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Dave
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Posted: Fri May 30th, 2008 12:20 pm

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LOL... Ok, what's 5 watts between friends?

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Posted: Fri May 30th, 2008 11:53 am

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Dave wrote: 100 Watts?

Wow, most headlights are only rated at 55 low beam and 65 high beam. I used to run an "off-road only" headlight that was 55/110.

Seems that they would draw a bit more power. What's the old rule on watts/amps/volts?

Maybe one of the electrical gurus can set ya straight.
Check these out...It looks like 55/60 is the legal limit...

http://www.jpcycles.com/productgroup.aspx?GID=8A38F3E2-CE05-45E2-B65E-B27DF22F1B3D&search=h3+bulbs&store=Harley&page=1

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Posted: Fri May 30th, 2008 11:09 am

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100 Watts?

Wow, most headlights are only rated at 55 low beam and 65 high beam. I used to run an "off-road only" headlight that was 55/110.

Seems that they would draw a bit more power. What's the old rule on watts/amps/volts?

Maybe one of the electrical gurus can set ya straight.

marc
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Posted: Thu May 29th, 2008 06:05 pm

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Does anyone know how many watts the bulbs in the passing lamps are? I think they are 35 but want to confirm it...In J&P I saw replacement bulbs for passing lamps rated at 100 watts...Do you think they would fry the plug or cause an overload?

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