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I've installed 55 watt xenon bulbs/ballast kits in our 8020 tractors, our 9030 tractors and our 4830 sprayer. They all perform flawlessly.
Our 8020 tractors each had factory xenon up front. I replaced four halogen bulbs in the rear with xenon. I did the same to our 9030 tractors. And on the sprayer I did two on the hood and two on the cab roof. I can't get over how much brighter these lights are than halogen. I think a 55watt xenon has like 5 times the output in lumens than a 55 watt halogen.
The xenons actually use less amperage than the halogens except on startup. Xenon bulbs require an arc to ignite the pressurized xenon gas. I think the 55 watt xenons take 8 or 9 amps to start, then 3-4 amps to run.
But on 70 series combines I have ran into a problem. I am wanting to switch out the two outer halogens on the cab with the hid's. The middle ones are factory hid's, and the inner ones I want to leave halogen as they are used on the road. Either the computer senses a problem and won't let the outside xenons turn on, or there is an electrical deficiency at the ballast.
My guess is that four xenon ballasts draw too many amps to start all at the same time.
Is there any way to switch the two outer lights to another circuit so they can be turned on separate? I was thinking about switching the rearward facing lights with the outer cab ones. I don't know if all of the wiring harnass and wires are routed to the same point and I don't know the cc#s. And I don't care if the "cab switch" turns on lights in the back and vice-versa, I use em all anyway, I could just use more candles up front.
Any ideas???
Our 8020 tractors each had factory xenon up front. I replaced four halogen bulbs in the rear with xenon. I did the same to our 9030 tractors. And on the sprayer I did two on the hood and two on the cab roof. I can't get over how much brighter these lights are than halogen. I think a 55watt xenon has like 5 times the output in lumens than a 55 watt halogen.
The xenons actually use less amperage than the halogens except on startup. Xenon bulbs require an arc to ignite the pressurized xenon gas. I think the 55 watt xenons take 8 or 9 amps to start, then 3-4 amps to run.
But on 70 series combines I have ran into a problem. I am wanting to switch out the two outer halogens on the cab with the hid's. The middle ones are factory hid's, and the inner ones I want to leave halogen as they are used on the road. Either the computer senses a problem and won't let the outside xenons turn on, or there is an electrical deficiency at the ballast.
My guess is that four xenon ballasts draw too many amps to start all at the same time.
Is there any way to switch the two outer lights to another circuit so they can be turned on separate? I was thinking about switching the rearward facing lights with the outer cab ones. I don't know if all of the wiring harnass and wires are routed to the same point and I don't know the cc#s. And I don't care if the "cab switch" turns on lights in the back and vice-versa, I use em all anyway, I could just use more candles up front.
Any ideas???
