IS Charging System handle Electric Suits/Gloves

[SpidyJ]

I wonder if the IS will handle one of the electric suits I see some guys wearing?

[SpidyJ]

Looks like no problem according to Carl Kudlow!

[scoot]

I have a jacket lineer and gloves, and have never experienced any issues.

[PhredValk]

Go to

http://www.powerlet.com/learningCenter/excessCapacity

It shows the total output from a Valkyrie system is 546 Watts. Look below at Table 2 – Common Operating Loads and add up all of the items currently (Bazinga!) on your bike. The third table gives a stock Valkyrie 296 excess Watts, less 55 for the extra headlight and, say 25 Watts for the radio and that leaves around 216 Watts to run extras like heated clothing (which should provide the power requirements in the specs).
Fred.

[Motorider]

I have the Gerbing jacket liner, pants and gloves. My wife has the Gerbing coat. The Valkyrie powers them all at the same time with no problems. We took a 600 mile ride around the finger lakes in NY in late September. Mid 30`s in the morning about 45 degrees in the afternoon. Without the Gerbings I would have been cold the entire trip. As it was, I had to turn them down to a lower setting, when we rode less then 55 mph.

[larryh0841]

My wife and I both use Gerbings jacket liners and gloves and have ridden thousands of miles in cold weather while pulling a trailer which adds some additonal load on the alternator from the lights.  We have never had an alternator fail on the bike.  However, on our trike, I have had two failures.  After the second alternator quit working it was recommended to me by, Ken at M.A.R.S., that I use the high output alternator as he said the stock alternator "is working it's a$$ off" to handle the load of the additonal equipment.  I have not had a problem with the high output alternator, but we have only ridden with it installed for about 1000 cold weather miles.  The bike has about 80,000 miles on it and the trike engine has less than 25,000.   So the answer is "it depends".  In your situation I would run with the stock alternator and not worry about it.