Can I use both fog lights?

[ericcris10sen]

So, I bought a LED SR series light bar and it used around 23 watts and I'm going to put it on my bumper in the front, and the lights on my roof are about 55 watts. I've read how Xterra's batteries or whatever it might be, are weak and can be ruined and drained fairly easily if you have too many lights. What I'm wondering is if anyone knows with this wattage, do you think it'll be okay? Is there a certain amount of wattage that you shouldn't use? I'm thinking about (later on) putting some LED bulbs in the lights up top to reduce the amount of watts used, but I'm not sure if that's really necessary or not, with how much it puts out already.

If it IS too much, I guess I can just not use the ones up top and just use the LED light bar (as it's going to be better all around anyways, but for my reference, I'd like to know if it'd be okay to use or not).

 

[Davcos]

It more so comes down to how many amps you are using, and LED lights use very little. As long as you have proper wiring/switch, you can easily run that

 

[ericcris10sen]

Okay, yea I don't remember what amps it puts out, I guess I can ask them on their ebay page. But sounds good thanks for the comment.

 

[Tay-Lo]

Not to sound like a jerk.....It uses amps, doesn't output them. That light bar you mentioned will use 2 amps (23watts/12volts) depending on how many you have up top (55/12 = 4.6) if you have 2 up top it'll be 9.2 amps.

Take the total power(watts) and divide it by the voltage (for vehicles its 12V) and that will give you the current (amps). The stock alternator provides 80A which for the most part is plenty unless you get crazy amounts of lights.

Just make sure the wiring/switches/relays will handle the current going through them and you'll be fine.

 

[ericcris10sen]

I'm an idiot when it comes to electrical components. That's great information you provided and I'll have it sorted out and see how it goes. Thank you!