I’m curious to learn how the Oxfords supposedly know how to shut themselves off when wired to live power and not shutdown when u need them ?
As far as the OEM dash display for the heated grips, yes it’s nice but I never had any kind of visible indicator for the last 600,000 miles and still got along just as well, if I want to adjust the heat just turn it up or down or off pretty simply.
Here is what the brochure says:
• Battery saving mode (BSM)
– This amazing new feature recognizes if either the battery voltage falls too low, or it’s high enough but suspiciously quiet (ie. the engine has stopped)
– When in this state, the BSM LED flashes, the power LED still lights as normal, and the button still works - but the grips don’t actually get powered.
– As soon as the battery voltage recovers and/or there’s a bit of noise on the power supply, the ‘battery saving’ LED goes out and the grips work as normal
– The controller goes into BSM after 5 seconds of the voltage being less than 11.5V, or after 2 minutes of not detecting any noise on the 12V power lead. Once in this mode, it will wait a further 5 minutes or thereabouts before switching off completely.
– If the rider does not want or like this feature, the BSM can be disabled by switching the controller on and then pressing and holding both buttons together for 5 seconds.
– During this time, the BSM LED will indicate whether the BSM feature is currently enabled (LED on) or disabled (LED off).
– After 5 seconds the state of the LED will change, and the user can let go of the buttons.
– The controller remembers this state permanently, or until the user switches it back by repeating the above procedure.
So, as long as the bike is running with the proper voltage, it works. I have mine wired to a switched relay so I don't have to test the auto shutoff feature if I forget to shut them off. So far with about 60K miles with them on mine, they have been rock solid.