wiring heated grips to live feed

Motorcycling
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Hi,

I have a cbr 125, my heated grips are wired straight into the battery and sometimes I can forget and I find my self calling the break down cover to bail me out.

Is it possible for me to connect the live wire which has a 10A fuse to the bikes wiring i.e. light so when the ignition is turned on the the heated grips work? Or would I overload the system?

I don’t really want to use a relay.

Thanks

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It is possible but I wouldn’t know how to do it, which is why I got this excellent bike electrician to do mine.

He is based in South Croydon.

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you need fine a wire thats switch live…

I.E i only goes live when the bikes turned on, get a wiring diagram.

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I use the live off the ignition switch

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Thanks,

It won’t overload the system would it?

I don’t wanna be riding and see smokeee :w00t:

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find a switched live near the fusebox, into a relay, then out of the relay into the heated grips. no more flat batteries or overloaded head/brake light circuits!

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So I can use the relay which is already on the bike?

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if you’ve already got an accessory relay wired up then yes. there’s bound to be some how to guide online, i’ll have a look and post up the best i can find!

here you go: How to wire in an electrical device using a relay. - Bike Chat Forums and So Symtec heated grips. Fitting etc. - Bike Chat Forums

(linking to other forums isnt frowned upon is it? :cool: )

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What a great link. Not often you get good words and good pictures.