Heated shield cord management

[Cubby]

How do you keep your heated shield cord from getting in the way? I have the connector mounted to the riser but the cord to the shield always seems to bounce around and tangle in my tether. What do you do to keep the cord from getting in the way?

And I do want to stick with electric shields.

 

[RoyalBlue]

I use a plastic clip on the side of my helmet it has sticky tape on it that holds it to my helmet ,you can also run the cord thru either arm in your jacket.

 

[woolyviper]

i do a half lap around the gas cap with mine - the coiled part will crush between the gas cap and the tank and keep it out of the way - not fool proof but keeps it put most of the time.

 

[monte1214]

- Thru the arm of my coat.

 

[Irv]

I wear a FXR suit with the magnetic front flap that goes over the zipper.
It stays in place fairly well but it also halps having a snap button on the bottom of the jacket.

 

[NY AttakGT]

I wear a FXR suit with the magnetic front flap that goes over the zipper.
It stays in place fairly well but it also halps having a snap button on the bottom of the jacket.

X2 with this method. I have the chord go from helmet and into the jacket up top, under the velcroed portion by the zipper, then down out the bottom of the jacket to the plug on the sled.

When I get off the sled (leaving helmet on), I just unplug the chord from the sled. If I am taking off helmet, I unplug it at first connection, which is usually near my chin before it goes into the jacket, then unplug it from the sled, leaving the rest in the velcro channel of my jacket.

 

[Grimm]

I run mine down inside my jacket and out the bottom, never gets in the way. Running it through your sleeve hampers your use of hand signals.

 

[Cubby]

I think I will try the inside the jacket out the bottom trick. I was thinking about a clip on the gas tank but that sounds like more work. I do use the clip on the side of the helmet to keep the connection tight.

 

[04JRB]

I have a clip that is on my helmet like the second post shows. I also run it through my sleeve of my coat or down through the front between the inner and outer zippered layers as others have mentioned.

Its worked well for me. I dont let that plug have a chance to hit any metal either, or it blows a fuse.

 

[Vectornut]

04JRB, you shouldn't be blowing fuses. Are you sure you have the cable hooked up right?

 

[Blue Dave]

04JRB, you shouldn't be blowing fuses. Are you sure you have the cable hooked up right?

If you wire the female RCA jack cable to the sled as directed (red + / black -) the center of the RCA jack will be hot. This results in the male pin on the RCA jack at the helmet end of the removeable cable to be hot and it will absolutely blow a fuse if it touches the metal chassis while still plugged in at the other end.

Because the shield does not care about polarity you can certainly wire the female RCA jack backwards so that the center is ground. This will result in the male pin of the removeable cable being the ground which will greatly reduce the chance of an accidental short if you unplug at the helmet end only and let the cord fall on the running board or other metal surface.

 

[Irv]

04JRB, you shouldn't be blowing fuses. Are you sure you have the cable hooked up right?

If you wire the female RCA jack cable to the sled as directed (red + / black -) the center of the RCA jack will be hot. This results in the male pin on the RCA jack at the helmet end of the removeable cable to be hot and it will absolutely blow a fuse if it touches the metal chassis while still plugged in at the other end.

Because the shield does not care about polarity you can certainly wire the female RCA jack backwards so that the center is ground. This will result in the male pin of the removeable cable being the ground which will greatly reduce the chance of an accidental short if you unplug at the helmet end only and let the cord fall on the running board or other metal surface.

That's a great tip Dave.

 

[RoyalBlue]

Noose

WARNING ##Just make sure you do not strangle yourself with it

 

[vector06]

- Thru the arm of my coat.

X2

 

[04JRB]

04JRB, you shouldn't be blowing fuses. Are you sure you have the cable hooked up right?

If you wire the female RCA jack cable to the sled as directed (red + / black -) the center of the RCA jack will be hot. This results in the male pin on the RCA jack at the helmet end of the removeable cable to be hot and it will absolutely blow a fuse if it touches the metal chassis while still plugged in at the other end.

Because the shield does not care about polarity you can certainly wire the female RCA jack backwards so that the center is ground. This will result in the male pin of the removeable cable being the ground which will greatly reduce the chance of an accidental short if you unplug at the helmet end only and let the cord fall on the running board or other metal surface.

I read that on another thread about reversing polarity. That is something easy enough to do and its too bad I didnt think of it, lol.

Its a great tip, I love the wealth of info from this site!