wiring up oxford heated grips

i have just aquired some oxford hotgrips (thanx baph i owe you) but the conectors on the grips are missing. (which i knew about) and need a little re-wiring (by me)

so..........
wire coming from the grip, 1 brown & 1 green,
wire coming from the control box 1 red & 1 white


so does it matter which way around these go?


or, if anyone has them could you check to see which wires go where

i also need to know out of the red & white wires going from control box to battery, which is which?


i will give you a

Originally Posted by hovis

i have just aquired some oxford hotgrips (thanx baph i owe you) but the conectors on the grips are missing. (which i knew about) and need a little re-wiring (by me)

so..........
wire coming from the grip, 1 brown & 1 green,
wire coming from the control box 1 red & 1 white


so does it matter which way around these go?


or, if anyone has them could you check to see which wires go where

i will give you a

i also need to know out of the red & white wires going from control box to battery, which is which?

bump

I don't know which wire goes where mate, but as vehicles run on a DC system, i'm pretty sure the control box should have a right and a wrong way round of fitting, as any LED's or other devices will only operate with a voltage in the correct direction. The grip on the other hand is most likely just a heating coil, and so it shouldn't matter which way round this is connected.

My instinct would say connect the red wire from the box to the +ve and white to earth (or -ve terminal), just make sure you have an inline fuse incase its wrong.

good luck!

is normal household 2 core wire ok to wire them up?

[yorkie_chris]

fine so long as its braided flex and not solid cores.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

fine so long as its braided flex and not solid cores.

eh?

I had some on an old bike. DO NOT WIRE THEM DIRECTLY TO THE BATTERY! Imagine if you forget to turn them off! OUCH.

So wire the pos into the loom and the neg to the battery so when the ignition is off the heated grips are off... no chance of you forgetting after a long day of work etc.

Alternativly get soem heated gloves

the grips shouldnt matter which way around they are wired. Only in things with diodes and micro electronices does it matter (im guessing the grips dont have those). But the control box will so take it apart and have a look... if you cant fin the info elseware.

http://www.webbikeworld.com/r3/heated-motorcycle-grips/ i had a quick scan on that, it might give you a clue for setup.

i have the new control box, that turns its self off

Originally Posted by hovis

i have the new control box, that turns its self off

Indeed... Interesting. Must notice the charge comming in from the alternator. Heh good test for when that packs up then... your grips will go off lol.