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How Much Power Available?
04/17/11 at 17:10:12
I have a 2003 Savage and want to run Gerbings heated jacket liner (77 watts) and heated glove liners (27 watts). Does anyone know how many watts are available?
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04/17/11 at 18:23:29
I bid 60 watts.
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04/18/11 at 00:30:43
I don't think anybody here actually knows... I remember somebody using some heated something's, but I don't remember what.
I'm in Arizona, so I quit riding when it gets below 50'... (my blood's thinner than Kool-aid)...
You,... are nominated to figure this one out. It would be good to know.
You can disconnect the front running lights, and switch to an LED tail light for more juice... also, stay off the highbeam...
Bet you could run it then...
.. but,... hey!... it's springtime!... where are you?...
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07/21/11 at 20:35:20
OK. I did not modify my bike at all except to add a 12 volt plug.
Last week I was riding near Anahim Lake BC and early one morning I climbed out of my tent to find frost on my bike (mid-July!!). I rode for a few hours using my new Gerbings heated jacket liner and glove liners and had no problem. They kept me toasty warm and the battery held its charge.
I think that as long as the engine is turning at a fairly high rpm, as when highway riding, the alternator can produce enough current to keep up with the current drawn by the heated clothing.
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07/22/11 at 01:25:35
That's good information. Thanks for coming back and letting us know.
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Serowbot wrote
on 04/18/11 at 00:30:43:
.... You can disconnect the front running lights, and switch to an LED tail light for more juice... also, stay off the highbeam...
I'm pondering this very thing. HID headlight conversion, led lights everywhere else. This should cut the normal load on the alternator by at least half.
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07/22/11 at 04:43:48
hid is a good idea 30 watts?
would suggest a seperate switch to insure bike is up to idle speed
think inrush current on hids' are up to 3X operating wattage for up to
30 seconds long after our timing circuit has run its course...
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07/22/11 at 07:48:27
thumperclone wrote
on 07/22/11 at 04:43:48:
hid is a good idea 30 watts?
would suggest a seperate switch to insure bike is up to idle speed
think inrush current on hids' are up to 3X operating wattage for up to
30 seconds long after our timing circuit has run its course...
and in plain english that means.... ?
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07/22/11 at 10:20:19
I am looking for the same info. Without switching everything to LED, I want to hook up 2 red lights to the brake light and 2 running lights up front on a switch so I can charge the battery for a while before I turn them on.
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