bought a warm and safe heated jacket + glove liners the other day. It comes with a wiring harness that needs to be attached to the bike. I’m guessing I could wire it straight into the main battery, drain would be negligible when the jacket is not connected? Anyone else done this on a Multi? Are there alternative/better approaches?
I have a Keis jacket and the missus uses a Keis gilet connected directly to the 1260 battery, great bit of kit, just be careful as the battery post bolts aren’t very long on the 1260 as I found when I dropped one
I’m using the Keis jacket on a 1200 PP hardwired to battery terminals (agree its fiddly and prone to dropping the nut because the posts are short - I cut out one end of the ring connector to make it a spade connector so I didn’t have to remove the nut from the battery post) and it’s great. I have now bought the trousers but can’t work out .. 1. Whether a) I need a splitter cable to my power lead, or b) the trousers can connect (piggyback) to the jacket somehow 2. Whether I have to switch both on separately or whether the jacket AND trouser heat will be controlled by the jacket heat adjuster [only relevant in scenario b) of point one above ] 3. Whether I need to upgrade the fuse on the battery lead (I used the highest rated one of the three that came with the jacket
I have the heated bodywarmer The controller controls JUST the bodywarmer The sockets at the arms and base of the jacket are direct from the connection - so not controlled via the controller. The trousers probably came with a lead that plugs to the bike or the jacket? For the gloves I bought the leads that go between the jacket and the gloves - instead of using the supplied Y lead with the gloves. My gloves have inbuilt controllers.. You probably need mini controller for the trousers - but i thought it came with them? I do not have the trousers or heated soles..
Also the more you daisy chain of the jacket / vest connector the bigger the fuse you need to fit on the lead connected to the battery.
Yesterday I had a ride down to Milton Keynes to buy the same. Bought a Keis J501 heated jacket and also plugged straight into the rear under seat socket. No need to mess with the battery this way, 7.5amp fuse required for the sleeved jacket. Great piece of kit for winter riding and need to wear bulky gear in cold weather, also when it warms up through the day then simply turn off. Fuse guide dependent on the amount of kit attached
heated gear is great these days, I normally opt to wear my Avade heated top, which has its own small battery, lasts about 6 hrs, carry a spare, so warm all day including when off the bike. Also just bought myself the Blaze heated pant liners, used the 1st time the other day, they are brilliant. Too hot i'd say on the hot setting, low to med is enough.These do plug into the bike though. Same lead as the Oxford heated clothing lead.
I use the optimate SAE connection and one of their cables for my heated gear Like this https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/264039959922
I believe @Pete1950 uses some induction coupling thingies that someone really should ask him to tell us about!! Widow79 did you get the single or dual remote control unit? Looks fairly straight forward with one of those kits.
Got the dual remote. Will be having a crack at wiring it into the battery tonight. I’ll post some pics of the end result... providing the bike doesn’t end up in bits.
Here’s my efforts, took about half an hour in total. Hardest part was loosening the battery terminal bolts, the Ducati builder definitely had three shredded wheat when he was building my bike. Cut the ends off the connectors on the cable to make them slide under the bolts easily. (Good tip SteveE)
Must of been another member called Pete who stated his heated gear had induction connections. But thanks none the less.
