February 22nd, 2015, 01:48 PM | #1 |
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Making homemade heated gear
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=514532
http://www.pashnit.com/forum/showthr...-less-than-100 Couple of links about homemade heated gear. Basic idea is you have wiring crisscrossing a cheapo jacket, in line fuse, wire to a connector or controller, then connect to the bike. BOOM cheap heated gear that works just as well. But I have a question for anyone in the know.. I've got an A* jacket with a removable liner, and I was wondering if using the liner itself as a heated liner would work. I'd have a silk/UA base layer, then heated jacket liner, then WP jacket. Would the zippable liner be too close for comfort, even with a silk liner underneath? Or will it just be generally unsafe? I've never had heated gear, so I'm not sure about their nuances.
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February 22nd, 2015, 01:57 PM | #2 |
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I can't answer for the homemade hear, but for my Gerbing, I tend to wear it against a tshirt and wicking sleeves. Sometimes, I have bare arms when I don't wear the sleeves.
Only once has it gotten too hot against my skin. There's a small point right at the elbow when I would bend my arm up to muck with the headset, my elbow would be right on whatever the hot spot was. Only happened a few tomes a couple days apart from each other and hasn't happened since, so no clue and never followed up on it. Generally though i wear it as my second layer over a thin base layer, even putting other jackets and armored vests over it to mash it against me. I like keeping the pocket of heat where it does the most good.
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February 22nd, 2015, 05:27 PM | #5 | |
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February 22nd, 2015, 11:23 PM | #6 |
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Try building it along the lines of this:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xIg2R9327bg Also, adafruit has something called conductive thread. They use it for making wearable electronics (like sewing leds and stuff onto a scarf) so that may be worth looking at to keep it machine washable |
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February 23rd, 2015, 08:57 AM | #7 |
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Depends on what part of body and bike wind blockage, pretty sure you will want a controller.
My FirstGear heated socks can/will get so hot it feels like it will burn. I'm known for my cold feet, to those who know me, and I can't turn it past half way, that's how hot they get. I believe they are only 10watts. Meanwhile, the glove liners, also 10watts, never go below half way, and my hands never seem to get hot. Always just comfy even when on full blast (my gloves are cheapo bilt winter textiles).
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Hmm... this thread makes me want to make a helmet defroster from conductive paint, like a car defroster, but different.
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March 3rd, 2015, 06:02 AM | #11 |
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I honestly have no idea if amount of juice used is determined by what setting controller is on.
I would think... No Due to the device is pulling full juice to the controller, and the controller is just allowing part of that to the actual heated gear depending on setting.
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March 3rd, 2015, 11:32 AM | #14 |
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I should've asked reddit.. oh the responses I would see
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