How Many lights or How Much wattage?? Lights Question.

How Many Lights or LEDS or Pods or is there a specific Amperage or Watt usage can I put on my truck idk im no damn electrician. the point is how much lighting can I add to the truck with out killing my battery or draining it?? I do plan on buying its own aux fuse panel for lights and future winch. upgrade the battery?? idk im worried if I add 6 pods and 2 light bars my battery wont be able to take it. I know a lot off people have a lot of lights and its possible im just trying to figure this out??

 

You might be ok. I had a 42", 20", then when I installed a pair of 8" I was experiencing flickering. So I upgraded my alternator. If I was you, I'd invest in and h/o alt with that many lights and the addition of the winch down the road. Upgrading the battery might help a bit. But probably not much. Since then I've added even more lights and I'm on the verge of needing a second battery, which I will do so eventually. The h/o alt I installed keeps up just fine. But all those amps put a strain on the system and I still experience a slight dimming affect when I'm blasting the radio or when slowing down/stopping/low speed off-roading. Having a second battery dedicated to the lights and other accessories will (hopefully) eliminate that issue. And it's not flickering but like I said a slight dimming as the voltage output fluctuates, and is barely noticeable. But if I add anything more I may be in trouble.. So in the end you may have to run dual batteries to make the whole system more efficient. But for now, you can probably get an h/o alt for not too much. A worthwhile investment to protect and future proof yourself. But I would just install what you want and see what happens. If you have them wired all in series like with your high beams like I do, then that'll be different than having them on different switches. So once you get it all installed see how she performs and unplug a light or two and order up the high output alternator if that's the case. And take this with a grain of salt because I'm not an expert. Maybe someone can chime in and confirm if I'm on the right track here...

 

I will definitely look into that H/O alt. and maybe a second batt. whichever I see more fitting. thanks for the feedback. that's exactly what I was looking for.
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