...but make sure you have the rectifier's metal base grounded to the chassis (verify with an ohmmeter to be sure it is grounded)...if where you have the rectifier mounted now is not grounded run a jumper from it to a good ground.

"Diagram supplied w/ kit is a little different."

Know what you mean about the enclosed diagram. Took me a few to figure it out also.
I ended up connecting everything together prior to install, to see what terminals were left over.
Ended up connecting rectifier wires to matching colored wire terminals in harness, red-to red,
yellow-to-yellow, brown-to-brown...but I've got an Edge chassis/wiring. I did have to relocate
the rectifier mounting from factory location so that the harness wouldn't have to bend sharply and
to prevent "rub" on the chassis.

This is probably a dumb question.... but where is a good place to ground it to?

Thanks.....

If where you have it mounted now is not grounded, run a jumper wire from the metal base of rectifier to anywhere on the bulkhead or metal part that is directly fastened to the bulkhead.

I bolted my rectifier on the tool shelf and have no problem with it. I did however bolt my ground to the nut that holds the handlebar in place and put the rectifier down in the right footwell with cable ties. A word of warning, don't trust the plugs on that harness. Blew my GPS when the big plug in the kit came undone on a rough trail. Learned from experience, solder everything but the actual plugs for the lighter. Also on my 01 800 ZR I had to turn the idle up because it didn't make enough power at idle to run the warmers and the GPS. The cap would slowly depower it and it would go blank with lines though it. Garmin said that is worse then high voltage. Can take 25 volts no problem, but reduced voltage can lock it up. Thats just what they said so take it for what its worth. Good luck.

I need a little help, I have purchased the same kit for my 02 XC. I didn't ride much last year and never got around to putting it in. Here are my questions. 1)What is the box by the blue arrow? I assume its the voltage reg? 2)Also the two yellow wires (red arrows)do they go into the end of the harness and then there is another yellow coming off the harness?

I apologize if I am not smarter than a fifth grader, also I haven't looked at the kit in a while, it stopped snowing and I put the sled away. Now I want to install it so it's ready for the season.

Thanks for the help!

Yep, you got it right. Just plug the (2) yellows into the matching color terminals in the factory harness...and red to the red one.
That diagram shows exactly how I have mine wired. I just had to move the box to a different set of holes so there wasn't such
a tight bend in the wiring, and to prevent harness from rubbing/chaffing.

Do you all have a part number for that Polaris kit? Sounds like something I could use!! Thanks.