Magnum low beam headlight LED conversion

[leeinark]

Jim or Lefty or anybody else. Anybody know where I can get replacement LED bulbs for the 2 low beam headlights on the Magnum. I know of most of the LED sellers but I cannot find a bulb that will replace the original low beam bulbs. I will keep the 2 HID high beam lights...just want to replace the 2 low bulbs (they are the spring loaded holder type of bulb).

[edfr]

What size and watts are they, put up a picture of a bulb, we do not know what they come with.
Lefty

[mike6736]

Thet are 35 watt

[leeinark]

Sorry Lefty I should have known that I was just reaching hoping another Magnum 300 owner had already replaced theirs. I'll try to get a picture of it.

[Bluefront]

If you use an H4-type socket, there are plenty of options.....Check this link

[leeinark]

Ok fella's. Here is a picture of the low beam (left side) bulb. It is an HTX1 bulb rated at 55 watts. It has a single bayonet body. With just the left one removed and my low beams turned on voltage drop is negligible. If you will recall I was having a considerable drop in voltage running with my 2 low beam headlights on. I'll need to check my right one again because it seems the last time I checked it was 35 watt. If both are 55 watt that would probably account for my loss of voltage. Looking at them from the front there does not seem to be any difference in brightness between the two so I suspect they are both 55 watt. The Magnum also has 2 other "running lights inside the fairing that are really perfect for daytime driving and I may try to wire them only for low beam operation. Ironically the high beams are also 55 watt (I think) but they are HID which makes them appear much brighter. Lots of light power in the housing...way too much really for the stator charging system to handle in my opinion.

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[edfr]

MY 150 has two outside lights as well and that is what I use as running lights, those I did change over to LEDs as well. So I only click half way on my Light switch and those lights come on and I never put on the headlights, don't need them since I do not drive at night anywho's.
Lefty

[mike6736]

Lee mine are 35 watts low and 55watts high, if I remember right, was in the nose section and I think that is what they were. I have not checked the voltage or amp pull as my meter is down and I been into many other things....I

[leeinark]

Mike: Mine are 2 X 55 watt low beams regular bulb and 2 X 55 watts Halogen for the high beams. I'm going to change the low beams to 35 HID and the running lights (inside the fairing) to LED. I found a company that sells the conversion kit with ballast and everything needed for the swap...more when I make the conversion. Of interesting note was that the voltage slowly dropped when I had the low beams on to a point where I had very little cranking power after about 30 minutes of riding.

[skytex]

I had wondered on this. My battery will drop to 1 or 2 bars on the indicator with either of the headlight pairs on. I'd already deduced changing to as many led as possible would help since they use only a fraction of the power of an incandescent bulb.

[Bluefront]

^^^^Yeah you can load up your scoot with as many LED lights as you can cram on there. I checked my current draw yesterday (just the LEDs, no headlights) after a new LED fog light install........8W total. And at least 4w of that was from the three incandescent bulbs still in the instrument cluster.



You really do need to check the amp draw on the system after an HID install, or any change to the halogen bulbs. Forget the volt readings....it's the amp draw while running with your usual lights on that means the most. If the amp draw goes negative, your battery is discharging.

[mike6736]

Thats correct amps amps - draw...

Mike