Cheap fix for low performing nytro hand warmer !

[Alexandre Cote]

I'm going to try plugging the yamaha hand warmer and thumb warmer directly to 2 separated 5 pin relay. I think I could use the ecm for normal riding temp and when it gets cold shut down the warmers, switch the relay and get direct power from the battery. Anyone tried it? I figure I have 20$ of material to get the hand warmer and thumb warmer "boosted"

 

[maim]

rock did all this testing for you. just order up his hot hands kit for your sled and prepare to burn some gloves as it works that well. i have it on my 09 phazer rtx/x

 

[Alexandre Cote]

I must agree what Rock offers is pretty much plug and play but at 350$cnd with shipping I rather try and build myself a systeme for 20$

 

[devilnabludress]

It's easy to let smoke out of things, but it's a bugger to put the smoke back in. How many amps do your hand warmers use? Hard to control that from plugging directly to a battery source. Spend the money once and save yourself money in the end.

 

[Alexandre Cote]

Well yamaha calls +/- 7ohm per grip, being in parallele gets me to 3.5 ohm for the complete HW circuit. 3.5 ohm @12v is 3.42 amp so a 5 amp fuse should be more than enough.

That being said alot of aftermaket HW kits are direct plug in to the battery with only a switch and a fuse !

 

[ClutchMaster]

Good old Ohms law....... so ya say them there horses belong to them there pilgrims?
Oh wait that was the Outlaw Jossie Wales.

 

[Hooray!]

rock did all this testing for you. just order up his hot hands kit for your sled and prepare to burn some gloves as it works that well. i have it on my 09 phazer rtx/x

My Yamaheaters work great, would not want to risk stressing the delicate (temperamental) Nytro / Yamaha electrical system. They don't take kindly to extra amps flowing anywhere... But the hand warmer hack is creative.

 

[STAIN]

I did a version of this on my old RX. The warmers were run in series, I changed them to run parallel . They got HOT, but would pop a fuse if run more than 3/4, not that you needed to.

 

[zx4ever]

I say giver a try. I have rocks heater and it works well. But the cost to get it to Canada is enough. I am going to try making my own coolant heated handlebars like cr racing is doing. If it doesn’t work well I will hook up the yamaheater again. No loss in trying.

 

[zx4ever]

Did you ever get your hand warmers figured out?