I recently acquired (second hand) some Gebring heated (under) jacket & gloves.
I intended to power from the BMW/Hella socket on the bike, however according to the bike handbook the Hella socket is rated @ 5amps (assume protected by a 5amp fuse). The Jacket is rated @ 6.4amps & the gloves @ 2.2amps, thus combined amps is greater that the rating of the Hella socket. I know that the amps for the Gebring jacket & gloves is likely quoted at full load and therefore likely to be mostly be much less than stated unless heating @ 100% but don't want to be blowing fuses on a really cold day.
Another option would be to install a seperate suitably rated & fused cable from the battery to the Gebring controller. Maybe this is the way to go.
What way are the collective powering heated gear? Are people using the onboard BMW Hella socket to power such things or doing it some other way?
Thx
I intended to power from the BMW/Hella socket on the bike, however according to the bike handbook the Hella socket is rated @ 5amps (assume protected by a 5amp fuse). The Jacket is rated @ 6.4amps & the gloves @ 2.2amps, thus combined amps is greater that the rating of the Hella socket. I know that the amps for the Gebring jacket & gloves is likely quoted at full load and therefore likely to be mostly be much less than stated unless heating @ 100% but don't want to be blowing fuses on a really cold day.
Another option would be to install a seperate suitably rated & fused cable from the battery to the Gebring controller. Maybe this is the way to go.
What way are the collective powering heated gear? Are people using the onboard BMW Hella socket to power such things or doing it some other way?
Thx