How much spare electricity does the 150 have?

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How much spare electricity does the 150 have?

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I just realized I have a set of led lights off my old super tenere that would help the pcx a ton, but I'm not sure how much spare juice we have to work with? Ideas?
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Re: How much spare electricity does the 150 have?

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I believe that the alternator maxes out at 25 amps - not sure what the normal drain is anyway, nor how well it would tolerate being driven that hard all the time. Having said that, I wouldn't think LED lights would be a big current draw.

Perhaps measure what the LED light draw is and make a decision from there?
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Re: How much spare electricity does the 150 have?

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Your good to go, LED"s take very little power. Put them on.
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Re: How much spare electricity does the 150 have?

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I have these hooked up to my bike and they work fine. I didn't connect them to the rest of the circuitry because of their current draw, but rather I hooked them to the battery. I have an inline fuse and a switch on my handlebar. When I turn them on they are quite bright, and I haven't had any battery problems, so my guess is that they can work that way as long as the battery can be recharged.
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Re: How much spare electricity does the 150 have?

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Just be sure to check them from the front to make sure they're not sticking pins into the eyes of on-coming motorists at night. I'm reminded of one motorbike that passed me going the other way a while back - dude had wired a high-power strobe to the bike that flashed at about 2Hz. I appreciate his intention is to be seen for safety reasons, but pissing off 100% of people coming the other way just wasn't the way to help with that in my opinion (and that was during the day). It's a big problem we have here with people on push bikes and helmet-mounted lights - they blind everyone else.
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Re: How much spare electricity does the 150 have?

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Since the bike is in the basement right now and I am in the process of taking the panels off, I will readjust the lights. I THINK they are aimed correctly, but it is always good to do a recheck.
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