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I replaced the cord on my home made heated vest today after having trodden on the old plug...I made it longer at the same time so I have more movement when I've plugged it into the lower of my PTO sockets.....
I toyed with the idea of using the old cord from a deceased BWM waistcoat..you know the ones that keep failing and popping fuses????
I reckon the fault is in the waistcoat though, rather than the lead.....which is nice and curly, waterproof and has the high/low leds on it.......
So here's the question for you electrickery bods....
The BWM cord goes from two wires from the plug, into the remote control and its PCB, then out to the waistcoat end plug in four wires, two thin red one and two thicker black ones....(I don't know which was wired to positve on the original plug...I cut it off and re used it a while back but I'd expect it to be red live
)
I'm thinking the remote circuitry just gives different amounts of power to the waistcoat, with two seperate circuits (live down the thick one, earthing back through the thin) so that when on low power, one circuit is on, then goingup to full power both circuits are on??
(makes sense but the thicker wires are black and the thin ones red
)
So what would happen if I twisted the two thick ones together and the two thin ones..can I use this cord, and would it still give me adjustable power to the waistcoat ( a home made kit one that's far better than anything I've tried before!)
Over to you guys
I toyed with the idea of using the old cord from a deceased BWM waistcoat..you know the ones that keep failing and popping fuses????
I reckon the fault is in the waistcoat though, rather than the lead.....which is nice and curly, waterproof and has the high/low leds on it.......
So here's the question for you electrickery bods....
The BWM cord goes from two wires from the plug, into the remote control and its PCB, then out to the waistcoat end plug in four wires, two thin red one and two thicker black ones....(I don't know which was wired to positve on the original plug...I cut it off and re used it a while back but I'd expect it to be red live
)I'm thinking the remote circuitry just gives different amounts of power to the waistcoat, with two seperate circuits (live down the thick one, earthing back through the thin) so that when on low power, one circuit is on, then goingup to full power both circuits are on??
(makes sense but the thicker wires are black and the thin ones red
)So what would happen if I twisted the two thick ones together and the two thin ones..can I use this cord, and would it still give me adjustable power to the waistcoat ( a home made kit one that's far better than anything I've tried before!)
Over to you guys
