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Added 6-35W lights, not enough charge, now what?
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Old September 21st, 2008, 09:08 PM
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Added 6-35W lights, not enough charge, now what?

added 6- 35W lights on 2 switches and a yellow top battery, but battery light comes on and engine breaks up over 35 mph. Turn off lights and rzr runs fine. Any suggestions of aftermarket alternator or heard of rewinding stock alternator. Or anything else?
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Old September 21st, 2008, 09:12 PM
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Re: Added 6-35W lights, not enough charge, now what?

Add a second battery?
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Old September 22nd, 2008, 09:47 PM
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Re: Added 6-35W lights, not enough charge, now what?

I am being told adding a second battery won't solve the problem. Apparently the draw is more than the alt. is putting out even with a second battery which is where the computer is reading a negative draw and putting off the sensor and I did notice the rzr started breaking up around 35 mph. Once I shut the 6 lights off I added the rzr ran fine and the battery light went off.
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Old September 22nd, 2008, 09:52 PM
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Re: Added 6-35W lights, not enough charge, now what?

hm, i run 4 35 watt HID lights, and the 35 watt HID head lights, and have driven with all of them on for hours, no issues. looks like you over did it one light
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Old September 22nd, 2008, 11:22 PM
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Re: Added 6-35W lights, not enough charge, now what?

Some people are saying I need to go to the HID's, apparently I am being told the HID is drawing substantially less volts. I wonder if the previous post is not having problems because he is running HID's?
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Old September 23rd, 2008, 12:06 AM
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Re: Added 6-35W lights, not enough charge, now what?

external alternator kit?

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Old September 23rd, 2008, 12:56 AM
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Re: Added 6-35W lights, not enough charge, now what?

ya 6 holegen lights are alot for anything i run 4 hid's with no problem but if i turn the last 2 on for 6 lights and run them for a wile my battery get down to 11.9 volts
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Old September 23rd, 2008, 06:21 PM
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Re: Added 6-35W lights, not enough charge, now what?

Big difference between the draw of 6 35watt Halogens and 6 35watt HID's.
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Re: Added 6-35W lights, not enough charge, now what?

just had the alternator made for my 07 xp by rpm going to pick the ranger up today we will see as i have 7" hid's and they have already drained and killed 1 battery did not want to do the dual battery thing and going to add tunes soon
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