H.I.D. headlights

curryfishball · Nova Slayer Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Karma :

Hi, I'm planning to get some HID headlights for my GSXR600K5. Anyone know if there are problems with HIDs on this type of bike. I'm worried that it will drain the battery fast because there is no light switch on my bike, as soon as I turn the ignition on, the lights light up. Also there are 2 HID lights that will be installed as they are stacked headlights. Thanks

mr.z · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Karma :

HID lights use LESS power than conventional lights, they have a step up voltage for geting the bulb going (much like flouresant tubes)

They will probably run on 35watt each, conventional lights are 55/60 normaly (yours may be higher) i run two 55watt driveing lamps on top of my highbeam, did on my last bike for a year and that has a 20% lower output than the one i'm on now...

So basicly, dont worry about it Wink

run them on relays on propperly crimped/soldered/sleved connectors with propperly rated cable and there should be no problems Thumbs Up

Let us know how you get on
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curryfishball · Nova Slayer Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Karma :

Hi, thanks for the info. Do you have any idea what kind of voltage they are for the startup? Basically I've heard from other people what you mentioned about the stepped up voltage for the start up of the HID bulbs, which is the bit i am worried about as for my bike the lights would light up before the engine starts up.

For your bike do you start the engine first before firing up the lights?

Thanks

mr.z · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Karma :

Um, i think its about 10,000 volts! But thats what the little controller box does for you, all you will notice is half second warmup of the bulb..

Its the same technology that streetlamps run on! getting arround the enormous warmup time being one the the reason for their cost at the moment..

The way they work you could be running four HID lights without any problems! (might be a bit pricey though!)

You can run them just like any normal lights and they wont use any more power than normal Thumbs Up

You could fit them via a relay, and fit a switch so that the headlights can be turned on and off, would be easy enough.
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