Member Contributer DFerrell Posted December 26, 2011 Member Contributer Share Posted December 26, 2011 For Christmas my beautiful wife bought me some heated grips, symtechs with the round rocker. I also have a datel voltmeter that I would like to instal as well. I all ready installed the vfrness with the fused block panel. My question is it seems stupid to have the voltmeter on it's own fuse due to it drawing all most no power. Can I install the heated grips and the voltmeter on the same fuse, just run one hot wire to the grip switch and a second hot wire to the meter each with their own grounds? That way the voltmeter won't show a drop when I turn on the heated grips. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpd211 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Most everyone (me included) runs their grips off a relay. You don't want power to them when the ignition is off and having a dedicated line to them doesn't tax any other wiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veefer800Canuck Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Running the voltmeter off the same circuit will result in the voltage being shown lower than actual while the grip heaters are on. I plumbed my voltmeter right off the battery, but mine is an LCD type, and is not backlit, so it draws about as much as the factory clock does. But I do get the most accurate voltage readings that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer DFerrell Posted December 26, 2011 Author Member Contributer Share Posted December 26, 2011 The fuse block has 3 switched fuses and one unswitched. It's plug and and play. I guess I could run the meter on it's own fuse, I have 3 free ones. I was just thinking that due to the grips and meter having their own feed from the fuse and beyond it wouldn't show a drop. I could see a drop happening if I ran one wire up to the front and then split it to the grips and the meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veefer800Canuck Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Well if the fuse block has a decent size pair of leads from the battery, then you should be alright. I kinda whizzed past the fuse block part, and yeah, you're right, if you teed off one line somewhere for the grips you'd have issues, but with a fuse block and decent wire gauge, you should be golden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightwad Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I run mine off the same circuit out of my fuse block, shouldn't be a problem. You can always verify that the volt meter isn't seeing a voltage drop by comparing the voltage to that of the battery. The fuse blocks I make/sell have 14 gauge wiring to each circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 What type of voltmeter did you all get? I am in the market for one. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer DFerrell Posted April 14, 2012 Author Member Contributer Share Posted April 14, 2012 Datel, I'll try to get some pics up, if you are careful you can cut a nice square hole and it will drop in without the bezel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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