Suzuki V-Strom (VStrom) Owners Club DL250, DL650, DL1000 & DL1050
Oily Rag - Dedicated to Pat, Greywolf. 26/06/45 - 04/06/18 => Clothing => Topic started by: Pug27 on November 26, 2018, 11:59:02
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I must be getting soft...after years of riding in all weathers I finally bought a Keis heated vest this weekend and what a difference it made on my commute this morning, however, I'm not too keen on being tethered to the bike and I would of bought a battery with it if they wasn't so bloody expensive!
The thing is I have several power banks to charge phones etc when camping all considerably cheaper than the Keis branded ones but they are only USB power out.
Does anybody know of a aftermarket lead that I could buy to utilise my powerbanks?
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I think I have just discovered why there isn't such a lead...
USB power banks out put is 5v
Keis Battery pack is 12v
and that's why they are probably so expensive.
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I made my own battery pack using some cells from a drill battery. The connector was just a standard DC jack, I found one laying around in the garage. I use it with my heated vest while walking the dog, lasts hours.
I'd rather be plugged in on the bike, much less hassle.
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What is your concern about being connected to the bike?
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My concern was walking away from the bike still connected and damaging the lead/vest.
I guess it's something I'll get used to over time though.
No offence bigpie but that battery looks like an accident waiting to happen!
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Indeed it does, it's since been shrink wrapped etc and is somewhat safer.
If you think this pack is unsafe, you should see my 84v pack capable of >200a discharge peak. lol lol
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My keiss is connected to the battery charging lead which is double cable tied to the frame. I just pull it out when I'm getting off the bike. Sometimes I forget and it pulls out just the same.
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I have had the Keis heated inner gloves for the past 3 years connected to the bike..... I often forget to unplug and walk away.... the connector just pops out and the gloves are still going strong.
I wouldn't worry.. you will never get dragged with the bike.
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If you think that battery pack looks dodgy you should see TLPower's Baader-Meinhof vest!
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I was just thinking of the same thing Rusty Nuts. Although I believe it worked quite well and TLP is still very much alive.
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Maybe he's rewired the vest as a defibrillator for every time the asbo hooligan lifts a wheel?
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lol@Pug27, I've given you a "like" for "accident waiting to happen". Being connected to any of bigpie's electric vehicles would be the least of your concerns. I still shudder at the thought of "that" skateboard.
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Thanks for all advice, I'm going to stick with the bike connector for now, it's something I will get used to over time I suppose as I'm certainley not messing around with Lithium batteries....again.
This was the effect of only one battery letting go on my e cig
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I would stick with real cigarettes ....
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:shock: .
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Those e-cigs really draw a lot of current, had you just been using it?
Was the cell a cheap Chinese jobbie or a low 'C' rating? They're also pretty easy to short circuit if the wrap is slightly damaged.
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It was a Samsung or Sony 18650. I'd just put them in after a full charge. To be fair I think the wrap may have been slightly damaged at the bottom and I knew the risk but it did go supernova almost instantly.
Certainley a wake up call on battery safety. I now re wrap as soon as I see the slightest amount of damage!
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Looks like smoking is safer after all...
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Hot pants or flares?
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lol :clap:
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Are the shorts are made by "firetrap"..?
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lol
Pug, that's as bad a bush fire as I've ever seen
Happy news - your undercrackers are going to be immortalised in the Quotes Museum :grin:
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Coupled with a blazer would be quite dapper. On second thoughts, perhaps a smoking jacket. :)
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lol lol
I tell you something....it was the fastest I'd moved for a while!!
Thankfully no lasting damage was done apart from a bit of singed hair!
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change of smell? :grin: