Heat troller

[NSrider]

For the guys running electric gear, do you connect the controller directly to the battery or do you run it through a fuse block? I have mine connected to a fuse block but it is not working. It was suggested that I connect directly to the battery but I thought I would ask before I went and yanked the wiring and moved it.

If it matters where it is connected, how does the controller know if it is connected to a battery or a fuse block.

 

[RaYzerman19]

It doesn't care where.... but you should have a fuse. Mine are through a fuse block. Check that your key is on or if the bike has to be started to activate the fuse block, and that you have a good fuse in there.... and not hooked up backwards.

 

[MCML]

Stuff you probably already know:

Fuses are good.

Fuses can blow out and need to be checked when something isn't behaving as it should.

Fuzeblock has both switched and un-switched connectability.

 

[NSrider]

Fuse's are good, it's an FZ1 fuse block. Key is on, bike running but no heat. I am leaning towards the problem being with the jacket. I am going to get a different jacket tomorrow and try that. The jacket I have now is one I bought of a forum member in the late spring and it sat in the closet until now and as well I didn't have a controller to test it when I received it.

 

[doug44]

Fuse's are good, it's an FZ1 fuse block. Key is on, bike running but no heat. I am leaning towards the problem being with the jacket. I am going to get a different jacket tomorrow and try that. The jacket I have now is one I bought of a forum member in the late spring and it sat in the closet until now and as well I didn't have a controller to test it when I received it.

Just hook it up direct just plug the wire into the garment to test it by passing the controller. Or check it with a Volt meter........... You should have 12-14vdc at that connection. You didn't mention which controller you are using but I have the Gerbing that has a small l.e.d. that flashes when hooked up and turned on for heat in the garment.

 

[wabill]

I had to expand the center contact pin on the heatroller source connector to get reliable contact with my Gerbing gear. Heatroller to heatroller should be ok.