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Okay...who has sufficient experience to summarize/conclude on this thread for me? I've been seriously considering purchase of a heated jacket liner and heated gloves...should I cancel that plan, given what's been disclosed about the limitations of the CB1100 electrical system? I'm very concerned that a company like Powerlet is suggesting the CB1100 is not suited for heated gear.
Also, how much of what's been discussed translates into real world concerns. In other words, who (other than Ole) has been running heated gear and what are your experiences?
If the consensus is that gloves and a jacket liner are okay, what specs should I look for in these items to ensure I don't overburden the CB1100 electrical system?
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Ive ran all my gear and didnt feel as if it wasnt working. That being said, i may have been drawing more from the battery than the generator could relpace.
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If you were the lights would have dimmed noticeably and you most likely would have seen a slight change in the way the bike idled.
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(12-08-2013, 03:08 AM)xpacpal1x_imp Wrote: Okay...who has sufficient experience to summarize/conclude on this thread for me? I've been seriously considering purchase of a heated jacket liner and heated gloves...should I cancel that plan, given what's been disclosed about the limitations of the CB1100 electrical system? I'm very concerned that a company like Powerlet is suggesting the CB1100 is not suited for heated gear.
Also, how much of what's been discussed translates into real world concerns. In other words, who (other than Ole) has been running heated gear and what are your experiences?
If the consensus is that gloves and a jacket liner are okay, what specs should I look for in these items to ensure I don't overburden the CB1100 electrical system?
I can't speak to the CBs capacity, but First Gear make a liner for low capacity bikes at 65 watts and one for high capacity bikes at 90 watts.
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(12-08-2013, 04:50 AM)Randy B_imp Wrote: If you were the lights would have dimmed noticeably and you most likely would have seen a slight change in the way the bike idled.
Guess that's where theoretical and real world experiences collide. It should draw to much,on paper, but didn't in practice. That I know of. Maybe I should do a test with all the gear and see what the numbers are.
Could someone explain to me how to test the load put on the system? Or exactly how much I am pulling?
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To see actual draw you would need an ammeter in line with the item that is hooked to the battery, but a good reference is a volt meter because it will drop if things start to become overloaded.
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Like Randy said you could test each item separately with an ammeter (amp meter/ multi-meter) and then add them all up and see what the total current draw is. With this type meter you'll have to "break" the circuit and hook the meter in line with one of the wires observing polarity.
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There are clamp on ammeters to where you don't have to cut anything just clamp the meter around the positive wire.
When in the corps we would have to load balance on the generators and we used the clamp on ammeters like a charm. Wasn't about to break one of those circuits since we couldn't power down in the field
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Yes... clamp on meters are great but some of them measure AC amps only with the clamp and DC amps are still measured with the leads if at all. Just something to look out for.
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Electrical has always been to me a "dark art" full of mystery.
Sad I know but I am starting to understand more of it. I did all the electrical work on my new workshop so I am getting better. But is there a way to measure the draw of amps with a multi meter? Im was thinking clamp one end on the battery and the other end to the ring terminal of the hear controller? Will the wiring of the multimeter handle this?
Ok how far off base am i?
