Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, Go-Carts, ATV's and Golf Carts - Lights

I have a 1982 Honda Goldwing 1100, the only light I have is the stock headlight, I would like to put some fog lights on to have more light. Will my charging system be able to handle a pair of fog lights that I will use only when it is dark. Thanks so much.:thinker:

I did a seach online and it looks like you have a 25 amp (300 watt) alternator. I would guess you have capacity to add more lights.

#offtopic# :why_this: There used to be another post between PILOT DANE and mine, thats why mine is like this

Google gold wing and you should find some gold wing forums. They will be very useful in giving tips and finding new / used accessories.

As I know, the alternator role is to charge the battery. The issue here is if the battery has enough power...

Keep in mind that most fog lights are 55 watts, so that's 110 watts, plus your headlight, which is another 50-65 watts, plus all your running/brake lights @ 10 or so watts each.

The rated capacity of your alternator is based on RPM and is _usually_ half of redline. If your redline if 4000 rpm, then the alternator puts out 300 watts @ 2000 rpm. If you do a lot of idling, the alternator may not be able to keep up. If your present lights dim when you idle, then you know it won't.

Gogutu: The battery's role is the start the engine, that's it. The voltage regulator regulates the voltage, and the alternator/generator runs everything. How do you think so many engine driven items run without a battery?

Try some led lights. There are proably some on ebay. They are making cool stuff for everything now.