markersniffen
Junior Member
Hey all,
So I just attempted a combo upgrade, FZ1 bars with heated grips. The FZ1 bars went on relatively painlessly, took a few hours, and it was dark by the time I finished. Regardless, I took a ride and I love how they feel, although I'm tempted to look into bar risers as I crushed my thumb walking the bike out of my driveway...the lack of bar clearance above the tank is definitely something to get used to...
Anyway, on to the problem. I installed heated grips (Oxford HotGrips - webBikeWorld), and wired them into my relay system. When I had purchased the bike I set up a relay per these instructions:
.: Distribution Block / Powered Relay | Canyon Chasers Motorcycle Sport Touring :.
So I wired in the heated grips and there was a 5 amp fuse right before the positive end. After riding and realizing the little LED that indicates the grips are on was not lit, I checked, and the fuse was blown. So I put in a 10 amp fuse...it sparked and blew as soon as I turned the key. Same with a 20 amp fuse...now I am no electrical engineer, but I know my 12v cigarette lighter socket works great at charging my droid, so the relay system does work...I am just not sure why the grips don't like it.
As I am sitting here in bed typing this, I have a humiliating thought, did I somehow mix the positive and negative ends of my power block when attaching the grips??? I don't want to think I would make that mistake, but I suppose it's possible. :banghead: Ill check in the morning, but I'm guessing that could cause the fuse to blow...
So I just attempted a combo upgrade, FZ1 bars with heated grips. The FZ1 bars went on relatively painlessly, took a few hours, and it was dark by the time I finished. Regardless, I took a ride and I love how they feel, although I'm tempted to look into bar risers as I crushed my thumb walking the bike out of my driveway...the lack of bar clearance above the tank is definitely something to get used to...
Anyway, on to the problem. I installed heated grips (Oxford HotGrips - webBikeWorld), and wired them into my relay system. When I had purchased the bike I set up a relay per these instructions:
.: Distribution Block / Powered Relay | Canyon Chasers Motorcycle Sport Touring :.
So I wired in the heated grips and there was a 5 amp fuse right before the positive end. After riding and realizing the little LED that indicates the grips are on was not lit, I checked, and the fuse was blown. So I put in a 10 amp fuse...it sparked and blew as soon as I turned the key. Same with a 20 amp fuse...now I am no electrical engineer, but I know my 12v cigarette lighter socket works great at charging my droid, so the relay system does work...I am just not sure why the grips don't like it.
As I am sitting here in bed typing this, I have a humiliating thought, did I somehow mix the positive and negative ends of my power block when attaching the grips??? I don't want to think I would make that mistake, but I suppose it's possible. :banghead: Ill check in the morning, but I'm guessing that could cause the fuse to blow...