Let there be Light : Bike Lighting, HID etc

[abhichotu.abhi]

i am going for an HID 6000k on my pulsar 180 UG4(full DC electricals),i want to know that whether i should put seperate wiring from battery to HID or simply use stock wiring.
i heard lot of cases of battery draining on HID, will i have to do any upgrades on RR unit,coil,...??


and lastly, will my original 35W bulb(stock), can be used as lo with HID..

[Shreeni0403]

i am going for an HID 6000k on my pulsar 180 UG4(full DC electricals),i want to know that whether i should put seperate wiring from battery to HID or simply use stock wiring.
i heard lot of cases of battery draining on HID, will i have to do any upgrades on RR unit,coil,...??


and lastly, will my original 35W bulb(stock), can be used as lo with HID..

HID is direct fit on any all DC bike.

NO u can't use stock bulb for low beam as u will have space to accommodate only 1 bulb.

[abhichotu.abhi]

NO u can't use stock bulb for low beam as u will have space to accommodate only 1 bulb.

i should fit HID on stock wiring or seperate wiring
thanks alot lot lottery.
no problems on my bike no battery draining issues is all you are saying??
so, i am relaxed now on that part.
but some people says that they use two bulbs one HID and one for LOW beam??

[abhijeet080808]

i should fit HID on stock wiring or seperate wiring
thanks alot lot lottery.
no problems on my bike no battery draining issues is all you are saying??
so, i am relaxed now on that part.
but some people says that they use two bulbs one HID and one for LOW beam??

They use HID hi beam + halogen low beam. Its a single beam HID. Use the bi-xenon HID. It has both hi/low beams on HID.

Use a relay, else the BCU may go for a toss. And it costs around a 1000 bucks.

[abhichotu.abhi]

They use HID hi beam + halogen low beam.
Use a relay, else the BCU may go for a toss. And it costs around a 1000 bucks.

what is HID hi beam+halogen lo beam are they fitted inside my headlight,
all hid comes with relay AFAIK,wiring you are saying must be like this

battery----(wiring)-------relay-----(wiring)-------HID

pls answer this, should i use seperate wires other than used in stock ones

[abhijeet080808]

Oops I forgot.. they do come with relays. Use the wires given with the HID relays.

HID + halogen has a halogen in the same HID bulb. You just fit it in the holder.

[abhichotu.abhi]

Oops I forgot.. they do come with relays. Use the wires given with the HID relays.

HID + halogen has a halogen in the same HID bulb. You just fit it in the holder.

thanks abhijeet..

now i am sure an HID cannot drain my UG4's battery.....

[sajjt]

i am going for an HID 6000k on my pulsar 180 UG4(full DC electricals),i want to know that whether i should put seperate wiring from battery to HID or simply use stock wiring.
i heard lot of cases of battery draining on HID, will i have to do any upgrades on RR unit,coil,...??


and lastly, will my original 35W bulb(stock), can be used as lo with HID..

Go for the 4.3K -5K max as beyond that is not good for rainy and foggy times. Even I've the 6K HID which makes me shy when its raining as lot of light's been absorbed in the wet roads. Anything beyond 6K is useless, just a show off.

I still doubt about the RR's capabilities of feeding the batt with HID as its supplying only 3-3.5A max. How many hours will u be riding with HID? If its less than an hour is fine, else I doubt. Anyway goodluck.

[abhichotu.abhi]

I still doubt about the RR's capabilities of feeding the batt with HID as its supplying only 3-3.5A max. How many hours will u be riding with HID? If its less than an hour is fine, else I doubt. Anyway goodluck.

what do you mean by that???
when everyone is saying that my bike can support the HID , you suddenly took away all my dreams??(*no offence)

[Rossi_Fan]

what do you mean by that???
when everyone is saying that my bike can support the HID , you suddenly took away all my dreams??(*no offence)

I think he's right. Am also having one P180 V3. Tried the RR with V4, to support my batt, but it was giving only 3.6A only and wasted 450- for the experiment. Urs is a DC bike but the stock bulb is only 35W, so it may not be sufficient to support a 35W HID because it takes a good amt of currrent at startup min of 9A for a few secs, is morethan enoug to squeeze a good portion of the juice from the batt. Anyway U can go for the HID as long as ur journey is less than 1 hr. IF not... , nothing wrong in trying out thats what we all are here doing but at our own risk.

[sajjt]

what do you mean by that???
when everyone is saying that my bike can support the HID , you suddenly took away all my dreams??(*no offence)

Chottu, we've discussed this issue earlier, I just shared my experience with you guys, Dont want to spoil your happiness either. I stick to my statement that u may face the batt issues as u are forcing the batt to draw extra load which is not meant. I hope its clear now.

But u've the batt issues too, there's hope, follow the other threads, how we managed the batt issue in details.

[abhichotu.abhi]

Chottu, we've discussed this issue earlier, I just shared my experience with you guys, Dont want to spoil your happiness either. I stick to my statement that u may face the batt issues as u are forcing the batt to draw extra load which is not meant. I hope its clear now.

But u've the batt issues too, there's hope, follow the other threads, how we managed the batt issue in details.

wait for a second!!!

i want to mention that in AC+DC bikes what happens is only 25% of the total alternator output is sent to battery i.e. DC (for charging).and rest of 75% i.e. AC is sent to all loads i.e. parking lights, eadlights..

mine is fully DC so all of the alternator output is consumed only for charging battery and all the electricals run from battery, so itz different from yours definetly.

[abhijeet080808]

wait for a second!!!

i want to mention that in AC+DC bikes what happens is only 25% of the total alternator output is sent to battery i.e. DC (for charging).and rest of 75% i.e. AC is sent to all loads i.e. parking lights, eadlights..

mine is fully DC so all of the alternator output is consumed only for charging battery and all the electricals run from battery, so itz different from yours definetly.

This is why there will be no probs. I can almost guarantee you that it will run without battery issues! Go ahead and get it done man!

[abhichotu.abhi]

This is why there will be no probs. I can almost guarantee you that it will run without battery issues! Go ahead and get it done man!

yes!! yes!!!

i m goin for it tommorow, have used philips extreme power without any issues!!

[rahuldevnath]

wait for a second!!!

i want to mention that in AC+DC bikes what happens is only 25% of the total alternator output is sent to battery i.e. DC (for charging).and rest of 75% i.e. AC is sent to all loads i.e. parking lights, eadlights..

mine is fully DC so all of the alternator output is consumed only for charging battery and all the electricals run from battery, so itz different from yours definetly.

Past 2K RPM, the coil produces enough power directly to all the electrical loads, not exactly the way you mentioned. In any case, the good thing is that.. you can go ahead with your HID... there would be no problem what so ever.

If any.. it would be same with Halogen as well.