[tjkruck]

I'm thinking about getting these as well but my concern is that it may do damage to the charging systemif I operate these, the plow winch, and lights. May overload the system

 

[tjkruck]

Even with plowing (winch works constantly) and lights on

 

[tjkruck]

Also currently the winch controller is on the grips I have now can I still do that with the heated grips

 

[tjkruck]

We will find out this winter I guess I guess. There on now( I have zero patience ), I've had issues where I had to idle for a couple minutes because it would stop shifting when I use the winch a lot.

 

[tjkruck]

Lol one year I got so upset I put the lawnmower on the back rack strapped down and ran cable to the battery worked good but still though it might do damage to the charging system... I do keep a maintainer on the battery all the time, I've seen way to many dead everstart batteries and stators don't come cheap, and idk how hard they are to replace

 

[tjkruck]

The problem is that your heated grips are close to maxing out the 10 amp circuit for the acessory plug. You should never install a larger fuse in place of whats supposed to be there, as the factory fuse is sized for the wire installed on the bike. When you put in a large fuse, the fuse will never blow, but now the wire will burn off somewhere in the harness.

Run the wiring direct to the battery. If its 14 gauge, a 15 amp fuse will be correct on that circuit. if the wire is smaller (should be stamped in tiny letters on the wires jacket-or the instructions for the heated grips should tell you) google american wire gauge to see what the amp capacity of that size wire will handle.

The electrical system on the bike should keep up with your load with a good battery and a proper working stator.

I ran 16 gauge wire, ran it directly to to the battery with a 10 amp fuse and a toggle, the Max draw on the heater is 3 amps so I tripled it to be sure when it first turns on, the wire that it came with was either 18 or 20 gauge wire and I toggled it so I can make sure that its off so my paranoid self has one less thing to worry about