Lights

[blackandyellowshee]

I am confuzed here haha. Ok now how many watts can the stock stator take? I've been looking at aftermarket lights on ebay and stuff, but from what I understand 50 watts will overheat and melt the stator, right? Stock lights are 35 watts I believe, so whats the point in getting aftermarket lights that are the same wattage as the stock ones.

Could someone PLEASE help a confuzed guy out here , thanks

Darren

[thecabinboy]

a stock stator is 85watts, so 2x50w bulbs is over your limit. You need a bigger stator like a 200w RickyStator unit to run those. Oh and try to stay about 50watts under the limit so your lights don't completely dim out at idle.

[blackandyellowshee]

Alright thanks

[MonkeyBoy]

Screw that, I run all the voltage I can. Yeah my lights suck at idle, but I am using all I got in lighting.

 

I run two 75W flood lights, two 35w pencil beams, and two 15w taillights. I have more light than most of the sandrails I see on night rides.

 

It also depends how you wire things. I wired the taillights in series to give them less power.

 

I also run a 260w built stator.

 

Was this cheap? Nope, but I never feel like I am outrunning my lights anymore.

[midnite]

Yeah, if I had a 200 watt stator, I'd have 2 lights x 100 watts. I really don't care how bright my lights are at idle. Just give me the light when I let er rip.

[Logik]

Has anyone ever retrofitted HIDs into their Banshee? They are 35w apiece and VERY bright.

[Bansh88]

Stock lights are 35 watts I believe, so whats the point in getting aftermarket lights that are the same wattage as the stock ones. 

 

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put in a set of 35w trail techs. you'll see the difference. Chinsy platic stockers get sand blasted/scuffed easily too.

 

What is the reasn for 30watts of tailight?

[blackandyellowshee]

If I put in 30w HIDs in, would I be OK for the stock stator? I remember reading somewhere about the HIDs. Maybe ebay

[MonkeyBoy]

put in a set of 35w trail techs.  you'll see the difference.  Chinsy platic stockers get sand blasted/scuffed easily too.

 

What is the reasn for 30watts of tailight?

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No reason, it's just what the small Lazer Stars are rated at. I did mine before Ron came out with the LED's. I can just replace the bulbs, and I probably will when one burns out.

[Justintoxicated]

those LED's are going to be shit for brightness...They are not even high end LED's hell the LED's I use for underlighting are brighter...

 

Not all bulbs/reflectors are created equal. It's not all about how many WATTS your lights are

 

I would suggest contacting Osram/Sylvania and getting "MR16 IR" bulbs their 35 watt Halogens are as bright as typical 50 watt MR 16's (30% brighter than typical MR 16's) which are probably twice as bright as the stock headlights (especialy on older banshees)

 

to run HID's you really have to have a battery and do teh DC conversion. See my post in repairs and mods for more info.

 

30 watt HID should be brighter than 100 watt halogens.

 

I'm Currently running 2 50or55 watt Osram IR bulbs...they are VERY bright About the same as when I had 70 or 75 watt MR16's (which tend to overheat)

 

I will compare them to the Trailtech MR16 HID's when I get ahold of them. the Osram bulbs im running are noticably brighter than the MR11 HID setup...

 

SDD has a post on this forum too and I have sceen his Retro fitted HID's into his HELLA housing. Those things are BLINDING, the reflectors worked OK IMO, it's always best to have a reflector made around the light source, but I have to say his lights throw VERY far and look trick as freak....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monkey boy, what stator do you have if it is electrics your probably running more than it can actually handle...I hear ricky's makes the same power and is on 1 channel where as the electrics is splitting the power into multiple cannels and does not put out it's rated wattage (or it's rated at more rpm's than banshees are typicaly ridden at). Just like car sterio amps a 100 watt amp can often outpower a 200 watt amp if the input voltage is rated higher.... Isn't there 1 60 watt channel and 2 100 watt channels on the electrix?

 

2 75's is the limit I would run without the extra 35's, but I would actualy recomend running the Osram bulbs instead to help keeping the lights bright at low RPM's plus I find my 55 MR16 IR's brighter than my 70's were anyways.

 

I don't see the point in runnign 2 tail lights in series...why not just run 1? Your not gaining anything here. Even if each light only recieves 6V instead of 12 your probably using the same power or helle ven more power since resistance goes up as bulb gets hotter.

Edited October 15, 2005 by Justintoxicated

[MonkeyBoy]

I'm running all Lazer Star lights. I'll post some pics tomorrow when I can host them.

 

I have two in the stock positions, and two on the bar clamp.

 

The reason I run two taillights is that they were sold as set of two. I mounted them to the grab bar right underneath the rear fenders. I ran them in series to cut the current consumption a little. They run plenty bright.

 

The stator that I run is a 260W from Montclair Yamaha. I don't know where they got it from, but they offered a lifetime warranty on it. I have popped it once, and they had no problems fixing it, but I kept the receipt.

 

I don't think they sell it anymore.

[Wallrat]

Its probably an Electrex. RMATV sells em as well:

 

Electrex "250w" Stator

 

My understanding is that they don't do real world testing. Essentially it makes 250w, but only on a bench.

[MonkeyBoy]

I never asked when I bought it. It is about 5 years old.

 

Oddly enough I bought mine 1 month before a friend bought his. Exactly one month after I had mine fixed, his quit too. After that no problems.