Triumphrat

shoen · 10-25-2007

I just installed a WarmGear Heat-Troller Single Permanent-Mount Temp-Controller on my 07 Sprint ST.
It is connected directly to the battery.
What has me freaked is that with no electric clothing plugged in, when the potentiometer is turned from the "off" position the LED turns on.
Does this mean if I forget and leave it on or a passerby "sees what the nob does" I could find my bike with a dead battery?

As a side note - the Heat-Troller does not provide the output that my old Widder bi-metal thermostat did. I am hoping that it will be enough though....

vinnyf · 10-25-2007

Supposed to be a good controller - let us know how you like it. And from their web site:
When you turn the Heat-troller™ on or off you can feel and hear the positive snap of the switch. Because the Heat-troller™ is a solid state device, the switch controls the electronics not the power. This allows for the switch to have a true OFF position. But even if the Heat-troller™ is left turned on and plugged into a power source but unplugged from the heated product , the most power it will draw is just the power to flash the LED.
So essentially no power draw.

vinnyf · 10-25-2007

I was going a bit further into their website and found the following. They were talking about someone having "copied" their circuit in China. Doesn't seem to be the situation with yours, but thought I'd pass it on anyway:
Is it a copy or a knock off? The Circuit is the same as our ver 6. The part designators are the same as on our ver 6 board. It has a flaw in the design so that if you have it turned off, but still plugged to power and ground the output, it will turn the LED on. This to us is a flaw. Maybe to others it is not but we replaced the Heat-trollers we sold with this flaw and only sold them for two weeks before we found the defect. We can provide you with the technical data that allows you to decide if it is a copy or a knock off. So, here is the test since now there is no other way to know if it is a Chinese knock off or not. Take the unit and plug it in to power. Turn it off. Touch the ground ring of the output connector to a frame ground like the handle bars or the metal tank. Does the LED turn on? Do you think it is OK for the LED to be on when the unit is turned off? If so then it is the Chinese knock off.