What Watt for Tower lights..

[malibubu]

What are mounted from the factory ?

I keep blowing fuses for my tower lights. (It works for a while - 5 min). I started looking and saw that it was a mix of different brands and watts. I changed all of them to Philips 55W But it didn´t help. I think I need lower watt for the fuses to work? (10A + 15A) 6 towerlights. Would it work if I changed all lamps to 35W? Or anything else? I checked the relays, wiring and connections as good as I could. Anyone else had the same problem and know how to solve it? Thanks

[LS-One]

At 55 watts you are pulling 4.5 amps per light. At 35 it will be 2.9.

[robtr8]

Correct me if I'm wrong but 55 watts times 6 fixtures is 330 watts total. 12 to 14 volts at 330 watts is 25 to 22 amps, no? I seem to remember there being a 30 amp fuse in the tower light wiring harness.

We're talking about Titan's 6 fixture Pilot Automotive projector beam tower kit right? I had one lamp out this summer when I bought the boat. Replaced it with a new 55W H3 and immediately started blowing the fuse in the tower light harness. Thought I had a bad lamp so I exchanged it for another and it still blew the fuse. I was anxious to get out on the water that evening so I swapped a rear facing fixture for the one in front that was giving me fits and headed out for Music On The Lake. The next day I popped the original fixture with yet a third lamp into the rear housing and had no problems. I'm not sure if I was getting bad lamps or if I managed to put everything back together without inadvertently causing a short. Might want to check your re-lamp installation for shorts.

Edited September 14, 2011 by robtr8

[khelfrich]

right now you are pulling about 27.5 amps if you go to 35watt you will be at 17.5 amps you could just add a 30 amp relay have the switch control the relay and then fuse the relay at 30amp

[malibubu]

Thanks! Does anyone know what was there from the start? It should work that way shouldn´t it?

It is the 2006 vlx with bullet lights..

Edited September 15, 2011 by malibubu