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frostbitevinnie
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Does this system have enough juice to run my Gerbing jacket? It draws 7.5 amps.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Yes...You can run it right of the baterry much like you would wire in a tender. Or you can do a fuse box mod to the blade style with more terminal space and wire it in that way with the fuse in the terminal block.
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MisterCinders
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Your bike is Sauron and has One Fuse to Rule Them All.
Before running extra loads on that wire system, you should update your wiring to add a fuse block to split the fuse protection across the ignition, lights and indicators, then add a new fuse for the aux.
Probably not likely to happen, but if you plug right into the battery without a fuse, if your heated gear picks up a short
-- that would suck.
You should also think about wiring in that aux link so that it is switched -- i.e., only powered when the ignition is on. Also unlikely, but it would suck to have a bad aux outlet become a slow drain on the battery.
Before running extra loads on that wire system, you should update your wiring to add a fuse block to split the fuse protection across the ignition, lights and indicators, then add a new fuse for the aux.
Probably not likely to happen, but if you plug right into the battery without a fuse, if your heated gear picks up a short
-- that would suck. You should also think about wiring in that aux link so that it is switched -- i.e., only powered when the ignition is on. Also unlikely, but it would suck to have a bad aux outlet become a slow drain on the battery.
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frostbitevinnie
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Thanks, I think I will get a eastern beaver unit.
I would think he would be smart enough to fuse the hot wire with the proper amp fuse. If it were me, I would go straight to the battery (FUSED LINK) and run the plug in out right in front of the seat by the bottom of the tank.
I run a Gerbing on mine in just the way Chuck describes. Use the Gerbing cable with built in fuse block....
Note: 7.5amps = 90 watts. With an added 90w of load your charging system may be marginal. If it's very healthy it *might* handle it as long as you are doing freeway work & not low rev, idle around town etc.
It's also worth noting that you can reduce the load a lot by using one of Gerbings temp controllers (i.e. it pulses the power so it uses less watts), that's what I do (plus mine is a vest so only 65w to start with).
My friend flattened the battery on his 2007 BMW GS650 doing around town work with his Gerbings jacket on so it's not just a Suzuki GS / Old bike problem.
Dan
Note: 7.5amps = 90 watts. With an added 90w of load your charging system may be marginal. If it's very healthy it *might* handle it as long as you are doing freeway work & not low rev, idle around town etc.
It's also worth noting that you can reduce the load a lot by using one of Gerbings temp controllers (i.e. it pulses the power so it uses less watts), that's what I do (plus mine is a vest so only 65w to start with).
My friend flattened the battery on his 2007 BMW GS650 doing around town work with his Gerbings jacket on so it's not just a Suzuki GS / Old bike problem.
Dan