[Outfitr]

At some point I'm going to add some driving lights to this truck as the stock brights are a little lame. I often drive a rural 2 lane road to the cabin with more deer and elk on the road than people. I love the behind the grill location that was done by a couple people on here. Question is will adding two 100 watt lights tax the stock elec. system too much? I want to make sure that the lights are bright enough to make the project worth it. Thanks

 

[JJP71584]

I run 4 Hella 500's with 100 watt bulbs in them and it is very bright, however, I usually only have them on for 5-10 mins at a time. I use them going to deer camp but only from the interstate to camp which isn't far, and the occasional on/off here and there to look at deer near my house or deal with inconsiderate drivers

I haven't noticed any electrical problems but if you are planning on running them longer might become an issue, I really don't know.

 

[Thor09]

I have 130W behind the grill and had them on for over an hour spotting deer at camp. No issues with the battery or power and my grill insert wasn't even warm from the heat

 

[Vader2014]

You should not use the wiring kit that comes with most lights. It is far too small of a gauge to handle that much wattage. I upgraded the relays and the wiring when I did mine. I think I used either 14 or 16 gauge. It's better to be safe than sorry.

 

[Outfitr]

Thanks for the info, new lights coming soon!

 

[TexasAggie18]

You should not use the wiring kit that comes with most lights. It is far too small of a gauge to handle that much wattage. I upgraded the relays and the wiring when I did mine. I think I used either 14 or 16 gauge. It's better to be safe than sorry.

X2 depending on the lights you get, a lot of the time the wires are too small for brighter bulbs. like he said, better safe than sorry

I have 2 hellas with 100 watt bulbs and it produces a lot of light, havent noticed any problems with them

 

[JJP71584]

come to think of it, I upgraded the wires as well

 

[11HemiNate]

Anyone running these behind a "honeycomb Grill"? I do not have the slotted grill, but would like to run a couple lights behind the one I have....

 

[Vader2014]

I am running some with the honeycomb grill....check my thread...

http://www.dodgetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=346557

 

[BULLRAM]

it really depends on how long you are going to run them, 100 watt bulbs use a tremendous amount of AMPS, the wiring usually fairs out well its the dimmer switch that takes the abuse if you just replace bulbs on your truck, I have repaired lots of trucks that just swapped out the bulbsby installing a new dimmer ,turn signal switch, to be safe and the easy way , ust the existing wires for your fog lights and wire them to a solenoid, on the small pins(coil), use the large posts on the solenoid to come from the battery, one comes from the battery and the other goes to the NEW lights them selves, with decent wire , and a fuse next to the battery,, at least 10 guage. you will not have any trouble with that set up , since the trucks electrical system thinks the fog lights are still on the truck ,but the amount of current to the coil will be REALLY small.