Heated Visor Plug Electrical Short

[Flipper]

Back into sledding now after a few years absent. Have a 2018 LTX 50th.

I had no heated bars, thumb or power to my helmet visor during my first shake down ride. I traced the problem to a short in the factory installed heated visor plug. The positive voltage tab inside the plug is touching the plug body which is connected to ground.

With this condition the 20 Amp hand warmer fuse would blow as soon as I powered the sled on.

Took this visor connector out of the circuit and heated warmers are working fine. In fact I was pleasantly surprised at how fast they warmed up compared to my past Vectors.

If you don't have power to heated grips, thumb warmer or visor check out this plug.

Flipper.

 

[Shagnos]

Just lost my shield power yesterday from a faulty plug in the power port. Blew the 20 tail light fuse, so no tail light, dash or shield power.
Handwarmers worked just fine. The 17 to 18model wiring must be a bit different.

 

[Flipper]

The difference I believe is whether your shield plug is factory installed or not. My 2018 came with the visor plug installed from the factory. It connects into the wiring on the same circuit as the warmers. My dealer just gave me the Yamaha accessory visor plug which is way better in construction than the one that come from the factory. This version connects into the accessory plug near the oil tank and runs off the fuse you noted.

 

[Shagnos]

I’m using the factory power port on the left hand side of my dash. Nothing is wired into that plug by the oil tank.

 

[ROCKERDAN]

I removed my stock 5oth plug from dash, never a fan of this as it can come unplugged easily. I always run mine down from left side of Bars, easier to grab and plug in at night too.

I ran mine down under seat, there is a nice accessory plugin that comes from battery which I tapped in to. It ONLY has power when sled is running.

Dan

 

[Flipper]

Funny you say this. I always ran my visor plug the same way and noticed that spare plug under the seat. So far so good with the Yamaha accessory kit. The plug is a tight fit so it has not come unplugged yet however the season is still young