Grip Heaters & Distribution Panel


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MNGreg

waiting out winter
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Ok.
So I tried installing my distribution panel and grip heaters today. They worked momentarily and then stopped heating. I checked at the distribution panel and at the heating wires and was only getting about .5 volts. Checking the fuse I saw that it blew the 20A fuse.

I have it wired exactly like they showed for the distribution panel on canyon chasers that was posted up here before.

The grip heaters - I am having a very hard time finding a spot to ground them. I tried putting them on the metal part of the frame where the rearview mirrors anchor into. I am assuming that it not a good ground and thus causing my fuse to blow?

Where is there a spot within decent reach to tie in for a ground?

Or do I want to just route another 14 gauge "black" wire up from my distribution block or battery and tie that in as a ground? If so, how do I tie in 14 guage wire to 2 wires (1 for each grip) that is soo tiny (may 20 or even less guage?

I know there are butt splices but that wouldnt work for such a difference in wire sizes I think? Or do I tie the two small wires together and crimp them in a female connect, and crimp the "ground" from battery to a male connect and connect these wires that way?
 
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bleedinblue

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Hang on, Ill go press the "call Jsp button" on my bike lol.

I vote for the last option you mentioned.I just dont care for splicing into the factory wiring.The last thing you want is to have a faulty ground near your hand controls.

I say that because the ground I added on my banshee's tether kill switch came loose after a couple of seasons, and I never realised it until I was stuck in a mudhole, and put my hand on the bars with my feet submerged.
 
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JSP

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JT

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bleedinblue said:
Hang on, Ill go press the "call Jsp button" on my bike lol.

I vote for the last option you mentioned.I just dont care for splicing into the factory wiring.The last thing you want is to have a faulty ground near your hand controls.

I say that because the ground I added on my banshee's tether kill switch came loose after a couple of seasons, and I never realised it until I was stuck in a mudhole, and put my hand on the bars with my feet submerged.
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Damn I need a Call JSP button on my bike. lmfao
 
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JSP

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M

MNGreg

waiting out winter
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jspansel said:
I wired a ground directly from the battery. Splicing 3 wires together should be done correctly with solder and heat shrink tubing. You can find a cheap iron at harbor freight or other places around you.

Soldering Tools

Walmart may have a few cheap ones on your store as well:

Walmart.com: Home Improvement: Portable Power Tools: Heat Guns
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Actually, while sitting at work I just thought of what I can do for the time being.. I will run the ground wire from the battery and relay and run them up to the distribution block up under my dash. Then I can just put those grounding "rings" onto the dist. block and a small power wire from the block to the grip heaters. Then when needed later, I will just have another small dist. block under the seat.

Or could I run a ground from the dist. block under the seat up to the dash and have a 4 port dist. block up there and put the ground wire from the battery to it, and the grip grounds to it also?

That darn HID REtrofit headlight battery connector is soo large I am not able to connect it to my distribution panel. :( So still have 3-4 wires on each post of the batter (Battery tender connector, headlight, now the dist. panel connectors -1 pos, 2 neg)
 

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