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Author Message   Growl Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 11:51 am:        What with folks adding auxiliary lights I wonder how much electric load can the Uly handle without shortening the life of the alternator components and regulator? Anyone have much experience running loads similar to: low beam & high beam both on, 100 watts auxiliary lights plus two 40 watt electric vests? Too much?   Froggy Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 12:20 pm:        On my uly I had a pair of PIAA 510 lights, Buell Quest GPS, electric cooler, buell heated grips, harley heated jacket, and it handled all of it fine. You will notice the fan gets a little quieter as the bike won't be able to handle it all at idle as good, but I've never had an issue running all the above at the same time.   Adrian_8 Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 12:47 pm:        I run the Gerbing electric jacket and G3 gloves which pull 99 amps....when I get home from a ride I can tell it takes longer to bring the battery all the way back up...but everything works fine...   Rwven Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 01:17 pm:        The alternator has a 405 watt rating. You add all the wattages up and hopefully you come in under 405 watts. If you figure about 200 watts (which is probably a little high?) for the stock lighting, ignition, and fan that gives you about another 200 watts to play with.   Treadmarks Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 02:05 pm:        I run the Gerbing electric jacket and G3 gloves which pull 99 amps 99 AMPS! Holy smokin vest, batman. I have had welders that used less power than that.   Rubberdown Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 02:40 pm:        I don't think my house pulls 99 amps. WOW!   Jmhinkle Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 03:02 pm:        99 AMPS!!! Keeps you warm and keeps up your year round tan! Did you upgrade your Flux capacitor to handle that load?? Best laugh I've had all week. Thanks guys.   Ft_bstrd Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 04:08 pm:        99 Amps. Did you buy your Gerbing gear from this guy?   Adrian_8 Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 05:32 pm:        Could I have meant watts????? The jacket pulls 77 watts and the gloves pull 27 watts.... Seniorslipitis.... (Message edited by Adrian_8 on October 18, 2007)   Florida_lime Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 05:44 pm:        The jacket pulls 77 watts and the gloves pull 27 watts.... Seniorslipitis.... 77 + 27 = 104 ! Man, that seniorslipitis is some bad stuff.   Tm74 Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 06:01 pm:        Can you repeat that sonny?   Growl Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 10:22 pm:        Thanks for the feedback!   Paochow Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 06:00 pm:        Older Ulys (pre 08) had a ~493 watt alternator so you could probably run a bit more electric goodies.   Rwven Posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 - 07:16 am:        "Older Ulys (pre 08) had a ~493 watt alternator so you could probably run a bit more electric goodies." Was the change made on '08 due to reliability issues with the 3-phase 493W 38A units? (The '08s are single-phase 405W 30A)   Jmhinkle Posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 - 07:39 am:        No, it was due to the switch to the XBRR style engine. Bottom end is quite a bit different in design.

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