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Electric Clothing- Can the GS handle it

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Does anybody know if the electrical system on a GS (I have a '78 GS550" can handle the load of and electric vest and heated grips? I run both of those on my DRZ400 without any problems and it has a 200W stator. The GS manual says it has a 15amp fuse for the electrical system, but doesn't mention the stator output.

Anybody with experience on the subject?
 
How many watts does the vest use??? If you want to try it I would run it direct from the battery with or without a relay. and not thru the harness
 
Electric vest

Electric vest

I just got a Kanetsu Elec vest from Riderwear. hooked it to the aux terminals on my '81 GS850G. Works great, don't see a prob. Draws 45 watts, comes fused with a 10 amp. Actually looking forward to the cold & nasty now. I hate the summer, worst time to ride of all the seasons.
DH
 
Vest

Vest

I have been running an electric vest on my 79 Gs 850 for 3 weeks now.
It has been as low as -5 C so far. :D
Charging system is stock and we have had nary a problem.
I don't have heated grips but I do have hand deflectors on my Hannigan Fairing. This setup works well . :P
Go for it...
 
I've been wearing a 3amp electric vest for 4 weeks now. It performed well below -10C.

This is on my GS400 but I have a GS850 regulator rectifier on it. I'm sure the alternator is stock though.

Steve
 
Clone said:
Yeah, what is the output of the stator?
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from what I have read, the output of the GS's varied from 280 watts to 310 watts, I do not know about pre-80 or under 550's
a bit of strainge info, in 1983 the gs550es and 750es have 310 watt charging system out put with 12 amp hour batteries, the 83 gs1100es has only a 280 watt sytem with a 14 amp hour battery.
I have no idea why the 1100 would have a smaller out put than the 550 :?
 
watts

watts

Betcha Suzuki found it cheaper to produce smaller wattage unit & felt no one would really miss it on a bike not used as full blown tourer? Or was it lighter & let engine pick up revs quicker?
DH
 
Am I right to divide 310 by 12 to get roughly 26 Amps? This should be the maximum load I can put on the charging system, correct? :?
 
Power (in watts) = Volts * Current

You probably won't have that much current available because some of the power is lost as heat while going through the regulator/rectifier.

Steve
 
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