heated jacket

jertho
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heated jacket

23 Sep 2015 15:47

I have a gerbing heated jacket that I used on my gold wing. It draws about 6.4 amps or 77 wants. Is the charging system on my 1978 kz750 twin capable of handling this while on the road?
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Re: heated jacket

23 Sep 2015 16:31

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Not sure if my charging system would support it. Nice idea tho.
Steve

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Re: heated jacket

23 Sep 2015 16:31 - 23 Sep 2015 16:31

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Hmmm.... mine is a three phase but quite possibly the same as my KZ1000.... maybe around +10amps flat out.
Turn your headlight on bright and the taillight on and there goes half of it...
So.... just under 7 amps will probably kill the battery with the headlight on.

Bruce
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Re: heated jacket

23 Sep 2015 16:34

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Not positive on the KZ750, but I've used Gerbings on a KZ1000, and KZ650 and never had any problems.

321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.

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