heated vests

[Macrider]

I hope someone with a bit of electrical knowledge can help me here.
I currently run 1 heated vest directly (fused) from my R3T battery.
My wife wants me to add another one for her, so I will need to wire up another plug to the battery for hers.
This is the electrical info for 1 vest.. My vest is size 50 and hers is size 40.

• This vest works with 12 volts battery and provides 35 watts of heat and draws 2.9 amps of current for size 34 / 45 watts of heat drawing 3.7 amps of current for size 36 to 52/ 71 watts of heat drawing 5.9 amps of current for size 54 and 56

My question is will the R3T produce enough juice to run the 2 vests without causing any problems?

 

[GPMAZ]

According to the service manual the alternator produces 37 amps at 2000 RPMs and 41 amps at 6000 RPMs. So you need to figure how much everything else draws. If you're not running heated grips, a heated seat, auxiliary lights etc, I suspect you'll be fine.

For comparison, I have run heated grips and a heated seat without a problem. I also have a heated vest, but don't recall running all three at the same time.

 

[Ogremeister]

I run 2 heated jackets using a Y-splitter....ONE INTO TWO....never had a problem.

Never blew the fuse.

Powerlet Adapter Cable: Powerlet Plug, Dual Cigarette Sockets - Whitehorse Gear

This is one example...they make many connector options

 

[64Herald]

Does anyone know how much juice the rocket uses just to run. no lights on

 

[ponters]

brother,

you have got more than enough power to run pretty much whatever you want when you are talking a rocket. as my auto elec said, the generator on a rocket can cop as much as you can fit on it. The only issue is if your headlights are running through your ignition your lights will dip pretty low when below 2100 RPM. if you wire the lights up correctly you will be totally fine.