Posted by PugMan on July 18, 2008, 12:23 pm
Shirley, rounds for all...
My 'Passing lamps' burned out a while back, the local parts dealer only had
35 watt apiece tractor lamps that would fit the lamp holder. The H-D dealer
wanted an obscene amount of money for what amounts to a PAR36 lamp. These
together with the rest of the electrical load were too much load for the
18.5 amp alternator on my 1976 bike, it could not keep up, I could watch the
battery voltage just drop. Don't want to burn out an alternator, so I
rarely used the passing lamps. Finely sourced some narrow spot 20 watt
PAR36 halogens and acquired them. Went to install and found that they were
not quite thick enough to mount securely in the lamp holder. So I thought
about it for a short while (one beer). Fabricated and installed a 'rubber'
mount from a piece of clean fuel line, lined the inside edge of the lamp
holder and installed the lamp. Lamp is now securely mounted and resting on a
'rubber' mount and maybe less susceptible to vibration too.
Posted by big_piper on July 18, 2008, 12:39 pm
PugMan wrote:
> Lamp is now securely mounted and resting on a
> 'rubber' mount and maybe less susceptible to vibration too.
>
>
I hadda girlfriend like that once.
BigPiper
Posted by Terry Coombs on July 20, 2008, 3:58 pm
PugMan wrote:
> Shirley, rounds for all...
> My 'Passing lamps' burned out a while back, the local parts dealer
> only had 35 watt apiece tractor lamps that would fit the lamp holder.
> The H-D dealer wanted an obscene amount of money for what amounts to
> a PAR36 lamp. These together with the rest of the electrical load
> were too much load for the 18.5 amp alternator on my 1976 bike, it could
> not keep up, I could
> watch the battery voltage just drop. Don't want to burn out an
> alternator, so I rarely used the passing lamps. Finely sourced some
> narrow spot 20 watt PAR36 halogens and acquired them. Went to
> install and found that they were not quite thick enough to mount
> securely in the lamp holder. So I thought about it for a short while
> (one beer). Fabricated and installed a 'rubber' mount from a piece
> of clean fuel line, lined the inside edge of the lamp holder and
> installed the lamp. Lamp is now securely mounted and resting on a
> 'rubber' mount and maybe less susceptible to vibration too.
Upgrade it to a 32 amp chargingsystem . Bolt in , and Jireh , along with
others sell them starting at around 175 bucks . I wouldn't get the cheapest
one ... unless you plan to hardwire the regulator connection . Cheapass
connector terminals on the stator fail from vibration . Usually somewhere in
the middle of Arkansas in a pouring ass rain .
--
Snag
'90 Ultra "Strider"
'39 WLDD "Popcycle"
Buncha cars and a truck
Posted by Terry Coombs on July 20, 2008, 8:56 pm
PugMan wrote:
> news:>> Upgrade it to a 32 amp chargingsystem . Bolt in , and Jireh ,
> along
>> with others sell them starting at around 175 bucks . I wouldn't get
>> the cheapest
>> one ... unless you plan to hardwire the regulator connection .
>> Cheapass connector terminals on the stator fail from vibration .
>> Usually somewhere in
>> the middle of Arkansas in a pouring ass rain .
>> --
>> Snag
>> '90 Ultra "Strider"
>> '39 WLDD "Popcycle"
>> Buncha cars and a truck
>>
>>
> Went on weekend ride with wife and used passing lamps and headlight
> for the 3 light pattern, could not tell if it made a difference to
> the cage drivers. Get lots of first, second and third looks with the
> hack anyway. Hey Tud, does that happen to you too?
> Key, this pic is 640X480 pixels.. Thanks for fixing the others, I'll
> be more careful in future. -PugMan
> Terry,
> After riding season plan:.
> 1. Upgrade the alternator. I looked at the products available through
> Jireh.. probably the best bet.. Upgrade spots to Mo' power.
I find that H7616 lamps do a wunnerful job of lighting up the road .
Haven't felt the need to go to the H7614 , which is 50 watts vs the 7616's
35 .
Pug , posting that picture in this TEXT ONLY news group has most likely
made you no friends ... read the FAQ's at www.rmffaq.com for a much more
pleasant stay here ...
--
Snag
'90 Ultra "Strider"
'39 WLDD "Popcycle"
Buncha cars and a truck
Posted by Terry Coombs on July 20, 2008, 9:05 pm
Terry Coombs wrote:
read the FAQ's at www.rmffaq.com for a
> much more pleasant stay here ...
Except that I mistyped the url , it should be www.rmhfaq.com
--
Snag
'90 Ultra "Strider"
'39 WLDD "Popcycle"
Buncha cars and a truck
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