Hotgrip malfunction

[midden]

switched the hotgrips on this morning to find the throttle grip not heating up at all.  Have others had the same happen or is it a one off so to speak. I can't imagine there is a fix other than renewal but if there is, what is it?

[Punkstig]

Do you have bad circulation to require turning the grips on for such a glorious day!?

[esetest]

Check the fuse first , mines in a plastic sleeve near the forks .

[noggythenog]

Do you have bad circulation to require turning the grips on for such a glorious day!?

Midden is always thinking........why be restricted to biker cafes for nosh.....



Hotgrip sausages on the go




Cut a frankfurter in half...


Place the halfs on the hotgrip....


Place 2 elastic bands over the franfurters to keep them in place....




Cook at hotgrip level 5 for approximately 20 minutes or until lukewarm.....place in a squashed bun....garnish with a stolen tomato sauce sachet.

[midden]

Do you have bad circulation to require turning the grips on for such a glorious day!?

Not so glorious early morning plus

[midden]

Do you have bad circulation to require turning the grips on for such a glorious day!?

Midden is always thinking........why be restricted to biker cafes for nosh.....



Hotgrip sausages on the go




Cut a frankfurter in half...


Place the halfs on the hotgrip....


Place 2 elastic bands over the franfurters to keep them in place....




Cook at hotgrip level 5 for approximately 20 minutes or until lukewarm.....place in a squashed bun....garnish with a stolen tomato sauce sachet.

Mmmmm

[Buzz]

My right grip failed last year, 0 ohms resistance.  I thought there can't be a fault with the main heating wire that snakes up and down the grip as that's firstly pretty thick stuff and is also all glued in place, so it had to be something between where the wire enters the grip and that connection.  I very carefully cut down into the rubber of the grip, following the wire and lo and behold, there was a complete break in the wire about 1cm into the rubber.  I cut down a bit further to expose the break, resoldered, glued the cut shut with rubber glue and the grips are now working again.

[midden]

My right grip failed last year, 0 ohms resistance.  I thought there can't be a fault with the main heating wire that snakes up and down the grip as that's firstly pretty thick stuff and is also all glued in place, so it had to be something between where the wire enters the grip and that connection.  I very carefully cut down into the rubber of the grip, following the wire and lo and behold, there was a complete break in the wire about 1cm into the rubber.  I cut down a bit further to expose the break, resoldered, glued the cut shut with rubber glue and the grips are now working again.

Cool, so there may be a weakness in the design then. Wonder how common it is.
The strange thing is it's happened after the MOT lad cable tied the wire to the bars

[mtread]

Are you sure it's not just the connector? Those Oxford push fit thingies are notorious for breaking the wires, inside or outside the connector. If you need replacements, Maplins do them, or you can find them cheaper on eBay

[keithfzs1000]

cable tie could have bee too close to the connection and tto tight that its severed it or pulled it apart look there first

[Buzz]

An easy way check if there are any breaks before/after the point of the cable tie is to use a couple of sewing needle with your multimeter.  Poke the needle though the rubber coating so it makes contact with the wire underneath then use the multimeter points on that... this means that you don't actually have to make a cut in the coating to expose the wire. Move the needles about on the live and return until you find the point of hidden break.  Unplug the grips first obviously!

[chris.biker]

My right grip failed last year, 0 ohms resistance.  I thought there can't be a fault with the main heating wire that snakes up and down the grip as that's firstly pretty thick stuff and is also all glued in place, so it had to be something between where the wire enters the grip and that connection.  I very carefully cut down into the rubber of the grip, following the wire and lo and behold, there was a complete break in the wire about 1cm into the rubber.  I cut down a bit further to expose the break, resoldered, glued the cut shut with rubber glue and the grips are now working again.

As you will have proved your repair was successful, but I would have thought that a repair could change the resistance and so could be a hazard.