Making my own heated grips controller - Page 9 - SV650.org

ophic · 01-12-09, 09:49 PM

where did you get the rotary controller, Rictus? From another set of heated grips?

embee · 01-12-09, 10:12 PM

....and in case you're worried about running your battery down, simply wire one of these chappies into the supply and set the switching voltage at whatever you feel comfortable with.

ophic · 01-12-09, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by embee

....and in case you're worried about running your battery down, simply wire one of these chappies into the supply and set the switching voltage at whatever you feel comfortable with.

or just wire the grips to an ignition switched feed?

rictus01 · 01-12-09, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ophic

where did you get the rotary controller, Rictus? From another set of heated grips?

the first was actually from a battery isolation switch box, but was a bit bulky, I've since changed it to the controller off a set of Daytons grips, which is much the same but smaller.

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Originally Posted by ophic

or just wire the grips to an ignition switched feed?

wire the relay to and ignition circuit, not the grips themselves as the draw could melt wires.

Cheers Mark.

tigersaw · 01-12-09, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by embee

....and in case you're worried about running your battery down, simply wire one of these chappies into the supply and set the switching voltage at whatever you feel comfortable with.

Odd design that. Cutoff in the negative line, which will do diddly for things connected to chassis, and using a MOS instead of a relay, which has its own voltage drop and gets hot.

01-12-09, 11:29 PM

My mate has the rotary pot version of the hot Grips and has had them for Donkey`s Years , swears by the Pot and won`t touch the new ones . Not had a single issue with it . I , on the other hand , have had 2 controllers of the "Press and Hold for 3 Seconds" variety .

Sid Squid · 01-12-09, 11:39 PM

Find a suitable three way switch and connect such that there are two heated positions: Connected in parallel for hot, in series for warm.

And use a relay fired by the ignition switch for the supply, obviously.

ophic · 01-12-09, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Find a suitable three way switch and connect such that there are two heated positions: Connected in parallel for hot, in series for warm.

Now that's clever!

Spiderman · 01-12-09, 11:52 PM

yeh its brilliant piece of work...just wish i knew what, where and how now, lol.

Dave20046 · 02-12-09, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

My mate has the rotary pot version of the hot Grips and has had them for Donkey`s Years , swears by the Pot and won`t touch the new ones . Not had a single issue with it . I , on the other hand , have had 2 controllers of the "Press and Hold for 3 Seconds" variety .

my analog one blew up

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01-12-09, 11:29 PM	#86
xXBADGERXx Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Making my own heated grips controller My mate has the rotary pot version of the hot Grips and has had them for Donkey`s Years , swears by the Pot and won`t touch the new ones . Not had a single issue with it . I , on the other hand , have had 2 controllers of the "Press and Hold for 3 Seconds" variety .

01-12-09, 11:39 PM	#87
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Making my own heated grips controller Find a suitable three way switch and connect such that there are two heated positions: Connected in parallel for hot, in series for warm. And use a relay fired by the ignition switch for the supply, obviously. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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