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				extra lights
				Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 4:33 pm
				by Chris Krok
				>    Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 21:01:04 -0000
 >    From: brettonwolfgang@...
 > Subject: Xtra Lights
 > 
 > Hate to bring up an old stand by topic  (not marijuana related) but,
 > our KLRs cant handle extra lighting can they ?
 > 
 > I never see them on any bikes so i assume i cnat have them either?
 > 
 > Enlighten me, oh wise one.
 
  
First off, I ain't claiming to be "the wise one," so I don't want to get
 into a showdown here!  

  Anyway, I hope the bike can handle extra
 lights, because I just added a pair to mine.  I built a pair of off-road
 lights that use MR-16 halogen bulbs, and right now they're attached to
 the handguards.  (I wanted something that moved with the steering to
 compliment the fixed headlight.  Hope to have a pic up soon, and anyone
 at Moab can check them out.)  I've got a 55/100W headlight bulb, too. 
 People have reported using up to 100W of heated grips plus vest, so an
 extra 40W of high beam and 40W of aux lights should be OK.  Of course,
 said people with heated gear probably don't have the fan kick in when
 it's cold enough for the heaters.  
 
 Currently, I've got 20W bulbs in the lights.  They're run through a
 relay which is powered through a SPDT center-off switch, so I can either
 turn them on directly, or have them come on with the high beam for
 street use.  Depending on how they work out, I might go back to the
 stock headlight bulb, and move up to 35W bulbs in the aux lights.  I'm
 hoping to get up on Angeles Crest tomorrow night to see wether the spot
 or flood beam light works better.  The driveway along my apartment has
 too many lights.
 
 Once I get that voltmeter, I'll be able to tell fer sure how the
 charging system handles the lights.  I don't know if these will become a
 Big Cee item, as there's lots of work involved.  Maybe once I get better
 at aluminum welding...  However, I've also gotten a request for a light
 bar, so I'm working on something that will attach to the lower fork
 clamps.  Then, you could attach whatever you want there.  Yes, I do have
 a vested interest in Big Cee Engineering!
 
 Chris 
 
			 
			
					
				extra lights
				Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 5:05 pm
				by gtx
				Hey Chris,
                 Just a thought if the KLR handles the extra lighting OK, why
 not hook up a tape,pa system and dig out the old hawai five o tape from the
 muscle car, sure would be a spectacle at moab!
 book em danno ,Gary
 
 PS not the wise one!
 
 
 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Chris Krok" 
 To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com>
 Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 10:34 PM
 Subject: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 
 
 >
 > >    Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 21:01:04 -0000
 > >    From: brettonwolfgang@...
 > > Subject: Xtra Lights
 > >
 > > Hate to bring up an old stand by topic  (not marijuana related) but,
 > > our KLRs cant handle extra lighting can they ?
 > >
 > > I never see them on any bikes so i assume i cnat have them either?
 > >
 > > Enlighten me, oh wise one.
 >
 > First off, I ain't claiming to be "the wise one," so I don't want to get
 > into a showdown here!  

