Too much power?
03-09-2015, 01:16 AM
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Too much power?
Anyone ran ~300 watts of additional lights on the stock alternator i have two wired and the volt gauge moves a little then holds steady where it should but I heard the stock alt. has kinda a low output and I don't wanna fry it just for extra lights when two is already blinding. The setup is 5-6" bajas converted to 55w h.i.d.
03-09-2015, 08:05 AM
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I would upgrade the poor factory battery/alternator wiring/grounds first.
03-10-2015, 12:18 AM
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I did a couple already when I was having weird voltage issues a while ago but I'm mostly worried about too high of a draw on the alternator and i really don't wanna spend a couple hundred bucks on a new one plus it looks like a pita to change. Has nobody added any additional lighting to there jeep?? The factory lights suck even with the harness upgrade
03-10-2015, 07:13 AM
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I did a couple already when I was having weird voltage issues a while ago but I'm mostly worried about too high of a draw on the alternator and i really don't wanna spend a couple hundred bucks on a new one plus it looks like a pita to change. Has nobody added any additional lighting to there jeep?? The factory lights suck even with the harness upgrade
03-10-2015, 08:16 AM
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At the very least, then upgrade the alternator to something in the 135-160w range. I have lighting on mine as well as winch, air compressor, radios 1 50w & 1 200w and other items. Large rear mounted Hellas (2) for backup/work lights. You can see in my signature what I have for electrical the 160w alt is a rewound 135w amp.
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