2010 600 Etec

[aesynthetics]

I don't know if anyone posted on this before, but thought I'd throw it out there so other people don't feel like I did for a few hours. Got my Etec 600 home last Friday night and plugged in the heated shield wire harness and checked for 12 volts at idle, none. No hand warmers either. I find out today that RPMs have to be above 2000 for there to be 12 volts available for the shield outlet and hand warmers. Took a test light and ran RPMs up and sure enough, there it was. It's just the dealer never mentioned this and I never had this feature on any of the last nine Doos I've had.

 

[woodi]

that happened to me just never told anybody about it

 

[jimfsr]

Most sled ignitions won't put out 12v below 2000 rpm. they may put out someting less than that, still allowing things to work. The E-tech is set up to only allow the circut to be powered when 12v (or more) is available. You can hook the heated shield directly to the battery (w/ a fuse) if you like, just dont leave anything plugged into it for too long, could drain the battery. I have mine like this so the shield will stay warm while I am waiting for the rest of the crew to catch up, and don't want to run the engine.