Sportsman 2 --> 3 headlight modification
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Sportsman 2 --> 3 headlight modification
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Anyone with any experience with this mod? Good or bad input appreciated!
Anyone with any experience with this mod? Good or bad input appreciated!
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Sportsman 2 --> 3 headlight modification
Originally posted by: wayout
way out here,watch out for a dead battery,been there,done that. use it wisey,turn your high beam off when your fan comes on, it drains to much power,don't use it,until you really need it,just some advice!!! wayout out.........................
way out here,watch out for a dead battery,been there,done that. use it wisey,turn your high beam off when your fan comes on, it drains to much power,don't use it,until you really need it,just some advice!!! wayout out.........................
Also you don't need a kit you can very carfully toggle your switch between high and low and get all three lights to come on.
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Sportsman 2 --> 3 headlight modification
Originally posted by: trooperK
I agree with wayout. It's a big drain on the battery if your running all three headlights and the fan comes on. All three headlights is a pretty good drain in itself. I get the battery warning flash when mine's at idle with all three lights on and fan kicks on.
Also you don't need a kit you can very carfully toggle your switch between high and low and get all three lights to come on.
Trooper
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Originally posted by: wayout
way out here,watch out for a dead battery,been there,done that. use it wisey,turn your high beam off when your fan comes on, it drains to much power,don't use it,until you really need it,just some advice!!! wayout out.........................
way out here,watch out for a dead battery,been there,done that. use it wisey,turn your high beam off when your fan comes on, it drains to much power,don't use it,until you really need it,just some advice!!! wayout out.........................
Also you don't need a kit you can very carfully toggle your switch between high and low and get all three lights to come on.
Trooper
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Sportsman 2 --> 3 headlight modification
I am like Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, I always want more.
I had all three on and 2 more that I mounted, on my '01 500. These guys are right about draining the batt.
I was on a bootleg trail at night once, and needed 4 wheel drive. The constant draining of the batt. made for a fun ride. I couldn't turn my lights down to 2 because I didn't have the diode. Mine were either all 5 on or off. So, I would have to stop when I needed 4X4, turn lights off, and wait a few minutes for battery to charge before I could proceed with AWD.
To be honest though, I upgraded to a Odyssey brand dry cell battery with over 300 CCA. Never had much trouble after that. My winch worked better too!!!
( imagine that [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img])
Hey, I will tell you about another experiment. My '01 SP 500 headlight pod bulb had a high and low beam in it. Polaris only uses the high beam side. I tryed jumping to the low beam side at the same time. Believe it or not this will actually give more light. Anyway I took lens temperature of the pod, I forget the temp., but I was nervous that it would start to melt the lens. With high and low on the lens was MUCH hotter than just the high beam on.
I had all three on and 2 more that I mounted, on my '01 500. These guys are right about draining the batt.
I was on a bootleg trail at night once, and needed 4 wheel drive. The constant draining of the batt. made for a fun ride. I couldn't turn my lights down to 2 because I didn't have the diode. Mine were either all 5 on or off. So, I would have to stop when I needed 4X4, turn lights off, and wait a few minutes for battery to charge before I could proceed with AWD.
To be honest though, I upgraded to a Odyssey brand dry cell battery with over 300 CCA. Never had much trouble after that. My winch worked better too!!!
( imagine that [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img])
Hey, I will tell you about another experiment. My '01 SP 500 headlight pod bulb had a high and low beam in it. Polaris only uses the high beam side. I tryed jumping to the low beam side at the same time. Believe it or not this will actually give more light. Anyway I took lens temperature of the pod, I forget the temp., but I was nervous that it would start to melt the lens. With high and low on the lens was MUCH hotter than just the high beam on.
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Sportsman 2 --> 3 headlight modification
Those bulbs aren't ment to run both high and low at the same time. I know all the cars I work on have either a module or relay that switches the other side of the bulb off when useing it's other half. I would be <u>very</u> hesitant to run both at the same time. I would bet that it would even melt the socket.