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What kind of LED lights would you guys recommend to replace the headlights on my hammerhead and where could I buy some?
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If you'll look down in the right hand corner of our forum page, you will see one our supporting vendors is LED lights, I'd give them your business if I where you, since they support our group!
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Oops, I mean lefthand corner, sorry!
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Website is down. It has been for several months.
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I got two 18w 6 led lights from amazon for $39.00 each. The problem with our buggy is it is a/c so when wired up they would flicker after a minuet of run time. So not sure how much they would draw I put one on the drivers side left the passenger side light wired up. Ran a wire from a overhead toggle switch to the battery and when running the voltage with the light off was 14.5 on it was 13.4. So I only ran it when it was dark on our last trip. It is super bright and didn't cause any charging issues or voltage problems, I would like to get a diode ac to dc converter but not quite sure how to do it yet.
This is a video of our last trip and could only ride at night due to the heat 106. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmZz6...=youtube_gdata Last edited by Johnny 5; 05-07-2013 at 09:01 PM. Reason: edit |
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So are all gy6 150's ac powered? I have a spot on my dash for a cigar lighter powered outlet on my buggy so does this mean that all my lights and that power outlet is run off AC power? Kind of a noob to all this electrical stuff on buggies.
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If your light turn on with the key they are dc, if they come on only with the motor running they are a/c. As for all the electrical know how I am still learning how it works. I was able to run the lights from the battery with a switch and inline fuse at the battery. I only ran them for about two hours or less and no problems so far, time will tell. But just I 18watt 6 led light is plenty for my buggy, plenty of light compared to the 2 15w lights.
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They turn on with the key so I guess my headlights are DC powered. Is this good news? What is the highest power of LED lights I can run?
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baker3 what kind of buggy do you have? I would recommend not going over the watts your bulbs are now. I went with 18w because the lights in my buggy say 18w on the bulb. My owners manual says 15w so probably stay close to the stock watts. I am happy with the 1 led light and two would be crazy bright. They also sell 15w 5 led lights on amazon. I got the ones that are for work/offroad that can handle some bouncing around.
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I got the Hammerhead GTS150. I looked in my owners manual and couldn't find the watts of my stock headlights. I planned on only getting 15W LED's just to be safe. I just want better lights because the ones on there now are a really crappy spotty beam pattern.
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Just about any LED light would be an upgrade compared to stockers. The good thing about LED lights is they draw less than 1/10th of the power incandescent bulbs use, hence you can run a lot more LED's in their place. I plan to use some off road driving lights when the time comes.
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