The bike came with heated grips, i want to hook up my heated vest. I imagine that these two together wont be a problem while running but i have the idea of putting an auxiliary light to help out with some night time visibility. (dont know the draw of the light) But theoretically should all of this be handled alright?
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ktmken
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What I would do (I haven't yet, but I am going to) is get a small Voltmeter display and attach and attach it somewhere on your dash. That way you can moniter the battey and tell at a glance if you are drawing more power than the bike can produce.
To answer your question...If you had the vest on high and the heated grips on high, I think you should really watch how much power your lights draw.
I run a controller for my vest which really helps, but they are kindof pricy.
KTMKen
(I got my information from reading through the Orange Crush section on Advrider. There is a lot of good information there. You just have to take the time to plow through it all.)
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What I would do (I haven't yet, but I am going to) is get a small Voltmeter display and attach and attach it somewhere on your dash. That way you can moniter the battey and tell at a glance if you are drawing more power than the bike can produce.
To answer your question...If you had the vest on high and the heated grips on high, I think you should really watch how much power your lights draw.
I run a controller for my vest which really helps, but they are kindof pricy.
KTMKen
(I got my information from reading through the Orange Crush section on Advrider. There is a lot of good information there. You just have to take the time to plow through it all.)
Island Hopper
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The 640 has a 200 W Stator and that is at high revs.... Count on about 150-170 when you do the math....
Headlight and taillight draw a steady 70 and the other functions could probably be counted as a steady 30 to make the math easy..... So you maybe have 50-70 watts of power left..... But I've cheated on that for years without a problem...
I have run a 55W halogen hooked into my Hi beam and 1 30W heated vest at the same time with no problems..... I have a second vest for my passenger which I can run along with mine as long as I stay on low beam... If I have to run at night and use the high beam 1 vest gets turned off {and that is always mine cause the wife gets cold}...... So with the vest and the light the draw adds up to 185 W which would probably tax the system at lower revs but I'm usually at HWY speed when these things are switched on together so I get a little more juice.... I am still on the original 03 battery that came with the bike so I guess the electrical hasn't been too stressed..........
You can buy a few watts here and there by using LED bulbs.... I had one in the taillight and plate light for a while but they don't seem to stand up very well to the vibration....
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The 640 has a 200 W Stator and that is at high revs.... Count on about 150-170 when you do the math....
Headlight and taillight draw a steady 70 and the other functions could probably be counted as a steady 30 to make the math easy..... So you maybe have 50-70 watts of power left..... But I've cheated on that for years without a problem...
I have run a 55W halogen hooked into my Hi beam and 1 30W heated vest at the same time with no problems..... I have a second vest for my passenger which I can run along with mine as long as I stay on low beam... If I have to run at night and use the high beam 1 vest gets turned off {and that is always mine cause the wife gets cold}...... So with the vest and the light the draw adds up to 185 W which would probably tax the system at lower revs but I'm usually at HWY speed when these things are switched on together so I get a little more juice.... I am still on the original 03 battery that came with the bike so I guess the electrical hasn't been too stressed..........
You can buy a few watts here and there by using LED bulbs.... I had one in the taillight and plate light for a while but they don't seem to stand up very well to the vibration....
joker650
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A 950 Adventurer has a 450watt charging system.
My heated grips are only 25-35 watts(about)
Not sure what a vest is but prolly not more that 50watts I would think.
the whole lighting and power needed for running I would guess is no more than 100watts
If u have a 950 I think u would be ok.
But I would also like to get one of those volt meters like what Ken was yak'n about.
edit: Not sure what bike u have so...if ur not talking about a 950 then I will just shut up:ted:
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A 950 Adventurer has a 450watt charging system.
My heated grips are only 25-35 watts(about)
Not sure what a vest is but prolly not more that 50watts I would think.
the whole lighting and power needed for running I would guess is no more than 100watts
If u have a 950 I think u would be ok.
But I would also like to get one of those volt meters like what Ken was yak'n about.
edit: Not sure what bike u have so...if ur not talking about a 950 then I will just shut up:ted:
ktmken
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Why did I assume that you had a 950???? I looked back on some of your posts and I now realize that you have a 640 . My advice stays the same except I believe you will less output than the 950 Adventure. Also don't bother with Orange Crush on Advrider.com check out the thumper section. You will find out the output of your bike there.
I had a 640 once and I loved it.. Nice bike you have there!
KTMKen
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Why did I assume that you had a 950???? I looked back on some of your posts and I now realize that you have a 640 . My advice stays the same except I believe you will less output than the 950 Adventure. Also don't bother with Orange Crush on Advrider.com check out the thumper section. You will find out the output of your bike there.
I had a 640 once and I loved it.. Nice bike you have there!
KTMKen
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Pee Wee
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Heated VEST and Grips ????? You pansy.....Woolies and Mittens.....then you can run all the lights you want. There......
I just saved you a ton of money....you owe me a Beer !!!!:hb:
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Heated VEST and Grips ????? You pansy.....Woolies and Mittens.....then you can run all the lights you want. There......
I just saved you a ton of money....you owe me a Beer !!!!:hb:
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This is what I use to keep a eye on my voltage, I have them on 3 bikes.
http://www.digitalmeter.com/cgi-bin/webshop.cgi?config=configspc.txt
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This is what I use to keep a eye on my voltage, I have them on 3 bikes.
http://www.digitalmeter.com/cgi-bin/webshop.cgi?config=configspc.txt