  Anyway, I hope the bike can handle extra
 > lights, because I just added a pair to mine.  I built a pair of off-road
 > lights that use MR-16 halogen bulbs, and right now they're attached to
 > the handguards.  (I wanted something that moved with the steering to
 > compliment the fixed headlight.  Hope to have a pic up soon, and anyone
 > at Moab can check them out.)  I've got a 55/100W headlight bulb, too.
 > People have reported using up to 100W of heated grips plus vest, so an
 > extra 40W of high beam and 40W of aux lights should be OK.  Of course,
 > said people with heated gear probably don't have the fan kick in when
 > it's cold enough for the heaters.
 >
 > Currently, I've got 20W bulbs in the lights.  They're run through a
 > relay which is powered through a SPDT center-off switch, so I can either
 > turn them on directly, or have them come on with the high beam for
 > street use.  Depending on how they work out, I might go back to the
 > stock headlight bulb, and move up to 35W bulbs in the aux lights.  I'm
 > hoping to get up on Angeles Crest tomorrow night to see wether the spot
 > or flood beam light works better.  The driveway along my apartment has
 > too many lights.
 >
 > Once I get that voltmeter, I'll be able to tell fer sure how the
 > charging system handles the lights.  I don't know if these will become a
 > Big Cee item, as there's lots of work involved.  Maybe once I get better
 > at aluminum welding...  However, I've also gotten a request for a light
 > bar, so I'm working on something that will attach to the lower fork
 > clamps.  Then, you could attach whatever you want there.  Yes, I do have
 > a vested interest in Big Cee Engineering!
 >
 > Chris  thing to build...
 >
 > --
 > Dr. J. Christopher Krok    Project Engineer, Adaptive Wall Wind Tunnel
 > Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology
 > MS 205-45                                          Phone: 626.395.4794
 > Pasadena, CA 91125                                   Fax: 626.449.2677
 >
 > Visit the KLR650 archives at
 > 
http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650
 >
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DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
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				extra lights
				Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 8:06 pm
				by Tom Simpson
				At 02:34 PM 5/22/01 -0700, Chris Krok wrote:
 
 
 > >    Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 21:01:04 -0000
 > >    From: brettonwolfgang@...
 > > Subject: Xtra Lights
 > >
 > > Hate to bring up an old stand by topic  (not marijuana related) but,
 > > our KLRs cant handle extra lighting can they ?
 > >
 > > I never see them on any bikes so i assume i cnat have them either?
 
 
 
  
         I have run two 37.5 W halogen running lights on my KLR.  My 
 experience was that they were both only useable if engine RPM was 
 maintained pretty high (as in sustained cruise), otherwide I would draw the 
 battery down. I could run one around town OK.  This was with an additional 
 30W load in additional taillights already in place, which I consider to be 
 roughly as important as additional forward lighting.  I also had to rewire 
 the entire headlight system early in the bikes life, so that I have two 10 
 gauge leads running directly off of the battery to the headlight.  This 
 gives me a much brighter headlight than before, but I am not sure if this 
 is due only to reduced resistance and if I am not actually drawing more 
 current.  YMMV.
 
 -Tom
 '96 KLR 650
 
			 
			
					
				extra lights
				Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 10:26 pm
				by Conall O'Brien
				Nobody has told you about the KLR HIFI sound competition at Moab this year?
 
 Conall
 
 
 
 
 >From: "gtx" 
 >To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com>
 >Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 >Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 23:10:08 +0100
 >
 >Hey Chris,
 >                 Just a thought if the KLR handles the extra lighting OK, 
 >why
 >not hook up a tape,pa system and dig out the old hawai five o tape from the
 >muscle car, sure would be a spectacle at moab!
 >book em danno ,Gary
 >
 >PS not the wise one!
 >
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Chris Krok" 
 >To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com>
 >Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 10:34 PM
 >Subject: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 >
 >
 > >
 > > >    Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 21:01:04 -0000
 > > >    From: brettonwolfgang@...
 > > > Subject: Xtra Lights
 > > >
 > > > Hate to bring up an old stand by topic  (not marijuana related) but,
 > > > our KLRs cant handle extra lighting can they ?
 > > >
 > > > I never see them on any bikes so i assume i cnat have them either?
 > > >
 > > > Enlighten me, oh wise one.
 > >
 > > First off, I ain't claiming to be "the wise one," so I don't want to get
 > > into a showdown here!  

  Anyway, I hope the bike can handle extra
 > > lights, because I just added a pair to mine.  I built a pair of off-road
 > > lights that use MR-16 halogen bulbs, and right now they're attached to
 > > the handguards.  (I wanted something that moved with the steering to
 > > compliment the fixed headlight.  Hope to have a pic up soon, and anyone
 > > at Moab can check them out.)  I've got a 55/100W headlight bulb, too.
 > > People have reported using up to 100W of heated grips plus vest, so an
 > > extra 40W of high beam and 40W of aux lights should be OK.  Of course,
 > > said people with heated gear probably don't have the fan kick in when
 > > it's cold enough for the heaters.
 > >
 > > Currently, I've got 20W bulbs in the lights.  They're run through a
 > > relay which is powered through a SPDT center-off switch, so I can either
 > > turn them on directly, or have them come on with the high beam for
 > > street use.  Depending on how they work out, I might go back to the
 > > stock headlight bulb, and move up to 35W bulbs in the aux lights.  I'm
 > > hoping to get up on Angeles Crest tomorrow night to see wether the spot
 > > or flood beam light works better.  The driveway along my apartment has
 > > too many lights.
 > >
 > > Once I get that voltmeter, I'll be able to tell fer sure how the
 > > charging system handles the lights.  I don't know if these will become a
 > > Big Cee item, as there's lots of work involved.  Maybe once I get better
 > > at aluminum welding...  However, I've also gotten a request for a light
 > > bar, so I'm working on something that will attach to the lower fork
 > > clamps.  Then, you could attach whatever you want there.  Yes, I do have
 > > a vested interest in Big Cee Engineering!
 > >
 > > Chris  > thing to build...
 > >
 > > --
 > > Dr. J. Christopher Krok    Project Engineer, Adaptive Wall Wind Tunnel
 > > Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology
 > > MS 205-45                                          Phone: 626.395.4794
 > > Pasadena, CA 91125                                   Fax: 626.449.2677
 > >
 > > Visit the KLR650 archives at
 > > 
http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650
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 > > Post message: 
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				extra lights
				Posted: Wed May 23, 2001 5:28 am
				by Claes Borovac
				Reduced resistance means higher voltage over the bulb and that gives more
 current through the bulb, hence brighter light.
 
 Claes, a swede in Dublin.
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Tom Simpson [mailto:bullet@...]
 Sent: 23 May 2001 02:02
 To: 
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 
 
 At 02:34 PM 5/22/01 -0700, Chris Krok wrote:
 
 
 > >    Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 21:01:04 -0000
 > >    From: brettonwolfgang@...
 > > Subject: Xtra Lights
 > >
 > > Hate to bring up an old stand by topic  (not marijuana related) but,
 > > our KLRs cant handle extra lighting can they ?
 > >
 > > I never see them on any bikes so i assume i cnat have them either?
 
 
 
  
         I have run two 37.5 W halogen running lights on my KLR.  My 
 experience was that they were both only useable if engine RPM was 
 maintained pretty high (as in sustained cruise), otherwide I would draw the 
 battery down. I could run one around town OK.  This was with an additional 
 30W load in additional taillights already in place, which I consider to be 
 roughly as important as additional forward lighting.  I also had to rewire 
 the entire headlight system early in the bikes life, so that I have two 10 
 gauge leads running directly off of the battery to the headlight.  This 
 gives me a much brighter headlight than before, but I am not sure if this 
 is due only to reduced resistance and if I am not actually drawing more 
 current.  YMMV.
 
 -Tom
 '96 KLR 650
 
 
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				extra lights
				Posted: Wed May 23, 2001 5:33 am
				by Claes Borovac
				So yes, you are "consuming" more current that way but you have reduced a
 loss in the cable so you are getting more use of your current. Hmm, I'll
 stop now. He he.
 
 Claes, again.
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Claes Borovac [mailto:claes@...]
 Sent: 23 May 2001 11:27
 To: 'Tom Simpson'; 
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 
 
 Reduced resistance means higher voltage over the bulb and that gives more
 current through the bulb, hence brighter light.
 
 Claes, a swede in Dublin.
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Tom Simpson [mailto:bullet@...]
 Sent: 23 May 2001 02:02
 To: 
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 
 
 At 02:34 PM 5/22/01 -0700, Chris Krok wrote:
 
 
 > >    Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 21:01:04 -0000
 > >    From: brettonwolfgang@...
 > > Subject: Xtra Lights
 > >
 > > Hate to bring up an old stand by topic  (not marijuana related) but,
 > > our KLRs cant handle extra lighting can they ?
 > >
 > > I never see them on any bikes so i assume i cnat have them either?
 
 
 
  
         I have run two 37.5 W halogen running lights on my KLR.  My 
 experience was that they were both only useable if engine RPM was 
 maintained pretty high (as in sustained cruise), otherwide I would draw the 
 battery down. I could run one around town OK.  This was with an additional 
 30W load in additional taillights already in place, which I consider to be 
 roughly as important as additional forward lighting.  I also had to rewire 
 the entire headlight system early in the bikes life, so that I have two 10 
 gauge leads running directly off of the battery to the headlight.  This 
 gives me a much brighter headlight than before, but I am not sure if this 
 is due only to reduced resistance and if I am not actually drawing more 
 current.  YMMV.
 
 -Tom
 '96 KLR 650
 
 
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				extra lights
				Posted: Wed May 23, 2001 11:09 am
				by Ron Hipkiss
				Actually, you aren't consuming any more current than with the stock
 cables/wires.  Current is constant in a series circuit like that, regardless
 of the size of the wire.  By increasing the gauge of the wire, you are
 reducing the resistance, which increases the voltage reaching the bulb.
 That gives you the brighter light.
 
 Cpt. Ron
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Claes Borovac [mailto:claes@...]
 Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 3:32 AM
 To: Claes Borovac; 'Tom Simpson'; 
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 
 
 So yes, you are "consuming" more current that way but you have reduced a
 loss in the cable so you are getting more use of your current. Hmm, I'll
 stop now. He he.
 
 Claes, again.
 
			 
			
					
				extra lights
				Posted: Wed May 23, 2001 11:31 am
				by Claes Borovac
				I'd say you are wrong here. You do consume more current. Simply, the voltage
 over the bulb increases, which gives a higher current through the bulb. The
 same current that flows through the bulb flows through the wires, that goes
 without saying. 
 
 The question here is, is a bulb a constant current drain? Or not? I would
 say, more voltage over the bulb, more current.
 
 Claes, a swede in Dublin.
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Ron Hipkiss [mailto:rhipkiss@...]
 Sent: 23 May 2001 15:52
 To: 
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 
 
 Actually, you aren't consuming any more current than with the stock
 cables/wires.  Current is constant in a series circuit like that, regardless
 of the size of the wire.  By increasing the gauge of the wire, you are
 reducing the resistance, which increases the voltage reaching the bulb.
 That gives you the brighter light.
 
 Cpt. Ron
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Claes Borovac [mailto:claes@...]
 Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 3:32 AM
 To: Claes Borovac; 'Tom Simpson'; 
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 
 
 So yes, you are "consuming" more current that way but you have reduced a
 loss in the cable so you are getting more use of your current. Hmm, I'll
 stop now. He he.
 
 Claes, again.
 
 
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				extra lights
				Posted: Wed May 23, 2001 11:57 pm
				by Guest
				Wow, you guys have bashed the electrons on this one!  Please let me bore you
 until you prefer to shine your wheels for an hour or so.  The resistance of the
 lamp, in a DC circuit, remains basically a constant as it is a chunk of wire.
 Two variables are Volts and Current.  Volts/Resistance = Current.  Current
 flows, and Voltage is simply a difference of charge at two different points. An
 increase in current over a fixed resistor(the light) will drop more voltage at
 that load (lamp).  More current accross a fixed resistance = more voltage drop
 at that point. Like shoving goats accross the river, the harder you push the
 more pile up on one bank waiting to cross.  The current is limited by the wiring
 gauge and the voltage at the battery.  You can't put more volts on a bulb than a
 battery has, but you could match it.  You can pass more current accross the
 filament and get it brighter and hotter though.  So I say that the increased
 current flow via the bigger wires and direct connection, has allowed the full
 voltage of the battery to be dropped on the lamp.  I am now going to shine my
 own wheels for two hours as self - punishment.
 
