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  • Help!

    Is there a good 100W H7 available? I want to use it for my high beam. But only for flashing purposes. Will this 100W H7 be better than 55W NightBreaker?
    Which type is the 100W bulb which u people usually talk about?
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    • Here we are talking about 100/90W halogen here. Available from Philips as well as Osram. It should be available in H7 too. I guess you will need to search for it though!
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      • Originally posted by rahul9985 View Post
        Is there a good 100W H7 available? I want to use it for my high beam. But only for flashing purposes. Will this 100W H7 be better than 55W NightBreaker?
        Which type is the 100W bulb which u people usually talk about?
        You get H7 100w but here you will ve to sacrifice high beam completely bcz P220 reflectors cant take the heat of 100w if u run for longer time. I think the BCU will also cut off the power.


        Originally posted by abhijeet080808 View Post
        ^Or maybe the terminals are loose inside the battery.
        I checked directly at the terminals. Without connecting it to the bike. I tried short circuiting but no spark. Not even a small bulb lit up with the battery.

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        • Originally posted by abhijeet080808 View Post
          Here we are talking about 100/90W halogen here. Available from Philips as well as Osram. It should be available in H7 too. I guess you will need to search for it though!
          Here lies the confusion! What is this 100/90W halogen? I mean it will be of some type like H7 right?

          Originally posted by Shreeni0403 View Post
          You get H7 100w but here you will ve to sacrifice high beam completely bcz P220 reflectors cant take the heat of 100w if u run for longer time. I think the BCU will also cut off the power.
          Naah. BCU wont interfere. I ran the dual beam halogen setup successfully. In simple terms power for low beam is drawn from high beam. So its a load of 55+55=110W on the high beam. Instead of this setup or dual HID's i want to go for low beam HID+High beam 100W. I know that high beam reflector will go for a toss. As i said i will use it only for flashing purpose. And HID for the lighting.
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          • Originally posted by rahul9985 View Post
            Here lies the confusion! What is this 100/90W halogen? I mean it will be of some type like H7 right?
            That is H4 type which has both High n low beam in single bulb. 90w Low beam and 100w High.

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            • Just another Jugad work for u Shreeni






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              • Originally posted by sajjt View Post

                What !!! No man, I am not interested in projector juggad anymore as it definitely won't satisfy me for high beam needs

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                • Sajan, that spot light i borrowed from a fren as he had broke 1 and was removing other. I thought to give a try. Its Neolite spotlights. Its kind of inbetween, neither gives Laser light (due to glare shield in it) nor too much spread. Its perfect for city riding only. The clamps that came with that light is pathetic, it broke off. I have to get a clamp done.

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                  • Originally posted by Shreeni0403 View Post
                    Sajan, that spot light i borrowed from a fren as he had broke 1 and was removing other. I thought to give a try. Its Neolite spotlights. Its kind of inbetween, neither gives Laser light (due to glare shield in it) nor too much spread. Its perfect for city riding only. The clamps that came with that light is pathetic, it broke off. I have to get a clamp done.
                    Pls post a close pic of it.
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                    • Installed HID but in trouble. 100 % illumination to 0 % illumination

                      I just installed the HID kit (High- halogen, Low - HID)on my fazer'06 today. The Mechanic who installed it has taken the DC power source from the indicators. I have used a single relay for the HID also.

                      Now I have the following problems.

                      1. I wanted to connect the halogen bulb to the AC supply from the alternator. But currently its running on the DC supply from the indicators. I guess the mechanic took a parallel connection from the indicators for both the HID and halogen, but he has routed the connection to the HID through the relay.

                      2. Also he has not used any higher gauge wire, how will this affect the wiring harness and the HID.

                      3. When I turn my headlights on, on the instrument panel, the lights for the indicator for both left and right directions turn on and stay illuminated constantly.

                      4. All other lights on the instrument panel either turn off once the HID is running but they glow in a very dim state when the halogen is used.

                      5. The Horn, indicators are not funtioning at there best output. This is probably because of the battery draining.

                      6. Self Starter has stopped working because of battery drain.

                      7. The backup time for the HID was around 20 mins. The Halogen is still running but is completely dependent on battery charge.

                      Please help me regarding the Halogen connectivity. I wish to connect it to the AC supply, so that when my Battery is drained out i can resume usage of halogen.

                      I wish change the supply of DC current to the HID, I dont want to take it from the indicators, which keep my indicators lights on the instrument panel, which is really weird, Can i connect it directly to the battery ?

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                      • Originally posted by lakhanironak View Post
                        I just installed the HID kit (High- halogen, Low - HID)on my fazer'06 today. The Mechanic who installed it has taken the DC power source from the indicators. I have used a single relay for the HID also.

                        Now I have the following problems.

                        1. I wanted to connect the halogen bulb to the AC supply from the alternator. But currently its running on the DC supply from the indicators. I guess the mechanic took a parallel connection from the indicators for both the HID and halogen, but he has routed the connection to the HID through the relay.

                        2. Also he has not used any higher gauge wire, how will this affect the wiring harness and the HID.

                        3. When I turn my headlights on, on the instrument panel, the lights for the indicator for both left and right directions turn on and stay illuminated constantly.

