Ebay Electric Clothes Kit?

[Iowa Guy]

I am considering electrifying my liner that I have with my leather jacket. Anyone have experience with this product?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Wiring-Kit-for-Heated-Clothing-Vest-Jacket-garment-WP_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6750QQihZ010QQitemZ2 00161207116QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Iowa Guy

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[Thom]

that neat , [ was gonna say kewl , buuut ] now who is going to be the 1st to buy 1 to test for the rest of us ????

[royalstarjac]

Looks pretty cheezy to me. I hope you've got some fire proof underwear:225::rotf::rotf::rotf:. Buy it and let us know.

I just bought an electric vest from Aerostitch today for $149. Maybe I overspent but it's satifaction gauruntteed for 2 yrs.-Jack

[whozleft]

The reality is that inside most of the heated commercial clothing is the same type system that you see here. Only already done up in the garment. There's also a site on the net that tells you how to do this exact same thing.

At least this guys got all the parts put together in one package. I would definitely buy a heat controller if I was to ever wear heated clothing myself.

[mother]

look under the guys listings of his other auctions, he has the same thing for 19.99 also. i bought one of his 19.99 kits. i have not yet installed it in my vest as i just received it about a week ago, but all is there to do the project if you are so inclined.
most people i talked to just have an on/off switch on their bought vest, so that is what i plan to do also.
i read the article that someone did on the venturerider forum, and this kit includes all wire hookup and silicone wire needed to do the project. i had looked at all my local electrical suppliers in the area and could not find the silicone wire, so in my humble opinion, this is a good deal, and i am happy with what was delivered. let me know how you make out. cheers, Scott

[KiteSquid]

but is his "specal heated clothing wire" silicone insulated?


BTW this looks like his non-ebay web site, or at least where he gets his stuff at:

http://www.harrisonspecialties.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=HC

Here is a site that tells you how to make your own heated clothing:

http://www.ibmwr.org/otech/heatedclothing.html

and some more here:

http://www.shadowriders.org/faq/electricvests.html

[mother]

yes it is the proper silicone wire, that is why i bought the kit from this supplier as i could not find the proper wire from my local suppliers.

[86er]

Curtis Traylor did his own vest. He used Teflon coated wire. I didn't reread the thread but as I recall he listed a web site where he got his wire.
I had lunch with him last month and, as best I remember, he said he is going to add a temp controller.

Here is the LINK (http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4502) to the thread.

[KiteSquid]

Just a word of caution.

If you accidentally burn the installation on Teflon wire, it puts off Perfluoroisobutylene gas, which is a asphyxiating agent, but if your clothing is on fire, the Perfluoroisobutylene gas will be the least of your worries.

I don't recommend using Teflon insulated wire in MOST applications, however for the heating element in clothing, it should be OK.....

[mother]

installed the kit, and my wife is happy, whew! it took a while to hand stitch the wire onto a fleece liner that zips out of her coat. zig zagged wire up and down and made one run down and back up each of the sleeves. hooked up to a cigarette plug as i already had a lighter on the back of our bike. cant wait for some colder weather to give it a good test on a longer run.

[ctraylor]

I made mine and it works great. The reason for the teflon coated wire is that it will withstand a higher temperature. I used 30 gauge multistrand teflon coated wire. It cost a little more but is more durable than the solid core wire and more pliable. I have yet to install an reastat because if it gets too hot I just turn it off for a while. You must use at least 30 foot or it will be too hot. This wire has 1 ohm resistence per 10 foot and will will generate about 50 watts of heat and pull about 3 to 5 amps I think. I have a thread in here somewhere that gives all the mathmatical equasions for figuring amperage and watts of heat.