CRF 250 x- Lighting upgrade/ electrical surplus?

[Losttheplot]

Good morning all,

I'm looking to upgrade the existing headlight on the front of my 2014 Crf 250 xrl.

As i understand it, the existing system runs a 30w headlight bulb. Would i be able to increase this to 40 or 50 w without over-loading the electrical system?

Thanks,

Nathan

 

[Timolgra]

If the headlight lens is plastic you may find that fitting say a 55W halogen starts to melt it in time, I fitted a glass light to Ange's TTR with much stronger bulb and no problems regarding enough charge.

 

[Losttheplot]

If the headlight lens is plastic you may find that fitting say a 55W halogen starts to melt it in time, I fitted a glass light to Ange's TTR with much stronger bulb and no problems regarding enough charge.

Hi Tim, thanks for the response. The plan is to bypass the main beam facility on the headlight itself and wire in a super bright LED spotlight. I'm just trying to do a little digging to find out how big i can go without causing problems

 

[Timpo]

30w lamp will draw 2.5amps on a 12v system.
2.5amps worth of led light is very bright.
The lighting system on CRFs is AC, so runs only when engine is running, the charging coil feeds into the rectifier, and I think is only 20w on the DC system into the battery.

 

[Losttheplot]

30w lamp will draw 2.5amps on a 12v system.
2.5amps worth of led light is very bright.
The lighting system on CRFs is AC, so runs only when engine is running, the charging coil feeds into the rectifier, and I think is only 20w on the DC system into the battery.

Thanks for that T.

I presume i should be able to run an LED spot light off the standard loom then? The bike is already fitted with an LED tail light.

At present i've got a 30w LED spot to put on the bike, but had seen a 40w light bar that would have located nicely above the headlight shroud. It sounds like the 40w unit is going to be to much without changing stator and flywheel.

Thanks for your help,


Nathan

 

[Timpo]

Thanks for that T.

I presume i should be able to run an LED spot light off the standard loom then? The bike is already fitted with an LED tail light.

At present i've got a 30w LED spot to put on the bike, but had seen a 40w light bar that would have located nicely above the headlight shroud. It sounds like the 40w unit is going to be to much without changing stator and flywheel.

Thanks for your help,


Nathan

Just check the blurb that comes with the led units. You need load at 12v, use this in you calcs to swap from a filament unit to led unit.