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09-23-2018, 07:19 PM | #1 |
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Headlights dim when de-accelerating
Hey guys, been a long while since I posted anything on here but I have a question. Is it normal for the lights to brighten up when accelerating and dim when coming to a stop? I don’t drive my car much at night but had to last night and I kept getting flashed by cars when coming to a stop. My lights would dim down then get brighter as I took off from a stop. Is this normal? I am running the 50 candle power bulbs on a stock generator. Could that be the issue?
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09-23-2018, 07:26 PM | #2 |
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Re: Headlights dim when de-accelerating
Sounds normal to me.
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09-23-2018, 10:52 PM | #3 |
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Re: Headlights dim when de-accelerating
Watch the ammeter. Should correlate with the brightness of the headlights. A weak battery or a poor connection can make it worse.
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Sounds normal to me. Sometimes, even the HORN sounds FUNKY, at LOW speeds.
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09-24-2018, 08:16 AM | #5 |
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Re: Headlights dim when de-accelerating
I had dimming at idle when I used 50cp regular bulbs, I would crank the generator to 18 amps to make them bright going down the road ---then I tried direct fit halogens, the first thing I noticed is the "dimming" at idle was gone, and that I could cut the charge rate back and still have bright lights
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09-24-2018, 09:57 AM | #6 |
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09-24-2018, 04:21 PM | #7 |
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Halogens suck, get LED. Then you can set your charge rate at like ....2 amps? No boiled batteries that way.
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09-24-2018, 08:34 PM | #8 |
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I doubt I am boiling my battery's--- or they like it, last battery I got 4 more years out of 11 year old 12v battery I cut in 1/2
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09-24-2018, 09:41 PM | #9 |
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I bought mine at the same place in Hershey as Kurt. Still have them new in the box, and I'd sell them, as I'm satisfied with my original 21/3 bulbs.
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09-24-2018, 10:06 PM | #10 |
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I also am happy with my original style headlights and bulbs. I have been told so many times that they are absolutely no good, but I can see just fine at night. Whats the deal? Maybe some have lost the shine on the reflectors or why do people think they need an upgrade? Work just fine for me.
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And the chrome aftermarket reflectors are shaped wrong so the beam cannot be focused properly
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09-26-2018, 12:24 PM | #13 |
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The first thing I noticed with the halogen bulbs is that there was no visible dimming when the generator went off charge at idle, when I was using the 50cp bulbs it was almost like they went out
If you have a good battery and it's fully charged when you turn on the lights you could drive most of the night with the 50 cp bulbs--- even at a discharge |
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