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Old 07-04-13, 16:36
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heated grip connection

Hi

Just been taking off my Oxford heated grips (the ones with the **** digital controller). i never installed these so wasn't sure how it was done.

First job was to unwrap the massive ball of electrical tape!



Once i had done that, it revealed 3 connector blocks. One from the right grip, one from the left and the other from the controller.



i traced the wire that fed the controller connector. it went down along the front cowl support bar, then back up towards the clocks, through an inline fuse and into a connector block that was coming out the loom that fed the underside of the clocks.




I have Symmtec heated grip elements to replace them with. i was hoping i could just wire them into the 3 connector blocks (pic No.2).

So....here comes my quesions...

Is this a good way to connect them? doesn't it depend on how you connect them to wether or not they heat up as hot as there supposed to?

Is the connector plug coming from the clock loom the diagnostic connection? if so, what happens if my bike needs to go on the diagnostic?

Please help.....
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Old 08-04-13, 21:53
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Is this a good way to connect them? doesn't it depend on how you connect them to wether or not they heat up as hot as there supposed to?

Well, it will work and many do it this way. However, I'd suggest they'd be better fed from a ignition switched relay with the fused supply feed coming direct from the battery.

Is the connector plug coming from the clock loom the diagnostic connection? if so, what happens if my bike needs to go on the diagnostic?

That plug behind the dash is not a diagnostic socket. It is simply a 12V supply from the sidelight circuit.
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Old 09-04-13, 08:57
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seems its a side lights circuit i guess i would be better to unplumb the heated grips and wire in my sat nav instead as it uses less juice....agree?

My main problem is that i dont know a lot about connecters. for example...the connector from the loom, what type is it? how is best to connect to these?

This is how the heated grips have been wired to it.




thanks
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Old 09-04-13, 11:16
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seems its a side lights circuit i guess i would be better to unplumb the heated grips and wire in my sat nav instead as it uses less juice....agree?
Yes, that would seem a better solution.

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My main problem is that i dont know a lot about connecters. for example...the connector from the loom, what type is it? how is best to connect to these?
The dash connector is not common, they're like rocking horse sh1t to get hold of. Either connect the way it is (with spades), or cut it off and solder/heatshrink or use a whole new connector block (male and female) such as a Superseal waterproof type if you want.
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