skiroule
Well-known member
To a lot of you this may be old news but I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed which might explain why I had problems with this installation. In any case, I wanted to share my solution in hopes of sparing some other poor soul the frustration. Having not owned a Polaris for several years I was spoiled by Ski-Doo’s simple solution for a heated helmet visor connection: Buy the connector kit, plug it into the harness, ride. Not so with Polaris. To my knowledge (or my dealer’s knowledge), there is no RCA plug-in setup that can simply be plugged in.
I solved my install problem by modifying a Ski-Doo surface mount plug kit and using a connector sold by Radio Shack that fits the Polaris harness connectors perfectly. It’s a four wire connector but I just stubbed out the extra wires. You can also get the RCA connector at Radio Shack but I liked the Ski-Doo kit because it’s pre-wired and comes with a cap.
Ski-Doo doesn’t get off completely on this either. Their kit relies on the threaded plastic cap to maintain a good ground connection. If it loosens up (which it does) you lose ground and your shield quits working. Use an extra nut on it to hold the ground securely.
Simple problem I know, but way harder than it should have been. BTW most helmet shields are AC/DC, which is also a better than average rock band.
P.S. Do not tell my wife I was soldering in the office again.
I solved my install problem by modifying a Ski-Doo surface mount plug kit and using a connector sold by Radio Shack that fits the Polaris harness connectors perfectly. It’s a four wire connector but I just stubbed out the extra wires. You can also get the RCA connector at Radio Shack but I liked the Ski-Doo kit because it’s pre-wired and comes with a cap.
Ski-Doo doesn’t get off completely on this either. Their kit relies on the threaded plastic cap to maintain a good ground connection. If it loosens up (which it does) you lose ground and your shield quits working. Use an extra nut on it to hold the ground securely.
Simple problem I know, but way harder than it should have been. BTW most helmet shields are AC/DC, which is also a better than average rock band.
P.S. Do not tell my wife I was soldering in the office again.