Hi ...yes another noob question! just turned on the head lights to find out that high beam is the top light and low beam is the lower lights...is there a mod for having them both on when in the high beam postion?[to me this seems like the way it should be!]
thanks !

 

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]THERE IS A KIT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN..VERY SIMPLE TO INSTALL.. WE ALL RUN THEM ON OUR SPORTSMEN...

 

and...where did you get your kit from???
thanks!

 

I've seen kits on ebay. Can't vouch for them though, haven't bought any.

 

check pm .

 

I would watch it though because you can olny draw so much current from you alternator. you would most likely be ok as long as you don't run to many things at once, otherwise your might burn your alternator out. I have a sportsman 400 but im not sure of the output on it at hand. but i guess alot of guys do it. have any of you guys had problems because of it? or do you just wach what you run on it.

 

I got the kit off ebay, works great...I only use all lights when i'm up off of idle to keep the battery up

 

just wondering what comes in the kit?
:-0

 

Got it off of ebay. It's just 2 simple wires spliced together with a relay or something that is in shrink tube. It comes with instructions on how to hook it up. 10 minutes and your done.

As for the output on a 400....it's 240 watts. You won't have any trouble with running the series of 3 lights, you have 2 @ 35w and 1 @ 55w plus 8w for the taillight and 26w when you hit the brakelight. That's 169w not including what it takes to run other systems. I recently added 2, 55w halogens to the system and THAT overloaded it. It would occassionally kick the circuit breaker and kill the bike. I'm wired directly to the battery now with a switch mounted on the headlight pod. If you run the diagnostic voltage tool at operating speed, the alternator is pushing over 14 volts to the battery, if I idle for 5 minutes wityh the lights on, I get a battery indicator on my LCD screen so I run all only when at operating speed.

 

Hey Yak,

I would save yourself som $$ and just pick up the stuff at the Hardware store. I have not yet done this to mine, (Just because I want to MAKE SURE i don't void the warranty) After it's up, I will end up doing it. i say this post when I went searching for the same thing. Here is what you supposedly need and how to do it. The same stuff in the kits, just paying a lot less...



Here is a post from another forum.
The post is from our friend "Snowride"

here is his fix for your lights.

I did this mod on my uncles bike, and 3 of my bikes. Its works great.

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#1 3 Lamp Headlight Conversion



Converting your Pod light type Polaris Sportsman so that when the high beam selector is on, the bumper lights are also on. (3 headlamps) and when low beam is selected, only the bumper lights are on.

The nicest thing about this mod is that you do not need to cut any wires or drill any holes.

You will need to purchase a standard 4 pin, 12v relay, 4 pieces of 16 gauge wire about 8" long, 4 female crimp on spade connectors(for connection of wires to relay), 4 wire splice connectors.(they are usually blue and you simply insert the wires and squeeze with pliers, then fold back the protective locking cover)

Open the pod and locate the wiring listed below

Relay terminal #30 connect to Polaris green wire (low beams)
Relay terminal #87 connect to Polaris red wire (10 amp protected circuit at the lighter plug)
Relay terminal #86 connect to Polaris wire yellow wire (high beam)
Relay terminal #85 connect to Polaris brown wire (ground)

Use dielectric grease or liquid tape at all electrical connections to prevent corrosion.

They way this functions, is that when you select high beam, you are powering up the relay to give 12v to the low beam circuit from Polaris's 10amp 12v protected circuit. (No fuse needed) Enjoy.

03 sp600
00 Arctic Cat 600 Triple/Triple 118hp

Edited by: Snowride at: 4/11/03 3:09:21 am

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