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From: gary@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (gary w buchholz)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Halogen Driving Lights on a Bike -
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Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 10:58:19 EDT
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  Does anyone have experience with putting (car) Halogen Driving lights
on a bike ?
  I've had some pretty bad luck.  I bought a set and they "ate" my
battery.
  Theoretically, it should work.  My alternator puts out 260 watts at
5000 rpm.  The driving lights came with a fused power lead with a 15
amp fuse.  My guesstimate is that the lamps draw 200 watts max.  The
quartz headlamp stock on the bike draws 45 watts.
  Its real close but for non-continuous operation it should work.

  Does anyone know if there is a possibility of damaging the alternator
pushing it to max output like this ?  Has anyone successfully put these
lights on a bike and had it "work".

  (My bad luck was that I did some low speed driving with the lights
"on" and in the span of about 1 hour the battery couldn't kick the 
starter over (750 Nighthawk).
 
  Thanks, I need some help
      Gary