Electrical help urgently needed

[Dusty Dan]

The current limiting device is built right into the accessory being plugged in such as heated helmet shield or gps. You just can't hook a gps to 12v with out the current limiting device that is built into the factory cord that comes with it, it will fry i did it once.

I hooked the wire supplied direct to 12 volts but it seemed to get too hot. If there was a current limiting device it did not work.

 

[Dusty Dan]

If you can find an old potentiometer like on the old Yamaha sleds handwarmers you could wire it into the hot wire (series) and adjust the heat from there? Just a thought.

Yeah, I am looking at all options now, thanks.

 

[Dusty Dan]

Yeah, I am looking at all options now, thanks.

I got a call from Skinz and apparently everything is ok. It is meant to get hot because of the constant heat drain on the trail. It is fine to wire it directly and it is designed to be on all the time. Many thanks to all that helped out today.

Ride safely.

 

[Mike P]

I got a call from Skinz and apparently everything is ok. It is meant to get hot because of the constant heat drain on the trail. It is fine to wire it directly and it is designed to be on all the time. Many thanks to all that helped out today.

Ride safely.

I would, without a doubt put a fuse and then an on/off switch of some kind inline with the unit. Direct wiring into your OEM system could be an issue at some point and having the ability to effectively remove it from the electrical system with the switch could be key for troubleshooting.

 

[Dusty Dan]

I would, without a doubt put a fuse and then an on/off switch of some kind inline with the unit. Direct wiring into your OEM system could be an issue at some point and having the ability to effectively remove it from the electrical system with the switch could be key for troubleshooting.

Good thought. It does have an inline fuse so I will only have to remove the fuse for troubleshooting or other issues.