Making my own heated grips controller

My oxford heated grips controller reckons my battery is duff, and wont keep my heated grips turned on. The electrical system on my bike is absolutly fine. Will the heated grips work with e.g. the daytona heated grips switch?

What would I need to make my own controller? I'd use a 3-way switch...off, warm and warmer would be the settings. How can I make a circuit to do this? The grips take 2 amps each max I think.

I know nothing of electronics, its all a mystery to me.

Matt

[Spiderman]

Do you have one of the electronic controllers Matt? Cos my one does that too and it annoyed me so much i took it off.
I found it worked fine if only one grip at a time was being run by it tho. Didnt enjoy choosing whaich hand was warm on my winter commute tho, so decided they could both be.
If your is the electronic one we should amke a joint assault on Oxfords customer services mate. Grrrr!

there is a known fault wi the controllers, get onto oxford for a replacement, last time it was faulty grips...just wear better gloves

Spidey - I am considering finding their premesis and lobbing the controller through the window. A brick will go first!

Lee; better gloves? If you can sling me some magic gloves which will enable me to retain the feel i get with summer gloves and the warmth of mitts designed to keep fingers warm in arctic conditions, i'll be gratefull!

Heated grips + handlebar muffs = warm toasty hands and the ability to wear nice, slim summer gloves all year round.

Any advance on my initial post?

[Spiderman]

let me know when you wanna go. Will bring my own brick

your brick, my controller.

I have found some emails that I sent to them last year, and have sent an email to oxford complaining about their unreliable product.

[Dave20046]

Can you not just fit a switch or is the wiring not just a simple circuit?

[Spiderman]

Its a variable temp control, the older ones were simple "dial" types from cool to hot. Mine just wont stay on for more than a micro second running both grips but wrks fine running one. Battery and electris on bike are both tip top.

Dunno if A* has the same issue?

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Its a variable temp control, the older ones were simple "dial" types from cool to hot. Mine just wont stay on for more than a micro second running both grips but wrks fine running one. Battery and electris on bike are both tip top.

Dunno if A* has the same issue?

havnt checked it running with one grip, but since I have two hands that need to keep warm...i wont bother, because I will still be annoyed

and yea, I have the same problem. Turn controller on, put onto whatever % heat (30, 40 or 75) and the grips turn off after what seems no time.

Useless. But i like having heated grips, and it would be cheaper (i assume!) to make my own circuit to switch them on / off (and also vary the heat) then buying heated gloves.

When i get a vfr800, i'll get official honda heated grips. They cant go wrong...right?

Why not try the ones they put on the V-Strom apparently they are the same as Honda use and they plug into the loom on a V-Strom(not sure if this would be the case with th SV though) dealer gave me a new V-Strom last week when my SV was in and I liked the hand guards + heated grips so much I bought the hand guards for mine £35 for original suzuki ones, winter bargin !