Finally made the leap to a set of heated gloves, and settled on the new G3 Microwire model. Had my first opportunity to use them this weekend on a trip from Pittsburgh to Atlanta (damn cold for October!), and had mixed results. On Friday - the first day of the ride - it worked great from Pittsburgh to Lexington, KY. I had to keep the thermostat about 1/2 of the way up. The next day, it seemed to have lost some oomph, and I had to have it cranked all the way up, even though the temps were getting warmer as I went further south. By the time that I was about 90 miles from Atlanta, they had gone stone cold, and would no longer put out any heat. I checked all of the connections, but it was dead. Today, I removed the seat & looked at the fuse, and it was not blown. I reconnected the gloves, and they were working again.
So, now I am concerned and confused. Did I overwork them on the way down? What would cause them to have such variable output? I would think that these should last several seasons before crapping out on me. After needing three heated seats, three sets of heated handgrips, and now this - I'm starting to get paranoid. My expectations are now to expect failure, and be pleasantly surprised if something works.
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Topic: Gerbings G3 Gloves question (Read 1035 times)