a friend of mine is going to get a snowcross hood without the headlight, and he is wondering if this could harm the electrical system (lower resitance withoy the light) , someone who has some input on this? :cn:

on several occasions Ive smashed the piece of crap light switch on my X2 and the light has stopped working as a result. Ive had to ride the sled this way for a while and nothing seems to be hurting the elec system. Id be interested to know as well though!

Tage

Running without the headlight should not hurt the electrical system as long as the voltage regulator is working properly.

One thing you will likely notice when running without a headlight, if all other acessories like handle bar warmers are off, at idle your brake/tail light will be normal brightness but as soon as you rev the motor the brake/tail will become dim and the tach will temporarily read incorrectly. This is the voltage regulator kicking in and reducing the voltage coming from the stator.

There is some concern that if there is no load on the electrical system the voltage regulator will be overworked and eventually fail which could send high voltage to the entire electrical system resulting in burned out lights and possibly damage to other components.

One solution used to prevent this overvoltage and extra load on the voltage regulator is to run the handle bar warmers on and even on high all the time. This is not always practical. On our race sleds that have no headlight we add a second set of warmers under the hood, tie wrapped to the steering hoop, and leave them on all the time. Something to consider.

If your friend sees the voltage regulator coming on frequently (dimming brake/tail lights) he might consider leaving the bar warmers on all the time or adding a second set and wiring them on all the time.

Hope this helps.

thanks AK, i figured you would have som experince on this :div20: .. i will tell my friend what i have learned :frech32: