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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 12:10 PM
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Trailblazer cowling from your Polaris dealer will fit a scrambler and has the light in it - order the color you want.
Will the scrambler electrical system handle an extra light? or are you going to have to rewind the stator?
 
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 12:57 PM
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Sleeplessinvegas,


Thanks! I'll take it! I got your address, its in the mail! Sorry Scrambler2x4DL, I got dibbs!

 
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 01:21 PM
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Better do some checking on the stator output. Most of the 2-cycles have only a 150 watt stator. There are a few like the Explorer that have more and the 4x4 might be different,though. With a 150 watt stator you dont need over 70 watts total draw on the headlights. The scrammy's use two 35 watt bulbs in their handlebar mounted headlights.If you use 55watt bulbs you will kill your battery. The tailight pulls 12 watts, and the brake light pulls 28 watts. The light in the sport style cowl uses a 55 or 60 watt bulb. If you have a 200 watt stator, you could put 35 watt bulbs in everything and still be ok. But if your stator is only 150 watts, you will need to have it rewound or it will pull your battery down. Bubba
 
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 10:14 PM
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Replaced the stock light with two 50 watt Trailtech lights and havn't had a problem. Even idling they don't dim even with a lighted flag.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2003 | 09:35 AM
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Not trying to start anything here, but sleepless probably does more riding at a higher steadier rpm at night than we do. Most of the times our mountain riding gets slow and you have to use the brake alot while at an idle or very low rpm. The system can recoupe with 35 bulbs, but I have had 2 different machines that both killed the battery running the 55's. You need at lest 30 watts left over to even think about charging the battery back up.I can see that different riding conditions might hold up with a little more.Bubba
 
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Old Jan 12, 2003 | 04:42 PM
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Bubba,

When I first got my 1997 Sport, I had the Scrambler lights installed. I rode it all the time with the lights on, never had a problem. 70 (2x35) + 55 = 125 by my calculator, plenty of power for a 150 watt alternator. The whole idea is that because of the PVT transmission you have to keep the RPMs up to keep it moving. If you keep the RPMs up, you keep the battery charged. I never did much extended idling with the lights on either. I ran 2-55 watt lights for years and had no trouble at all.
 
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