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LTExfisher
Jun 10th, 2008, 4:18 pm
Anyone have an idea why Im burning up lo-beams , replaced two in as many months!
Tom1200
Jun 10th, 2008, 4:26 pm
Short or your touching the glass when you put them in. Or your buying a 55watt bulb and it should be a 35watt
LTExfisher
Jun 11th, 2008, 4:45 am
55w just like the manual calls for and i found this one's not burnt, anyone know WHERE the lo-beam fuse is?
ltlfeat
Jun 11th, 2008, 6:38 am
Short or your touching the glass when you put them in. Or your buying a 55watt bulb and it should be a 35watt

Wattage of bulb shouldnt make a difference,sounds like a good idea actually,increasing the wattage since the lighting on the LT sucks.
Dick
Jun 11th, 2008, 10:05 am
55w just like the manual calls for and i found this one's not burnt, anyone know WHERE the lo-beam fuse is?
Not positive, but pretty sure the headlights are not fused.
LTExfisher
Jun 12th, 2008, 12:58 am
Absolutely Correct! Been thru the Clymers and the Beemer manual guess I'll be tracing it back from the bulb.
Dick
Jun 12th, 2008, 9:26 am
Wattage of bulb shouldnt make a difference,sounds like a good idea actually,increasing the wattage since the lighting on the LT sucks.
You *might* go to an 85W bulb, butt the experts around here recommend NO HIGHER, or you'll toast the reflector surface finish. That means a whole fixture as replacement, and it ain't cheapo.

Want brighter - go HID. They, in fact, are 35W, once up to (watch this!) - luminosity! :)
AlaskaFish
Jun 12th, 2008, 10:06 am
Hey Sam, check the ground wiring out real good as that has been a recurrent problem on some of the LT headlights. It should be Brown color for all the ground wires. If you have either some corrosion, or a loose connection, that can cause problems big time.

HTH,

John
sparky_k1200lt
Jun 12th, 2008, 2:23 pm
Bad electrical connections feeding the bulb are often the cause of early bulb failure. Two items that affect any bulb's life ( including bulbs in your home ) are burning time ( how long they're on ) and power cycling ( how many times they're turned on and off. ) A bad connection, like a corroded ground point, or a semi-broken wire could cause the bulb to turn off and on at every little bump or other vibration, certainly more often than the bulb was designed for. If there is a loose connection, there is also room for dirt, etc. to get in there and cause the connection to corrode.

I would check the connections, clean if needed, reassemble with dielectric grease.