As fare as the wiring is concernerd, as many as you like, as they should be run from relays (2 to a relay) anyway. As for power avalible, that depends on how much use there goinf to get. It doesn't matter if you drain the battery a bit to run them, as long as the car has a chance to re-charg it befor a re-satart. To be honist though your not likely to want more than 6 (2 on bullbar, 4 on roof) and most cars would put up with that just fine.
Any veiws expresed in this thread by me are purely from my own experience, and (sometimes) falible memory. Hope my comments help, but please don't take them as gospel.
Also worth bearing in mind... when I bought my relay etc for my two spots from an auto electrical shop, I was told that you now need to (by law) fit a seperate switch to be able to isolate the spots from the high beam.
Agreed. But if you are planning on running them for a while esp off road, then get a bigger battery. I use one off a 2.5TD Transit, and it copes with anything i throw at it for an hour or two!!!
Also run the spots on separate switches, so you can have the spots on without need of the main beam. As the spots would be brighter than main beam anyways.
I have 4 x 60 watt 6 inch spots on the front of my sporty, with 4 x 100 watt 9 inch Cibie Super Oscars on my roof!! So yes the sporty will take it, BUT i have melted an alternator!!!! lol.
No real limit as long as you relay each pair but you will run down you battery if you use them and then don't recharge the battery enough during normal driving.
The law, I believe, states that they must be fitted in two's and Spots should only be used when the headlights are on FULL BEAM and fogs when the headlamps are on DIP. Of course you can have the lights switched separate as long as they are wired not to come in independant of the Main Beam for spots and the dipped circuit for Fogs. Like rear fogs, front Fogs can only be used in poor weather conditions eg Misty/Foggy/ heavy rain and I have been pulled for having mine on at other times, as if they haven't got better things to do. Having said that I see many cars with them on all the time at night, luck of the draw. Of course pure off road vehicles can heve them on and where they like but if on the road they are restricted in the height above and lowness to the ground of their centres, so it is worth checking this if you intend to use them on road. Any on the roof can only be used when stationery or off road I believe. If someone knows better then please add a comment.
As fare as the wiring is
As fare as the wiring is concernerd, as many as you like, as they should be run from relays (2 to a relay) anyway. As for power avalible, that depends on how much use there goinf to get. It doesn't matter if you drain the battery a bit to run them, as long as the car has a chance to re-charg it befor a re-satart. To be honist though your not likely to want more than 6 (2 on bullbar, 4 on roof) and most cars would put up with that just fine.
Any veiws expresed in this thread by me are purely from my own experience, and (sometimes) falible memory. Hope my comments help, but please don't take them as gospel.
Also worth bearing in
Also worth bearing in mind... when I bought my relay etc for my two spots from an auto electrical shop, I was told that you now need to (by law) fit a seperate switch to be able to isolate the spots from the high beam.
Agreed. But if you are
Agreed. But if you are planning on running them for a while esp off road, then get a bigger battery. I use one off a 2.5TD Transit, and it copes with anything i throw at it for an hour or two!!!
Also run the spots on separate switches, so you can have the spots on without need of the main beam. As the spots would be brighter than main beam anyways.
I have 4 x 60 watt 6 inch spots on the front of my sporty, with 4 x 100 watt 9 inch Cibie Super Oscars on my roof!! So yes the sporty will take it, BUT i have melted an alternator!!!! lol.
Mud makes excellent Toothpaste.
Tongue in cheek ....
As many as you can get on the vehicle before the suspension bottoms out ......
..... well, that's if you used to own a scooter in the 60s.
SPOTLIGHTS
No real limit as long as you relay each pair but you will run down you battery if you use them and then don't recharge the battery enough during normal driving.
The law, I believe, states that they must be fitted in two's and Spots should only be used when the headlights are on FULL BEAM and fogs when the headlamps are on DIP. Of course you can have the lights switched separate as long as they are wired not to come in independant of the Main Beam for spots and the dipped circuit for Fogs. Like rear fogs, front Fogs can only be used in poor weather conditions eg Misty/Foggy/ heavy rain and I have been pulled for having mine on at other times, as if they haven't got better things to do. Having said that I see many cars with them on all the time at night, luck of the draw. Of course pure off road vehicles can heve them on and where they like but if on the road they are restricted in the height above and lowness to the ground of their centres, so it is worth checking this if you intend to use them on road. Any on the roof can only be used when stationery or off road I believe. If someone knows better then please add a comment.
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