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 BiX
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| posted on May 26th, 2004 at 11:49 AM |
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lighting
I am trying to work out what is the max lighting I can run on the front of my bug for nite driving? I have a just rebuilt alt (55amp)and a brand new
battery. I remember a old rule that I think was 10w = 1amp (is that rite?) so how much can I run? 400w worth?
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| posted on May 26th, 2004 at 12:04 PM |
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Power = Volts x Amps
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Amps = Power / Volts
12 W / 12 V = 1 amp
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| posted on May 26th, 2004 at 12:06 PM |
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400/12=33 amps
You would want to switch that through a relay and have a pretty thick wire feeding it.
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| posted on May 26th, 2004 at 12:15 PM |
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going to do that, run a nice think cable foward , with a relay control before splitting it at the block. Its for lighting that will be removed and
refittied when needed. How much does the negine take eg could I run 500w? I already have headlights with 100w globes.
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| posted on May 26th, 2004 at 01:06 PM |
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could I run 500w? I already have headlights with 100w globes.
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500W???? you wanna blind the people coming the other way???? :thumb
Are you going to run extra lights with your current headlights?
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| posted on May 26th, 2004 at 01:49 PM |
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just want to run some spoties for nav runs, and also for going for blasts at nite in the hills.
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| posted on May 27th, 2004 at 09:20 AM |
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you should be able to run high wattage lighting as accessories, but am not sure how high... long and tedious way is to measure the current drawn on
each circuit and add them up. This will tell you what you have left. Important to ensure you have the correct fusing and cable sizing also. Note
that fuses are not there to protect the equipment but there for the cable.
Happy spotlighting.
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