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Bayonne, NJ | Hey guys I just bought the heated jacket liner from first gear 90 watts. I have a 2009 victory vision premium tour. I have had 3 instances that all the electric turned of on the bike while riding. The lights would quickly come back on but I had to start it again.
I have the heat controller hooked up to the mini 12v plug in the left compartment.
This and the sequential tail lights are the only aftermarket accessory on the bike. Could it be to powerful for the powerlet?
I also had the hid on, heated grips, heated seat and stereo?
What can i do??
Edited by soprano13 2012-12-15 10:51 PM
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Tourer
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Grand Cane, LA | I don't think it is your liner. I have the same liner and use the same 12v source and have never had it shut down the bike. It sounds like you may have a loose connection at the battery or at the fuse panels up front. The only time I've had my bike shut down on me, I found a loose ground connection on the battery. Took me a while to find it because it only happened once on a trip a couple of years ago. |
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Iron Butt
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| There are several threads regarding the bike arbitrarily shutting down. While it may be a loose connection at the battery, more than likely, it is the primary breaker relay, an $8 part at the local auto parts store. Every instance that I've heard of, or seen online, has been remedied by troubleshooting the above. |
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Visionary
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Jasper, MO | I agree, it's not your liner or your power source to it. The outlet you are using is rated for a 15 amp load, nearly twice what your liner pulls. Battery connections or the main circuit breaker would be the likely culprits. There was also a recall on the 2008 models for the ignition switch that could act the same way. I do not know if that recall affected the 2009 models. Like the other guys, I suspect you have a weak main circuit breaker.
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Iron Butt
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | The circuit you are using is the horn circuit. It powers the socket in the glove box, the lighted badges (if you have them), and the horn. I got FirstGear heated jacket and gloves a couple of weeks ago and used the existing empty plug under the access panel (the one infront of the seat) to power them. This plug is part of the circuit I described above. I have no problem with it even with every electical device turned on.
If there was a problem with the jacket, wouldn't it trip the fuse instead of killing the whole bike? Sounds like the suggestions above would be a good starting point to troubleshoot your problem.
Please let us know what the problem was when you find it. Thanks. |
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Cruiser
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Bayonne, NJ | Thank you guys for easing my mond. Just to confirm the primary braker relay is that under the windshield access panel? |
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Jasper, MO | soprano13 - 2012-12-16 12:52 PM
Thank you guys for easing my mond. Just to confirm the primary braker relay is that under the windshield access panel?
No. The 40 amp main breaker that runs the entire bike is located under that black cover on top of the transmission, just behind the battery. The battery cable goes to it.
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Bayonne, NJ | Thank brothers |
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | <p> </p>
Edited by donetracey 2012-12-16 10:31 PM
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | I ran a DIRECT line from the battery to TWO connections under the seat - one exiting in front of my crotch, and one exiting between the front and rear heated seat controls for the co-pilot. There is ONE in-line fuse between the battery and the two outlets. I have NEVER had an issue with the power and both of us have heat when we need it. BYPASS the bikes electrics !!!
(except the battery, of course!)
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Jasper, MO | That's certainly one way to do it Don and there's nothing wrong with it. In my case, I tapped into the circuit feeding the outlet in the glove box for the two permanently mounted controllers for my gear, and into the provided accessory outlet at the rear of the bike for the two permanently mounted controllers for my wife's gear. The controllers stay on the bike full time and we just sit down and connect. We've never had any problems running our gear either. I figured that two fused circuits might be better than one so we would have some redundancy, just in case. The way I've got it set up, we could run both of our sets of gear from either set of controllers if we had to.
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Jasper, MO | Oops. Double post.
Ronnie
Edited by rdbudd 2012-12-16 11:11 PM
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heated gear issue