Heated Hand Grips Low Output
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Heated Hand Grips Low Output
I bought the H-D heated hand grips and installed them on my 2006 Road Glide this weekend. Install went well except when I touched the positive lead of my Hogtunes to the negative battery terminal and now I don't have any audio.
Anyway, I took the bike out to test ride in low 50 degree temps, wearing a thin pair of gloves. The grips were hardly warm when dialed up all the way. I tried turning them off then back on with the dial but still, the best it would do was barely warm. When I'm stopped, the grips get a little warmer but at speed, i.e. 55 -60 they are barely detectable as warm.
Is this how they normally work?
Battery is going on 3 1/2 years old. I did the install according to the supplied instructions.
Anyway, I took the bike out to test ride in low 50 degree temps, wearing a thin pair of gloves. The grips were hardly warm when dialed up all the way. I tried turning them off then back on with the dial but still, the best it would do was barely warm. When I'm stopped, the grips get a little warmer but at speed, i.e. 55 -60 they are barely detectable as warm.
Is this how they normally work?
Battery is going on 3 1/2 years old. I did the install according to the supplied instructions.
Last edited by EasternSP; Jan 13, 2014 at 07:24 PM.
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Yea, mine will cook eggs on the highest setting, barely need 1 1/2 or 2 setting on the coldest days here in Pa. Sounds like yours are not getting the full voltage they need to function. Your wiring is screwed up somewhere
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It takes them a while to heat up. You should actually feel more heat at speed since the stator will be making its max voltage then. Check your stator voltage to the regulator and voltage from the regulator to the battery. Then check with battery connected. As indicated, these grips get pretty hot if turned up much past 3.
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Volt meter in the dash shows a little over 14 volts when driving. It drops down around 13 when idling. I took the bike out for a ride for about half an hour and they never got anymore than barely warm. Actually, they got warmer when I was stopped at traffic lights and then I suppose the wind cooled them off at speed.
The gloves I was wearing were just thin leather, no padding. Even on bare hands, these grips were only warm with the dial set up past the 9.
I've been reading posts on other forums and this one of quite a few people having trouble with them. I think I'll just send em back and get a set of heat deamons.
The gloves I was wearing were just thin leather, no padding. Even on bare hands, these grips were only warm with the dial set up past the 9.
I've been reading posts on other forums and this one of quite a few people having trouble with them. I think I'll just send em back and get a set of heat deamons.
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I used mine on 4 once when it was 34* at 80 MPH. 4 is one number less than the surface of the sun.
Are you sure you have a good ground and full power lead?
Are you sure you have a good ground and full power lead?
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Just because your volt meter is reading 13 or 14 does not mean your grips are getting that voltage. I'd make that voltage reading directly at the power input for your grips, not the overall voltage to the voltmeter.