 Nucci
 91 KLR650
 75 Z1-B
 
 Claes Borovac wrote:
 
 
 > I'd say you are wrong here. You do consume more current. Simply, the voltage
 > over the bulb increases, which gives a higher current through the bulb. The
 > same current that flows through the bulb flows through the wires, that goes
 > without saying.
 >
 > The question here is, is a bulb a constant current drain? Or not? I would
 > say, more voltage over the bulb, more current.
 >
 > Claes, a swede in Dublin.
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Ron Hipkiss [mailto:rhipkiss@...]
 > Sent: 23 May 2001 15:52
 > To: 
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
 > Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 >
 > Actually, you aren't consuming any more current than with the stock
 > cables/wires.  Current is constant in a series circuit like that, regardless
 > of the size of the wire.  By increasing the gauge of the wire, you are
 > reducing the resistance, which increases the voltage reaching the bulb.
 > That gives you the brighter light.
 >
 > Cpt. Ron
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Claes Borovac [mailto:claes@...]
 > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 3:32 AM
 > To: Claes Borovac; 'Tom Simpson'; 
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
 > Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 >
 > So yes, you are "consuming" more current that way but you have reduced a
 > loss in the cable so you are getting more use of your current. Hmm, I'll
 > stop now. He he.
 >
 > Claes, again.
 >
 > Visit the KLR650 archives at
 > 
http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650
 >
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				extra lights
				Posted: Thu May 24, 2001 3:42 pm
				by Claes Borovac
				He he, you have missed the point completely here. There is no wire in the
 bulb, it is a filament burning at a very high temperature. It is made of
 tungsten I think which doubles it resistivity when the temperature increases
 from 700 degrees C to 1200 degrees C. It would suspect that the bulb is
 burning in that range. So, when there is more power for the bulb, it will
 shine brighter, and the temperature increase, and the resistance increases
 and therefore the current increase is limited. By changing the wires, you
 lessen the voltage drop over the leads to the bulb, hence more voltage over
 the bulb, more voltage equals more power unless the current decreases in the
 same degree. My strong belief is that the current will increase as a total
 though, pretty sure about it. So, go off and shine your wheels or read a
 book or two on electronics before beeing too sarcastic about something you
 did not understand the whole picture of.
 
 
 Claes, a swede in Dublin.
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Nucci [mailto:nucci@...]
 Sent: 24 May 2001 07:00
 To: Claes Borovac
 Cc: 'rhipkiss@...'; 
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 
 
 Wow, you guys have bashed the electrons on this one!  Please let me bore you
 until you prefer to shine your wheels for an hour or so.  The resistance of
 the
 lamp, in a DC circuit, remains basically a constant as it is a chunk of
 wire.
 Two variables are Volts and Current.  Volts/Resistance = Current.  Current
 flows, and Voltage is simply a difference of charge at two different points.
 An
 increase in current over a fixed resistor(the light) will drop more voltage
 at
 that load (lamp).  More current accross a fixed resistance = more voltage
 drop
 at that point. Like shoving goats accross the river, the harder you push the
 more pile up on one bank waiting to cross.  The current is limited by the
 wiring
 gauge and the voltage at the battery.  You can't put more volts on a bulb
 than a
 battery has, but you could match it.  You can pass more current accross the
 filament and get it brighter and hotter though.  So I say that the increased
 current flow via the bigger wires and direct connection, has allowed the
 full
 voltage of the battery to be dropped on the lamp.  I am now going to shine
 my
 own wheels for two hours as self - punishment.
 
 Nucci
 91 KLR650
 75 Z1-B
 
 Claes Borovac wrote:
 
 
 > I'd say you are wrong here. You do consume more current. Simply, the
  
voltage
 
 > over the bulb increases, which gives a higher current through the bulb.
  
The
 
 > same current that flows through the bulb flows through the wires, that
  
goes
 
 > without saying.
 >
 > The question here is, is a bulb a constant current drain? Or not? I would
 > say, more voltage over the bulb, more current.
 >
 > Claes, a swede in Dublin.
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Ron Hipkiss [mailto:rhipkiss@...]
 > Sent: 23 May 2001 15:52
 > To: 
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
 > Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] extra lights
 >
 > Actually, you aren't consuming any more current than with the stock
 > cables/wires.  Current is constant in a series circuit like that,
  
regardless
 
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