Hey guys,
I am halfway through a heated grip install, and was going to use a relay and do it up all nice, when I realized it might look cleaner to just keep it all up front and tap a couple wires underneath the ignition. I am fairly certain the solid red is power, and hoping someone could confirm for me that the black with white strip is ground???
Thank you!!!
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You can download the owner's manual here, it's got a wiring diagram:
http://www.ducati.com/services/maintenance/index.do (http://www.ducati.com/services/maintenance/index.do)
Thanks, man! I pulled out my ohmmeter and found the wires. oddly, they were blue with a stripe for power, and yellow for ground!
Things are looking good. Now just to wire tuck. :)
Quote from: Speeddog on December 27, 2015, 08:49:22 AM
You can download the owner's manual here, it's got a wiring diagram:
http://www.ducati.com/services/maintenance/index.do (http://www.ducati.com/services/maintenance/index.do)
although what you propose will work, i wouldn't recommend it.
If you have any issues along that circuit, it will take out that whole line. Its recommended you pull straight from the battery with a relay connected to the ignition (or head light or whatever can shut that line off)
Quote from: He Man on December 27, 2015, 03:51:46 PM
although what you propose will work, i wouldn't recommend it.
If you have any issues along that circuit, it will take out that whole line. Its recommended you pull straight from the battery with a relay connected to the ignition (or head light or whatever can shut that line off)
Yep. Plus a fuse. If the switch has a high enough amp rating you can get away without a relay.
The wire I tapped is an ignition powered wire, and I have an inline fuse in the power wire coming off it.
YES, the relay is a more electronically sound setup. When I get annoyed with it, I'll do it right. :)
Is the ignition switch rated for the current draw of your heated grips? Even with a fuse on your grip circuit you could overload the switch with the normal draw from the grips, burn the switch up and cost yourself a lot of money, not too mention that it will only happen on a cold day far from home.
I just have a feeling that this will not end well unless you do it right in the first place.
Bob
Quote from: Langanobob on December 29, 2015, 12:32:52 AM
Is the ignition switch rated for the current draw of your heated grips? Even with a fuse on your grip circuit you could overload the switch with the normal draw from the grips, burn the switch up and cost yourself a lot of money, not too mention that it will only happen on a cold day far from home.
I just have a feeling that this will not end well unless you do it right in the first place.
Bob
This. It would be OK to use that wire to trigger a relay though.