Lighting tip

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:01:32 GMT, "Willy Wanka"
postulated :

 >I thought of getting some for my PU. I guess I will if they are that much
 >brighter.

On the truck application you will notice the right beam shows more of
the road edge. The left beam has a lower cut off so as not to blind
the on coming driver. Those bulbs are definitely white.





Greasy Rider©
'97 FLHTCI Lehman trike
[35"51'34N - 78"39'55W]
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 > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:01:32 GMT, "Willy Wanka"

 >
  >>I thought of getting some for my PU. I guess I will if they are that much
  >>brighter.
 >
 > On the truck application you will notice the right beam shows more of
 > the road edge. The left beam has a lower cut off so as not to blind
 > the on coming driver. Those bulbs are definitely white.
 >
Thanks a lot. Here we have a lot of deer commiting suicide every evening.
The better you can see at night the more deer left for the hunters.
 >
 > Greasy Rider©
 > '97 FLHTCI Lehman trike
 > [35"51'34N - 78"39'55W]
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GreasyRider©@invalid.com wrote:
 > Stopped by my local auto parts store to pick up a replacement bulb
for
 > the truck today. Browsing the rack I discovered a direct replacement
 > for not only my truck but the Harley. My unit is a '97 FLHTCi and
uses
 > the 9003ST. The cost was $19.95 which is about $12 over the standard
 > halogen. It's those new Sylvania Silverstar bulbs which are intensely
 > white. Current draw is the same so no worry about overloading
 > anything. Just thought I'd pass it along for what it's worth.

(snipster)

FWIW, I did some research and found that yer regular headlamps
on a cage, and probably a bike, can be made much brighter by
simply letting them operate at full voltage. By the time the
voltage goes through all the switches and crap, the voltage is
often well below 12 volts. The lamps are designed to operate
at 13.8 or there abouts. Checked the voltage on my Suburban,
and found that it was 11.78 volts. There was a chart I found
on the net that said a bulb at that voltage was about 70 percent
efficient.

Sooooo, I rigged up a wiring harness that uses the existing
wiring to switch relays. The relays feed the lamps right from the
battery via a 10 ga wire. Noticeable difference in
brightness. Plus, I fashioned it so the low beams stay on
when you hit the high beams. Works fine.

Here's a link to the diagram I made.

<a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://home.earthlink.net/~andythe/id14.html" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~andythe/id14.html</a>

Obviously I left out the ground wires and fuses in the
diagram. I highly recommend that you fuse the dickens
out of any modification you make like this. Otherwise
you could end up with a rather spectacular fire under
the hood of yer cage.

Andy aka Big Stinkie
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"big stinkie" wrote in message

GreasyRider©@invalid.com wrote:
 > Stopped by my local auto parts store to pick up a replacement bulb
for
 > the truck today. Browsing the rack I discovered a direct replacement
 > for not only my truck but the Harley. My unit is a '97 FLHTCi and
uses
 > the 9003ST. The cost was $19.95 which is about $12 over the standard
 > halogen. It's those new Sylvania Silverstar bulbs which are intensely
 > white. Current draw is the same so no worry about overloading
 > anything. Just thought I'd pass it along for what it's worth.

(snipster)

FWIW, I did some research and found that yer regular headlamps
on a cage, and probably a bike, can be made much brighter by
simply letting them operate at full voltage. By the time the
voltage goes through all the switches and crap, the voltage is
often well below 12 volts. The lamps are designed to operate
at 13.8 or there abouts. Checked the voltage on my Suburban,
and found that it was 11.78 volts. There was a chart I found
on the net that said a bulb at that voltage was about 70 percent
efficient.

Sooooo, I rigged up a wiring harness that uses the existing
wiring to switch relays. The relays feed the lamps right from the
battery via a 10 ga wire. Noticeable difference in
brightness. Plus, I fashioned it so the low beams stay on
when you hit the high beams. Works fine.

Here's a link to the diagram I made.

<a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://home.earthlink.net/~andythe/id14.html" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~andythe/id14.html</a>

Obviously I left out the ground wires and fuses in the
diagram. I highly recommend that you fuse the dickens
out of any modification you make like this. Otherwise
you could end up with a rather spectacular fire under
the hood of yer cage.

Andy aka Big Stinkie

That probably took more time in the planning stage than it did to put it
together.

Willy
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Willy Wanka wrote:

(Snip)
 >
 > Sooooo, I rigged up a wiring harness that uses the existing
 > wiring to switch relays. The relays feed the lamps right from the
 > battery via a 10 ga wire. Noticeable difference in
 > brightness. Plus, I fashioned it so the low beams stay on
 > when you hit the high beams. Works fine.
 >
 > Here's a link to the diagram I made.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://home.earthlink.net/~andythe/id14.html</font" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~andythe/id14.html</font</a>>
 >
 > Andy aka Big Stinkie
 >
 > That probably took more time in the planning stage than it did to put
it
 > together.

I'm no electrical engineer...in fact, I'm 'electriconically
challenged.' It took me a while to figure out the diagram.
I work with a number of 2-way radio engineers and a handful
of radio techs who could have sketched it out in a few
seconds, but I like the challenge. I had our radio guys
bless it before I did it...didn't want to turn a 10 ga wire
into a toaster element under my hood by making some stupid
mistake.

Actually built 2 of them. The first one was a prototype to get the
lengths right, but the second was juuuuust right. Now I'm gonna get
some of those lamps that Greasy suggested to add to the upgrade.

Then the damn thing should really light up the road.

Andy aka Big "now I can see those frickin' deer" Stinkie
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