                        4. All other lights on the instrument panel either turn off once the HID is running but they glow in a very dim state when the halogen is used.

                        5. The Horn, indicators are not funtioning at there best output. This is probably because of the battery draining.

                        6. Self Starter has stopped working because of battery drain.

                        7. The backup time for the HID was around 20 mins. The Halogen is still running but is completely dependent on battery charge.

                        Please help me regarding the Halogen connectivity. I wish to connect it to the AC supply, so that when my Battery is drained out i can resume usage of halogen.

                        I wish change the supply of DC current to the HID, I dont want to take it from the indicators, which keep my indicators lights on the instrument panel, which is really weird, Can i connect it directly to the battery ?
                        As a rule of thumb, dont relay on auto mech instead auto electrician for these kind of mods as it may lead to smoking of harness. Ur mech is an idiot to take the power from puny indicator supply wire and put a relay in between. Its not only give the harness full load of the HID but also HID is not getting full power from batt. Ur console lights r malfunctioning due to the wrong wiring, better correct it ASAP.

                        No wonder ur batt is getting fried, to use an HID continously u need to improve the charging rate for which u need to change the RR In the meantime u can re route the supply wires to the HID from the batt with a higer guage wire and re route the Halo from the stock bulb power out. Its simple thing for an auto electrician.
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                        • As I said earlier it will be easy for us if you can post the wiring diagram of bike. Anyways ill try to explain to best of my knowledge, rest will leave it to Abhi & Sajan

                          Originally posted by lakhanironak View Post
                          I just installed the HID kit (High- halogen, Low - HID)on my fazer'06 today. The Mechanic who installed it has taken the DC power source from the indicators. I have used a single relay for the HID also.

                          Now I have the following problems.

                          1. I wanted to connect the halogen bulb to the AC supply from the alternator. But currently its running on the DC supply from the indicators. I guess the mechanic took a parallel connection from the indicators for both the HID and halogen, but he has routed the connection to the HID through the relay.

                          AFAIK U WILL HAVE TO USE EXTRA SWITCH TO RUN HID ON DC and HALOGEN ON AC. BECAUSE THE MAIN SWTICH GEAR CAN TAKE ONLY 1 INPUT.

                          2. Also he has not used any higher gauge wire, how will this affect the wiring harness and the HID.

                          NOT MUCH AS ITS JUST 35W HID.

                          3. When I turn my headlights on, on the instrument panel, the lights for the indicator for both left and right directions turn on and stay illuminated constantly.

                          WIRING IS MESSED, TAKE THE DC POWER FROM IGNITION RATHER THAN INDICATOR. INDICATOR FLASHERS ARE ALWAYS A MESS !!!



                          4. All other lights on the instrument panel either turn off once the HID is running but they glow in a very dim state when the halogen is used.
                          5. The Horn, indicators are not funtioning at there best output. This is probably because of the battery draining.
                          6. Self Starter has stopped working because of battery drain.
                          7. The backup time for the HID was around 20 mins. The Halogen is still running but is completely dependent on battery charge.
                          AS YOU SAID BATTERY IS DRAINING, INCREASING THE CHARGE RATE IS THE ONLY SOLUTION

                          Please help me regarding the Halogen connectivity. I wish to connect it to the AC supply, so that when my Battery is drained out i can resume usage of halogen.

                          YOU HAVE TO USE EXTRA SWITCH TO POWER UP HALOGEN FROM AC. MAKE SURE U DON'T TURN THIS SWITCH ON WHEN HID IS ON TO AVOID THE HEAT. BETTER BET IS TO IMPROVE CHARGE RATE.

                          I wish change the supply of DC current to the HID, I dont want to take it from the indicators, which keep my indicators lights on the instrument panel, which is really weird, Can i connect it directly to the battery ?
                          SOURCE IT FROM IGNITION i.e KEY

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                          • Originally posted by Shreeni0403 View Post
                            As I said earlier it will be easy for us if you can post the wiring diagram of bike. Anyways ill try to explain to best of my knowledge, rest will leave it to Abhi & Sajan

                            Sorry free consultation is over as it was a promotion programe. SO each mod will take couple of thousands for the complete online solutions.

                            U r right, boost the charging rate, but dont take the power from Ign switch as it can withstand the load of 9A for long, instead take the power from batt directly and feed the relays power from ign.

                            We can use the stock switch to power the halo taking the wires from stock directly to the halo wire through the relay. So once the swtich selected to HB, relay will route the AC to the halo.

                            Right, using both beams (halo+HID) will reduce the life span of HID bulb.
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                            • Originally posted by sajjt View Post
                              U r right, boost the charging rate, but dont take the power from Ign switch as it can withstand the load of 9A for long, instead take the power from batt directly and feed the relays power from ign.
                              Yup right, i meant power to relay. As relays will be powered from battery directly if the mech/electrician has least common sense.

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                              • Originally posted by sajjt View Post
                                Sorry free consultation is over as it was a promotion programe. SO each mod will take couple of thousands for the complete online solutions.
                                Good idea!
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