wiring in heated grips

[stirlinggaz]

hi all,
i know this has probably been asked a hundred times before but while im using the search facility i thought i would ask in here.

got mesel some heated grips, cheap off ebay.
problem is, the instructions are a bit vague.(lost a bit in translation i think)
they are wemoto ones + this is what i have:
left grip :black wire with female bullet connector (+ plastic cover)
black wire with male bullet connector
yellow wire with female connector (+plastic cover)
red wire/ white heat proof wire with female connector (with plastic cover)
this grip has the on/off button & a basic heat controller (choice of 1 bar or 2 lol)

right grip ; blue wire with male connector
purple wire with male connector

& 2 short pieces of wire, 1 black, 1 red both with female bullet connectors at one end & nothing atother end.
no fuse, no relay.
obviously the wires from the grips join together.
+ i presumethe 2 short pieces of wire are tobe connected to the ignition. (or thats what the instructions suggest)
can anyone give me a basic wiring diagram? (doesnt have to be anything technically gifted, just some pointers as to what wires connect to where?)
cheers,
GAZ

[Kickstart]

Hi

If you can figure out which wires go to the loom then those are the live and earth. You could put them to the loom but personally I would put them to the battery. Put in an inline fuse (Halfords will sell them). I would also suggest that you use a relay in the wire from the +ve terminal on the battery, and use a wire that is live when the ignition is on to trigger it (would suggest the feed for the rear brake light switch) so that you don't leave the grips on when the ignition is switched off.

All the best

Keith
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[stirlinggaz]

thanks Keith, thats what im picking up from the other posts i have been reading,
but would there be any harm in splicing into the loom, at the ignition wiring? ie just below the ignition/key switch?
then they grps would be off when i turned the ignition off?
(theres also an on/off button on the actual grips)
GAZ

[Kickstart]

Hi

Problem is the current draw. You might be alright, but if they are drawing (say) 3 amps then that is a fair amount. I have melted the wiring to an ignition switch from a similar extra current draw (from changing a headlight bulb). While you would hope the fuses would cope with this, they tend to cover too many circuits to be that useful.

All the best

Keith
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