Oxford Heated Grips

[Timbo]

Originally Posted by Zed62

Can the power tap at the instrument panel support the grips at 100% power?  No relay? Not sure about current draw.

Yes, they only draw 4Amps, the circuit is fused higher than that, 5A I think, sorry I can't remember.

[Timbo]

Originally Posted by rcannon409

The grips generate heat.  Items that heat put a load on the battery, which takes energy from the battery.   The controller sees this voltage drop and shuts off.

The controller doesn't sense vibration and would have no idea the engine is running if you had a charger connected or a power supply of some kind hooked up.

I agree on the vibration comment but I wouldn't agree with what you said about volt-drop.

The grips have to turn off when the engine has stopped, when I first fitted them to my Tiger Sport and used the Auto Off function the grips would turn off at traffic lights when the engine was idling. That's why I think they sense the AC component of the alternator output, at idle there will a lower level

[rcannon409]

You are assuming you triumph had a quality electronics system like this bike has, and it doesn't.  but there's no need to make this complicated.  The triumph doesn't charge well, at idle, so the voltage drops and the grips sh#t off.  You hope the battery is large enough to cope with this excess drain, at idle. 

The voltage drops in the battery because heat generating items will do that, rapidly and the grips shut off.   Hook your bike to a battery charger and you'll see how the controller works. You can keep the grips running as long as you want to. That's nice for troubleshooting, or mounting the grips. 

If you get the grip hot, they are really easy to slide on to the bar.  Way easier than when they are cold.