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Oct 15, 2013 | 09:51 PM

balloo

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Heated Gear

I have been told that it is not necessary to have a wire from the battery to the hook up for heated gear - - they claim just plug into the battery charger wire, using a special wire connector.

Is this okay, or should I go direct from the battery?
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Balloo

Oct 15, 2013 | 10:05 PM

NDBadlands4-2

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When you buy the gear it should come with the connection wire to the battery. I just used the one that came with, easy.

Oct 15, 2013 | 10:22 PM

FatBoyZombie

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I just eat more in the winter; self insulation baby...

Sorry I just had to...

Oct 15, 2013 | 10:57 PM

voudoujoe

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I just bought Powerlet heated gear. Their manual said if you use any battery connection other than the one it came with, it voids the warranty. Wasn't hard to hook up.

Oct 15, 2013 | 11:29 PM

Norms 427

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The battery connection is a flat 2 wire affair, right?

They make a connection that fits that flat 2 wire and has a female end that goes into your heated gear. That's what I'm using, so only one set of wires going to the battery but they serve 2 purposes. Your battery outlet goes directly to the battery as does the heated gear wires ... but why run 2 sets of wires when one does the trick?

Heated gear definitely extends the riding season and since I live way north and close to the Canadian border I wouldn't be without it.

Norm

Last edited by Norms 427; Oct 15, 2013 at 11:32 PM.

Oct 16, 2013 | 01:33 AM

casbar

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It's all about amperage. I run my Gerbing gloves off the battery tender wire, and its fine. If your running more than gloves, the battery tender wire won't be man enough, so you could cause a fire.

Oct 16, 2013 | 09:34 AM

klf33

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My gear came with a 'fuse' and the wires, the fuse was enough for my Liner(Gerbing)/Gloves(HD)/Pants Liner (Gerbing).
Not sure if your charger wires will be good enough for that.
I am not too worried about amberage , it was all good when lights were stock, now I have LED front and back so I am definitely low amberage.