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Posted by Bucko
 - January 09, 2020, 13:28:04 PM
Quote from: Troll on January 07, 2020, 09:47:22 AM

I've been running heated gloves on my Drifter for about 10 years, now. They run directly off the battery, through a controller. I've had no problems at all with the charging system. I'll tell you this, though...I moved the reg/rec to the front, under the radiator in 2009...When I ride into the late Fall/early Winter up here in the frozen north, the temps will get down into the 20's before I give up...

Troll: any idea how many watts your gloves use?  Seems to me that when I tried to use 50w spot-lamp bulbs (vs the Fire and Steel 25w'ers) in my light-bar, my battery would eventually go dead - that would imply the available excess power is between 50w and 100w.
Posted by Troll
 - January 07, 2020, 09:47:22 AM

I've been running heated gloves on my Drifter for about 10 years, now. They run directly off the battery, through a controller. I've had no problems at all with the charging system. I'll tell you this, though...I moved the reg/rec to the front, under the radiator in 2009...When I ride into the late Fall/early Winter up here in the frozen north, the temps will get down into the 20's before I give up...

Posted by chief
 - January 06, 2020, 22:42:27 PM

The Drifter has limited electrical capacity, so many heated items won't work well with the bike.   The different brands of heated gear requires different configurations. I haven't researched this gear for a while. I had some for the Goldwing which took power from the bike through a control box.

An alternative is battery operated gear. These have their own batteries, usually rechargeable, and can be worn on or off the bike. Plus they don't run off the bike's electrical so no problem overloading the system.

Posted by Eddie57
 - January 03, 2020, 18:25:45 PM

Hi folks,
What needs to be done in order for me to add heated gloves, vests, etc...?
Best regards,
Ed

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