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Re: heated grips switch
- Subject: Re: heated grips switch
- From: Brian Korver <briank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 11:13:39 -0700
Eric Sheley wrote:
> Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 15:41:11 -0400
> From: Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: heated grips switch
>
> yes - I can leave it on the run position when it is cold but the start
> position will cause my hands to sweat. If after extended riding, my hands
> get cold again, a short stay on start will warm the hands right back up
> again. If the heating was the same, then I would not get the extra warmth.....
>
> have you measured the resistance across the lines from the switch back to
> the relay? The installation instructions warn against cutting the wires to
> shorten them as the lengths were produced to produce a certain resistance
> to control the heat. Maybe one side (the run) has more resistance than the
> other.
Both switch positions appeared to be the same (the meter read identically).
> It may not have anything to do, but I can't tell without pulling the
> fairing to test it or get my hands on a schematic. The service manual shows
> a couple of pieces of the heated grip circuit, but not enough for me to
> diagram it.
>
> Do you feel that you are not getting two heat settings on yours?
I haven't installed it yet. But I was thinking of using a different
(smaller) switch so that it would look better when installed in the
instrument panel ... so I wanted to figure out exactly how the thing
is supposed to work.
brian
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