Re: Lighting

["Johnny Gebruers" <johnny.gebruers@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello Mark,

The bulb failing is due to a to small lamp (to less cooling.)
Its also dangerous for your electrical circuit you are pulling 13 Amp
instead off the  8.5 Amp.

Regards ,
Johnny Gebruers
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Dieck <mdieck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 7:19 PM
Subject: Lighting


> In an effort to get shed a bit more light on the subject, i.e. the road, I
> recently replaced the 55/60W stock bulbs with some 85/100W bulbs.  It did
help
> significantly.
>
> Here is the problem. The right side, when sitting on the bike looking
forward, has
> failed twice in less than two weeks. The first bulb lasted about 3 days. I
wrote
> that off to a bad bulb, the local NAPA store agreed and actually replaced
the bulb
> free. Pretty unusual when dealing with electrical stuff. The second bulb
last just
> over a week. I have traced thru the wiring diagram, and I cannot see
anything
> there that would lead me to believe the right bulb should be behaving any
> differently than the left.
>
> Has anyone else replaced the stock bulbs with higher wattage bulbs, or
tried some
> of the newer bulbs?
>
> Or am I missing something as I look at the wiring diagram?
>
> TIA
>
> Mark Dieck
> Y2K Sprint ST
> Mesa, Az
>
>
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