You should be fine, it's adding 2 higher power lights in addition to the 2 stock lights that I don't think will work.Paul Buhler wrote:Ray or others: Can you help me out? I understand the formula below, and I'm looking at installing a pair of 6 volt, 35 watt halogen utility lights. If I do the math, I expect that they will draw approx 6 amp each, for a total draw of 12 amps (I'm only using two lights on this circuit - the rear light will be switched separately, and used sporadically). Using Ray's information, this leaves 1 amp for charging when the two lights are on. Can I boost the generator output in some way, or will this system work ok? I only need the lights infrequently. Any other thoughts will be appreciated. Thanks, Paul
The generator is physically capable of 20 amps, but it has to do with the regulator how much is actually drawn. Factory specification is 15 amp and I have never seen my gauge go over that for battery charging, though I have no lights installed to see what happens with them on.