How to wire Oxford Heated Grips?

Type_Mo · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Karma :

theres a set on the bike and there a bitch to take off, so i aint gonna bother, But you can only wire in 1 at a time. So how would i go about having both on at the same time?
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Do what? Only have one grip on at a time? Confused

Further explanation needed.
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Type_Mo · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Karma :

You can only have one grip on at a time at the moment!

And i want to wire it so i can have both of them on at once.
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Do you mean either one or the other comes on and you can select which or only one of them comes on? Either way, that sounds like there is a fault on the grips themselves or their control box.
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True Blue · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Karma :

You can only wire in one at a time? Question

Sounds as if there is some sort of splitter cable missing.
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Superlight · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Karma :

I think the newer versions have got better wiring, but they used to have a load of bullet connectors, and included a little connector to plug all the bullets together.
I've got some spare wiring for Oxford grips, I've had a couple of sets and tended to make my own loom up for them. I'm not sure if it's complete, if you're interested let me know, I'll dig out what I've got.
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Type_Mo · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Karma :

ok, just checked were the wire goes to, Someones connected it directly to the Battery and they have taken out the temp adjustor aswell. So can i get a connection to join the one from the battery to both the wires on the grips?
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Easily, but not the most elegant of solutions. Either crimp both wires into the same connector or fit a 'double' bullet terminal on the end of your single wire.

Sorry to sound like a broken record but a five-terminal, twin output, single throw relay would be the more elegant way of doing it. Then you can wire it to switch off with the ignition.

About Relays

If you do something similar to the "GPS" example I gave there using the twin output relay in the wire coming from the battery, the grips will power-down when you switch off the ignition.
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