headlight harness to charge 4 stroke battery

[Wheel House Motorsports]

I have thought about it and heard somebody offered a kit of sorts.

I want to be able to, if my battery gets fried, hook into on of my riding buddies headlight sockets and draw power to charge the battery. i wouldnt worry if i rode with anyone who had sleds with batteries.

seems like it would be really simple, but im no wiring guy... if i could make something for $10 or whatever, thats a HECK of a lot better then having to get towed back to the truck over a dead battery!

 

[m8magicandmystery]

Yamaha sell mini booster cables

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

Yamaha sell mini booster cables

if you mean like jumper cables... that doesnt matter, nobody i know rides a sled with a battery!

i want something i could unplug a headlight and hook in this thing.

 

[BigFish BC]

you can get them from yamaha or mpi both are the same both plug into a headlight of a 2 or 4stroke.

 

[off road rider]

heres a thought

Ive never seen one, but here is the deal.. most all sleds, (with a few exceptions) have AC powered headlights. AC power will not charge a battery or turn over the starter..

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

awsome... im gonna look into those.

thanks for the quick response guys.

 

[IdahoDragon]

Ive never seen one, but here is the deal.. most all sleds, (with a few exceptions) have AC powered headlights. AC power will not charge a battery or turn over the starter..

Exactly, you would need a rectifier to convert from AC to DC,
then you'd not be able to go from DC to DC with the same set up.

 

[johno]

I have a set
Plug them into headlights and charges batt on sled.
never have used them
The one time I needed them I had the wrong pack.
Green Cables sold by MPI

 

[thinksnow]

I have the one from MPI. They work great.

One morning in West Yellowstone it was -45 and I got the TRX-1 to fire once and it died. Just not enough juice with a cold battery. Put the jumper on the headlight of the sled next to me and let it sit and run for a couple minutes and mine fired right off. Just don't try and start the 4-stroke with the cable still on or you will fry the 2-choke.

I carry it with me in my backpack just in case. I have rolled the sled over several times and it took a lot of cranking to get it to clean out and run right. Well worth the piece of mind.

 

[off road rider]

I have the one from MPI. They work great.

One morning in West Yellowstone it was -45 and I got the TRX-1 to fire once and it died. Just not enough juice with a cold battery. Put the jumper on the headlight of the sled next to me and let it sit and run for a couple minutes and mine fired right off. Just don't try and start the 4-stroke with the cable still on or you will fry the 2-choke.

I carry it with me in my backpack just in case. I have rolled the sled over several times and it took a lot of cranking to get it to clean out and run right. Well worth the piece of mind.

I stand corrected. looks like a good idea for the E starter only sleds.

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

I stand corrected. looks like a good idea for the E starter only sleds.

yeah, they are a must for my setup as i can almost gaurantee that im going to mess something up and it will load up and kill the battery trying to start it. i roll over a LOT doing dumb crap, so it seems inevitable. the peice of mind is worth a lot, a day lost over somethihng like this is SO dumb.

and definately a e-start only motor... not gonna happen with a rope, unless you want to pull your arm off, like totally detach it!