YotaTech Forums

YotaTech Forums (https://www.yotatech.com/forums/)
-   General Electrical & Lighting Related Topics (https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f131/)
-   -   bulb wattage (https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f131/bulb-wattage-156205/)

sixt5 10-07-2008 08:12 AM

bulb wattage
 
this weekend im gonna be installing my procomp light bar with two hella 500's and two 700ff's. all have 55w bulbs and that simply wont do. with some searching, summit has h3 bulbs in 100 and 130 watts for around 7 dollars.

put :
100s in all ?
130s in all?
100s in the 500's and 130s in the 700FF?

Also, will this be a problem with my alternator? :think:


Thanks yota tech!

OSU4Runner 10-07-2008 08:22 AM

I have 100 watt bulbs in my Hella 500's and 500ff's, work great for me....never had a problem. I don't have any experience with the 130 watt bulbs though.

Elton 10-07-2008 11:24 AM

i got 100w bulbs in my 700ff's no problems yet just make sure to run at least 12ga wire

OSU4Runner 10-07-2008 12:08 PM


Originally Posted by Elton (Post 50939936)
i got 100w bulbs in my 700ff's no problems yet just make sure to run at least 12ga wire

x2 I ran everything with 12ga wire as well

sixt5 10-08-2008 02:19 AM

i think i've decided to run 100s in all four lights. now when i go to wire them up, im using 12g wire but what amp fuse should i run? all four lights are going to be on one switch.

Jay351 10-08-2008 06:07 PM

40amp. I might upgrade the power/ground wires to 10 guage if you're runn that many lights off one wire..

sixt5 10-09-2008 02:16 AM

ok i think im going to run two relays, one for a set of 2 lights. simply cause this is going to be a lot of watts for one little switch. is there a diagram showing how to wire two relays together? also, will two 30 amp relays do the trick?

Elton 10-09-2008 02:20 AM

two 30amp relays will be fine to run both of them just run the trigger wire off the switch to the relays

Jay351 10-09-2008 10:12 AM

Yep. That will work just fine.

sixt5 10-10-2008 01:28 PM

can someone draw up somethin in paint for me? showing where the four terminals go to on each relay? thanks!

Jay351 10-10-2008 05:10 PM

here you go :)

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...gauxlights.jpg


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:09 PM.


© 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands