You should take a photo of were it's located at for others to see...and also how you re mount the new one.

 

Thanks for the post. The fan on my 2011 quit as well. I wired in a switch to get through the weekend, but I need to get that fixed.

 

Here is a picture of the offender. This is a pic of the bottom of the rzr, looking up from the ground. You will notice the underside of the battery box in the background.

My local dealer had a waterproof circuit breaker with a Polaris part # that I used. It was about 35$.

 

Any idea what the Polaris part number is that they replaced it with?

 

Another view

 

That's why I like the dry dunes...lol. Thats a bad location

 

had the same thing go out on mine at 15 hrs....

 

went out again at 54hrs, had the wife take it to the dealer while I was away at work and they replaced the circuit breaker with 10amp blade fuse. same location but we'll see if it's any better.only upside I can carry alot of blade fuses

 

You guys rock. Had my 2011 RZR back to the dealer TWICE to get this intermittent fan issue fixed. They couldn't figure it out.
Reading the forums and came across this - and yep, mine was completely rusted through.
Thanks for sharing the information! - This forum pays for itself a few times a month!
I am running new wiring and moving mine up behind the seat.
Sitting on the skid plate.... What were they thinking!?

 

without reloaction this could you just put electric tape around the whole breaker to keep it from rusting cause mine look ok but i just want to do something to it before my rust out

 

Looking at the age and the amount of rust I would say someone made a huge mistake with the choice of relay AND the location.

Unreal kind of quality touch I see on the china crap ATV's

 

Here's where I moved mine - should slow the rusting and it'll be much easier to swap out when it does.

 

Thanks for posting this same on mine and have relocated circuit breaker after my first one completely corroded thru.

 

Wow...That sucks! When I was washing mine yesterday, I was surprised to see the number of connections under the engine just laying on the skid plate, just waiting to soak up water and crap.

 

So I just pulled my seats out, and sure enough, there's my circuit breaker....rusting away...Def not a water proof part. I'm wondering what to do about this...I've got the extended warranty for 4 years...If I screw with it, and my mod goes bad, engine goes, I'm at fault...If I leave it be, it will fail, while I'm stuck in the middle of some place. ARGH.

How is the circuit breaker attached to the harness? It's wrapped tight into the harness so I can't see w/o tearing it apart.

 

WTF !!!

Now I got to crawl under mine.

You guys are right... that's the crap the Chinese companies would do. OK... I've seen thermal breakers in the wiring harness... but even if it was waterproof... who was the genius that decided to put it UNDER the RZR.

I feel bad for the guys who put new skid plates on. They will have to take them off to get to it.

 

Mine wasn't under the rzr, just behind the battery box. Just pop my seat off and there it is.

 

Am I correct you have to remove the skid plate to see this piece of engineering?

There is nothing in the battery area.

Thanks Jim

 

Mine gave out about a month and a half ago on our Red and White RZR that's about 9 months old.
Wish I had seen this thread first. It cost me $100 to get it fixed at the popo dealer when I was riding in Maine. Mine have now been relocated on both my 2011 RZR's.

What a piece of crap engineering.

 

As far as I know, the 2011 models were the first ones to do this.
Yes, you have to take off the skid to get to it - mine was taped to the wire loom with electrical tape.
I have the extended three year warranty, and my dealer seemed ok with me relocating it. (They did it for my father in-law after seeing how I did mine)

 

Shit Now I also have to open things for my peace of mind... Sure would like to give the SOB who installed there a bill for my time..

 

This problem is not for XP but the 2011 800 model. They should make a section just for the 2011 & up 800 it's a completely different animal IMO.

 

Same thing happen to my 2011. It was repaired in warranty, but I wonder when it will fail again.
For peace of mine, I think I will relocated it behind the seat.

 

Personally, I would NOT put it behind the seat. This is a $4.00 ckt breaker designed to be in a DRY area. When I wash mine, everything except under the dash gets wet.

I will relocate mine, but it will be under the dash in a dry area.

I have re-considered my options. I moved it to behind the seat in a box.

Jim

 

Personally, I would NOT put it behind the seat. This is a $4.00 ckt breaker designed to be in a DRY area. When I wash mine, everything except under the dash gets wet.

I will relocate mine, but it will be under the dash in a dry area.

Jim

I think the preferred place for a breaker is as close to the battery as it can be. I put a new one in and relocated it under the seat. It came with a cheap rubber jacket to "waterproof" it then I siliconed the rest of it. Not a problem from it in 4 months.

 

Hi Guy's here we go,

I have a 2011 RZR S. After reading this thread, I looked under the seat and could see the ckt breaker. I dropped the skid plate on one side and found the breaker taped to the harness like everyone else. The connectors are the push on type. I bought my RZR used, has 3 months of warranty left and was owned by a 60+ year old guy guy who traded it in for a RZR S 4 to haul his grand kids in. So I doubt he did a lot of stream crossing....Heck I'm 69.

The ckt breaker is a 20A protecting a 16g wire.???? It feeds directly off the battery.

I used 14g wire from the battery to the ckt breaker and 14g to the existing 16g wire in the harness. I mounted a small box behind the seat to mount the breaker in.

The breaker was starting to rust/corrode. What a POS of engineering....

Jim

 

Great post!

FYI i found a replacement circuit breaker at my local NAPA dealer for $6

 

In our application they would be called a poor choice for a electrical connection in a wet area.

They could have mounted that breaker next to the starter solenoid where the power comes from and not under the battery compartment.

Like Polaris hired a bunch of engineers from General Motors. Don't get me started........................................

Jim

 

Does anyone know where the load side of the wire goes after it leaves the CB? Does it go to a relay somewhere, or directly to the fan? I'd like to run a new length of wire instead of splicing in that wet location.

 

I would also like to know the answer to this question also. I think it would be better to run a full lenght of wire than make a splice under the seat. Does anyone know where the wire connects to after it leaves the circuit breaker ? I know one side goes to the battery.

Thanks for any help,

 

VirtualRider,

The OP indicated his fan quit and had no power to the fan and swapped relays. The fan relay is under the dash. My suspicion is the breaker feeds the relay, since the thermal switch could not supply the needed current to run the fan and just picks the relay.

Would be easy to check. Pull relay, and the breaker, ohm the wire.

I sliced mine, soldered the connection and then used a 4" piece of heat shrink to seal it. Not the junk heat shrink from Radio shack, the good stuff you need a heat gun to shrink. I am comfortable I have a good connection.

Using a butt connector is a bad idea in a wet location.

Jim