New guy, some lighting/electrical questions.
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:51 pm
Hey everyone, new guy here. Just picked up a super nice 01 Elite S on Friday. Very excited!
Already punched the exhaust and removed the clutch limiter thanks to the advice on the page, and now I have a question on something else.
I've noticed that the headlight on this thing is, well, substandard at best. Just so happens that I've got a wildly bright LED fog light that is just taking up space, and I've already fabbed the brackets to mount it up, and it looks... well... functional.
My question is this: What kind of recharge rate or output does the alternator on this thing put out? The light I'll be using is a 10W LED that pulls less than 1A, and I know that's not much, but I'd rather not find out the hard way that that extra amperage is overtaxing the charging system. It's not going to be on full time, either, as I plan on running a relay system to the high beam circuit so that the light feeds directly from the battery and comes on with the high beam switch.
I'd also like to run some additional auxiliary lighting on it if possible, but I'm not moving forward with that until I know what this alternator is capable of.
Thanks!
Already punched the exhaust and removed the clutch limiter thanks to the advice on the page, and now I have a question on something else.
I've noticed that the headlight on this thing is, well, substandard at best. Just so happens that I've got a wildly bright LED fog light that is just taking up space, and I've already fabbed the brackets to mount it up, and it looks... well... functional.
My question is this: What kind of recharge rate or output does the alternator on this thing put out? The light I'll be using is a 10W LED that pulls less than 1A, and I know that's not much, but I'd rather not find out the hard way that that extra amperage is overtaxing the charging system. It's not going to be on full time, either, as I plan on running a relay system to the high beam circuit so that the light feeds directly from the battery and comes on with the high beam switch.
I'd also like to run some additional auxiliary lighting on it if possible, but I'm not moving forward with that until I know what this alternator is capable of.
Thanks!