Run Lights off a honda gx340 without battery

[Miles]

Hey guys, just wondering if its possible to wire up headlights straight off the engine, I'd much rather do this than use a battery. thanks

 

[devino246]

Unless the engine has a charging coil, no.

 

[anderkart]

Hey Miles, does you engine just have 1 wire coming out of it, that's connected to your kill switch?

Or is there also 2 other additional wires that are not connected to anything?

 

[r_chez_08]

I would reccomend having a battery of some sort, a small sla would be best, so then you have a constant 12v to the lights so they don't dim and brighten with driving, and also, wouldn't it be a pain to kill the engine, and have no lights?

 

[Bluethunder3320]

charge coil? if it doesnt, it wont work to run it off the mag.

 

[Miles]

thanks guys, I'll take a look for a secondary coil/extra wires

 

[spider87]

You could build something like they use on bike wheels for those little blinking headlights. It wouldn't give you any real light though and it would blink constantly...