Aftermarket Headlight Options

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What's up HQ, been a while since this topic has been covered. Any recommendations on running aftermarket headlights? I see cascade innovations sells a kit, picture attached. Looking to add a set of lights on my 521. Anyone run these ones here? Thanks a lot.

 

 

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[ClaudeMachining]

What's up HQ, been a while since this topic has been covered. Any recommendations on running aftermarket headlights? I see cascade innovations sells a kit, picture attached. Looking to add a set of lights on my 521. Anyone run these ones here? Thanks a lot.

 

 

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The cleanest way to run LED lights is to separate ignition power and lights power by floating the ground, then convert the lights power to dc with a cheap (8$), 125Watts,4 wires, ac/dc converter/rectifier/regulator.

 

Then hook what ever you want on it.

 

https://www.jlengineering.org/banshee-stator-dc-convers.html

 

 

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5 hours ago, ClaudeMachining said:

The cleanest way to run LED lights is to separate ignition power and lights power by floating the ground, then convert the lights power to dc with a cheap (8$), 125Watts,4 wires, ac/dc converter/rectifier/regulator.

 

Then hook what ever you want on it.

 

https://www.jlengineering.org/banshee-stator-dc-convers.html

 

 

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Sweet, I'll be doing this. Would you happen to know the output voltage of the rectifier/regulator that you posted? OEM is 12V, is the one you posted the same?

[ClaudeMachining]

Sweet, I'll be doing this. Would you happen to know the output voltage of the rectifier/regulator that you posted? OEM is 12V, is the one you posted the same?

Yes, output is 12V dc.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/292689887133

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Yes, output is 12V dc.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/292689887133

 

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Thanks Claude. Wife is about to have baby #2 any second now, so it will be a little bit before I can do this. I will update this thread when I can. You run OEM headlights on your SS, correct? Thought I remembered seeing a pic of your bike with stock headlights.

 

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[Qliphoth]

i have those here. they look like the original ones, but they aren't :)

i realised that, after i ordered a new pair of "original" bulbs for the banshee. but they were way to small.

you can get in much bigger bulbs in these headlights. i prefer the original look^^

 

[ClaudeMachining]

Thanks Claude. Wife is about to have baby #2 any second now, so it will be a little bit before I can do this. I will update this thread when I can. You run OEM headlights on your SS, correct? Thought I remembered seeing a pic of your bike with stock headlights.  
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I use this for rear lights: https://www.ebay.com/itm/264443106178

And this for front: https://www.ebay.com/itm/183695899713


Cheap stuff, i bought 4, 4 years ago, and only replaced one this season, so i still have one spaire ;-)

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[Fearnot]

Recently I've seen a Baja racer's banshee with 2x Baja Design Squadron's LED's in place of the stockers with a OnX6 6 bulb amber clamped to the handle bars. You'll need some wattage to run that setup though.

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8 hours ago, ClaudeMachining said:

I use this for rear lights: https://www.ebay.com/itm/264443106178

And this for front: https://www.ebay.com/itm/183695899713


Cheap stuff, i bought 4, 4 years ago, and only replaced one this season, so i still have one spaire 😉

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So when using the rectifier the lights wont dim like they would on the AC Circuit, but hold the same brightness through all RPM ranges of the engine? 

Do you use this rectifier on your bike?

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[ClaudeMachining]

So when using the rectifier the lights wont dim like they would on the AC Circuit, but hold the same brightness through all RPM ranges of the engine? 
Do you use this rectifier on your bike?

Diming is another thing. You can solve the "problem" doing 2 things or three.

1- putting a batt.
2- putting a capacitor who will act like a batt.
3- man up, and dont care about diming under 1000rpm....

I chosed the 3th option ;'l

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Diming is another thing. You can solve the "problem" doing 2 things or three.

 

1- putting a batt.

2- putting a capacitor who will act like a batt.

3- man up, and dont care about diming under 1000rpm....

 

I chosed the 3th option ;'l

 

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Ok, so what's the advantage of running the rectifier then? I would think that would solve the dimming

 

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[375hp banshees]

So you can run  dc  ( leds) lights

[the boris]

Diming is another thing. You can solve the "problem" doing 2 things or three.

1- putting a batt.
2- putting a capacitor who will act like a batt.
3- man up, and dont care about diming under 1000rpm....

I chosed the 3th option ;'l

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Hahahah the third option sounds like reasonable option

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[ClaudeMachining]

Ok, so what's the advantage of running the rectifier then? I would think that would solve the dimming  
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The diming under 1000rpm is easy to solve, buy a 16V capacitor. It's about 5$.

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