I have a problem which is driving me crazy cause I am too thick to work out the answer. Posting the question here in hope that someone can help me out.
I bought a bike that had Honda factory fitted heated grips. Unfortunately the controller is missing. I have in my possession an Oxford controller but with the wires on the grips all being the same, am having difficulty working out which wire should go to which.
The controller has 6 wires, 3 pairs.
Pair one is one black wire and one red wire. On the tag it has a picture of what I assume to be the controller. This leads me to believe that it is the positive and negative. Wiring this to a spare battery and switching the controller on gives me power to the unit. So far so good.
The next pair of wires are one green and one yellow. The tag on this pair of wires has a circle with a thick straight line in it. I am assuming that this is positive to each of the grips. The third pair is one white and one blue wire. This does not have a tag on it. This I assumed would be the negative to the grips.
I have toned out the wires whilst the red and black are connected to the spare battery. If I connect a tone loop from green to blue I get a tone. If I touch yellow to white again I get a tone. This is the only configuration that produces tones. Great.
Here's the problem. Regardless of if the switch on or off, I continue to get a tone from the two paired up wires. This means that the grips will be permanently live regardless of the position of the switch. Not good. ( I tested this out on the grips and can confirm this is the case). I tried various methods and tests to see if I could work it out. I failed.
I have bought a three way switch and wired the grips to an ignition live for the time being. Grips get nice and hot and when I either turn the switch or ignition off the power is interrupted. Sorted I thought.
Problem I have, is for as long as the switch is in the live position with the ignition on, the grips continue to heat. So much so, that the grips were actually smoking. Not good.
So to save resorting to constantly switching the grips on and off, I need to get this controller figured out.
Has anyone got the Oxford heated grips fitted that has these 6 wires coming out from them? If so, would you be as kind as to trace out the wires and let me know what bloody wire should be connected to what. (I am assuming that the two wires on each of the grips will make no difference which ever way they are connected as the simply pass the current through the grips, regardless of which way the current flows).
Many thanks.
Si.