Finally picked up a BRP Mod2 helmet with a heated visor
Sled already has a plug but it looks like it runs right to the voltage regulator
Should I leave it there or connect to the dash (like the post in the tech section)?
Sled already has a plug but it looks like it runs right to the voltage regulator
Should I leave it there or connect to the dash (like the post in the tech section)?
I don't have a modular helmet, but I wanted to do the install last year from the tech section but I hit some snags.
That BRP part in the tech section for the dash plug is discontinued, and NLA.
Only thing that BRP has that's even close for a dash mount is a $30-$40(last years pricing) part that has a pigtail that plugs directly into a SkiDon't wiring harness. It also does not contain a protective cap.
You could of course buy the part and butcher it, or find another alternative for a plug for a dash install, but I didn't. I couldn't find anything quick, cheap, local and with a cap. I ran the wiring up the steering post and under the handlebar pad exiting out the left side under the pad right by the high beam button. I run the cord for the plug off my helmet, down through my jacket and out the bottom to the plug on the bars. It worked perfectly all last season.
Not as pretty and professional looking install as the write up, but I've never once gotten the bars wound up in the cord. I wondered about the possibly of that happening with the dash install.
That BRP part in the tech section for the dash plug is discontinued, and NLA.
Only thing that BRP has that's even close for a dash mount is a $30-$40(last years pricing) part that has a pigtail that plugs directly into a SkiDon't wiring harness. It also does not contain a protective cap.
You could of course buy the part and butcher it, or find another alternative for a plug for a dash install, but I didn't. I couldn't find anything quick, cheap, local and with a cap. I ran the wiring up the steering post and under the handlebar pad exiting out the left side under the pad right by the high beam button. I run the cord for the plug off my helmet, down through my jacket and out the bottom to the plug on the bars. It worked perfectly all last season.
Not as pretty and professional looking install as the write up, but I've never once gotten the bars wound up in the cord. I wondered about the possibly of that happening with the dash install.
I will leave it under the pad like you
Just wondering if I should leave it connected right to the regulator
Just wondering if I should leave it connected right to the regulator
Before, or after the regulator?
All things electrical are not my strong suit, but I say why mess with it unless it's an ugly rats nest or something.....provided it's after the regulator. If it's before, who knows what kind of juice is going to the plug? Wire gauge is usually designed to a specific purpose of what it will be subjected to.....plus a certain safety factor. If I recall, there's not much to the wiring for the plug. If it were my machine, I'd certainly feel safer if it was after the regulator. Hate to see it start on fire or something.
All things electrical are not my strong suit, but I say why mess with it unless it's an ugly rats nest or something.....provided it's after the regulator. If it's before, who knows what kind of juice is going to the plug? Wire gauge is usually designed to a specific purpose of what it will be subjected to.....plus a certain safety factor. If I recall, there's not much to the wiring for the plug. If it were my machine, I'd certainly feel safer if it was after the regulator. Hate to see it start on fire or something.
I read a couple of posts on this last week. It seems it is very common to get power UNDER the handlebar pad itself from the blue wire that goes to the headlight dimmer switch. Then run a ground. Job done.