| Author | Message | ||
     Chadprepton |
I was putting this on my bike http://www.americansportbike.com/shoponline/ccp0-p rodshow/5669.html I have everything set up so that it would be turned on with this: http://www.americansportbike.com/shoponline/ccp0-p rodshow/17301.html I turned everything on and it was fine, then I wrap up the wires to the battery with electrical tape and tried it again and the wires melted off there installation... Now, this is the stupid question, I was using 18 gage wire from radio shack, is it possible that the wire just got too hot? thanks | ||
| Reuel |
Was it a slow heat up, and did the grip work? If so, your wire is too thin. If nothing worked, you might have a short. | ||
| Chadprepton |
It did work, I think the wire is too thin. It did heat up fast when it did work though going to home depot to get a bigger wire gage, I think it couldn't handle the amps. Chad | ||
| Chadprepton |
Ok now I must doing something wrong, I bought a thick wire which seems to be holding but now I noticed that the wire leading up into the start switch is melting (not the start switch wire itself but the black and orange/red aux wire to connect to the battery for the heat grips.) I guess my question now is should I cut off the melted part and try to connect it higher up the wire I should I try something else since that might melt more of the wire? Would electoral tape melt wire? It was OK until I taped everything up.... | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
Electrical tape wont melt wire. I'm very concerned you're going to fry your entire wiring harness and switches. My hope is that you didnt connect it directly into the Blast wiring and are using an auxilary (non Blast) switch. Stop before you do serious damage. The grips should be wired separately from the rest of the bike so if anything burns you'll only fry the grips and wiring or the fuse that came with them. Wire into the Blast wiring only if you know what you're doing. | ||
| Swampy |
Make sure the ground for the grips are in a great spot. If you are grounding them to the handle bars that would be a bad thing, it needs to be grounded back at the battery or at the very least at the frame, and not the steering head. | ||
| Ezblast |
Its definitely the grounds - check both front and rear for clean contact and tightness - torqued to spec. EZ |
