Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:01:59 +0100 - Message No. 4250
From: Hajo Brunne

Subject: Re: Heated grips


Marcel_Sieling@mausd.gun.de schrieb:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >I've glued the fuseholder to the top of the battery and run a small wire
> >from the positive (+) terminal to one side. From the other side, I've
> >paired the wire up with the wire coming from the negative (-) terminal
> 
> Hm... Better is to connect them behind the ignition switch because if you
> forget to switch them off your battery is empty after 3 hours. And then...
> good pushing! ;-)
> 

Ya! That's it. I recommend to use the power supply cable for
the fan to power the grips.

- it is not very likely to use grips and that the motor becomes that hot
- it is behind the ignition switch
- it's fused
- it's easy to reach from the front panel

I made this choice with my former Trans Alp and I'm goning to do
it that way next weekend ...

> A ery good improvement is a temperature control (I use the idea from Phil
> Herzog's pages) with a turning knob, it costs about 20,-DM material and an
> evening soldering activity and then you can adjust the heat smoothely from
> 0 to 100% with a turning knob. This is much better than the serial/parallel
> switch (usually named "Start/On" or "Boost/On" which is usually the choice
> between "too hot" and "too cold". ;-)

... also including this little circuit (but the new version with warning 
flashlight)

Rgs
	Hajo



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