Member Contributer Switchblade Posted December 12, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted December 12, 2013 48F and you wore heated gloves ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFR4Lee Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 48F and you wore heated gloves ? That's 2 degrees below freezing here. I turn blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer rdguy Posted December 13, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted December 13, 2013 If I'm reading correctly, one instance of burning is by a vest with no temperature control and the other is with a home made control that may or may not be appropriate for the gear? Umm... A hot spot will be a hot spot, unless the controller has found a way to localize the dissipation in one section of wire. I'm using the same type of controller on two sets of hand grips without issue. Glenn Edit: I was wearing a long sleeve Tee underneath, a light sweater over, my 'Stich and my rain jacket. Any more insulation and I would have been spherical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 2thdr Posted December 13, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted December 13, 2013 Glenn, guess you got a bad one? Was yours the "micro-wire" type? And was it always like that, or did it develop the hot spot over time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted December 13, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted December 13, 2013 48F and you wore heated gloves ? That's 2 degrees below freezing here. I turn blue. About 6,980,000 results (0.32 seconds) Search Results TemperatureLengthMassSpeedVolumeAreaFuel consumptionTimeDigital Storage CelsiusFahrenheitKelvin = CelsiusFahrenheitKelvin 2 degree's below what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer rdguy Posted December 14, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted December 14, 2013 Glenn, guess you got a bad one? Was yours the "micro-wire" type? And was it always like that, or did it develop the hot spot over time? Well, as said, it was a local brand of jacket (those in eastern Canada may be able to guess the make). I got what I paid for, I suppose. The wires were fairly bulky, much more noticeable than some of the newer brand names. It was OK on local rides, but when the power got turned up, the limitations showed. Interestingly, the hot spot wasn't obvious on the workbench when I got back. Either I just couldn't find it, or the wires moved around when I packed it for the trip back. Let's just say I didn't consider their tank bags last September. Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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