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will 2 60w headlight bulbs be too much?
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It might strain your charging system unless you drove at high rpm or went with lower wattage bulbs. It's too much for the switches unless you had a relay control the lights.
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they are h4 and they are 55watt,sorry.
For a while I ran a second 55W halogen with my main 55W halogen. I wired the second one through a fuse and relay straight to the battery. I am not sure if the alternators are designed to handle an extra 55W or not, but I never blew mine up.
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For a while I ran a second 55W halogen with my main 55W halogen. I wired the second one through a fuse and relay straight to the battery. I am not sure if the alternators are designed to handle an extra 55W or not, but I never blew mine up.
Unless you really overloaded the system, it won't blow up. The first symptom will be your battery failing to be charged completely and then failing to hold a charge.
For the OP, you may want to consider wiring up a relay so the second bulb only comes on when you select high beam and then have a separate switch to shut it off if you notice your lights begin to dim (sign that the alternator is not keeping up with the electrical demand). That way you'll be drawing only about five more Watts most of the time (assuming you keep your lights on low beam) which the charging system should handle without issue.
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