Last weekend I installed two pairs of hella's on my roof rack and already had two lights on my front bumper. so i have a total of 6 lights and nothing is hooked up to relays and i have 3 switches. i run inline fuses instead. I am wondering if i will need a better alternator or a better battery or both?? I have been looking into the optima red tops and the mean green alt.

Will i be fine with stock stuff or will i need to upgrade??

thanks everyone!!!!

 

well try out the battery you have...and maybe look into the dual battery set-ups, so you can run two batterys...

there is a write up on this site under the "how to" section...

or there might be better ones if you just google search it...

 

so you think i should do a dual battery set up instead of a heavy duty alternator??

 

HD altenator and a Red top should be fine for those if they have 55watt bulbs.
I would also suggest a relay for each pair of lights so you don't overload the switches. All that hot leads running to those switches could get warm and you don't want any electrical fires.

 

thanks blue!!! do you know of any good brand or place to get those cheap?? and do i need relays if i have inline fuses on the hot leads? and yes they are 55 watt bulbs. the way i have everything now (stock) seems to be work just fine, but im guessing i will wear out my alternator pretty quick? i dont use the lights that often....