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Best watts for light bar?? |
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HSATF Tail Gunner
Posts: 71 06/05/08 6:53 PM |
Ok guys I'm putting together a light bar. Looked through old threads and did not find much on this, what is the max wattage that should be used so as to
not over load the T's meger charging system? 55/60, or can it go up to 100 per light?? I know there's ready made kits but I like to see what I can
piece together myself and go from there.
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HSATF 1st Officer
Posts: 3990 06/05/08 9:40 PM |
55 watts max. I would look for some 35 watt bulbs if you can find them.
Stan
"We are different - yet we are the
same"
2004 GL1800 Goldwing (Titanium) 1999 Ace Tourer (Silver over Black) |
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HSATF Tail Gunner
Posts: 196 06/05/08 11:52 PM |
If you're adding a light bar to "see" 2 35's oughta do it. If you're adding a light bar to "be seen" you might want to consider
a headlight modulator. I live in the north and don't ride when it gets dark early; in the summer it stays quite light until almost 11 pm which is past the
time I have to be indoors. So the stock headlight works for me. The modulator gets attention from all but the most *&^%$#%$^ cagers. A chunk of angle iron
and some of those rubber mounted "utility lights" from Pep Boys would work. Spray it all with some of that "chrome" paint and you got her
boy.
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HSATF Tail Gunner
Posts: 71 06/06/08 5:53 AM |
Thanks for the help gentelmen.
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HSATF Tail Gunner
Posts: 99 06/06/08 2:16 PM |
I always felt like headlight modulators can fool left turners into thinking your are signaling them to go ahead and turn...
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HSATF 1st Officer
Posts: 750 06/06/08 7:04 PM |
CMThorntonIII wrote: There's no shortage of debate on headlight modulators but my experience is they are more likely to be fooled into thinking you are an emergency vehicle and will yield. I recommend them. As for the light bar, with 55W bulbs you may need to top your battery more often with a charger/tender if you don't have a minimum 30 minute ride at speeds where charging of the battery can be accomplished.
duke
loud horns save lives |
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HSATF Tail Gunner
Posts: 99 06/06/08 11:56 PM |
dukey33 wrote: I suppose...but as a 14 year police officer I can assure you they dont always yeild to those either. |
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HSATF 1st Officer
Posts: 750 06/07/08 1:32 PM |
CMThorntonIII wrote: No argument there. I completely agree... not all yield as they are supposed to, even to actual emergency vehicles.
A headlight modulator is no substitute for vigilance but we can use all the help we can get.
duke
loud horns save lives |
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HSATF Tail Gunner
Posts: 196 06/07/08 7:58 PM |
I find with the modulator that cages hesitate with a slightly puzzled look on their little faces cause something unusual has caught their beady little eyes. So
while their brains spin up like a 2 gig hard drive from 1990 they don't pull out of parking lots on my right so far into my lane. I keep it modulating on
high beam and it even causes breaks in their cell phone conversations. I also have a wig-wag brake light that alternates the bulbs a few times and I've
noticed cages stopping a little further behind me. I'm thinking of making a light bar out of oak. Maybe colonial carving or Danish modern....... hard
choice. It will complement my sissy bar nicely. I covered the pad with gold velvet....... real sharp.
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HSATF Tail Gunner
Posts: 99 06/07/08 11:02 PM |
alan wrote: 
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