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  1. davefrombc's post in (SOLVED) Electric issue but can anyone make sense of this? (with video) was marked as the answer   
    Knocking  noise was most likely detonation from the  over advanced condition as  Mech mentioned.
  2. davefrombc's post in What battery type is best wet cell, agm or lithium? Who makes the most reliable battery for atv's? was marked as the answer   
    For ATVs and snowmobiles the  AGM  has the advantage in cold weather.  They are also  a lot less expensive.
    Lithium  shines in solar applications and where very deep cycling is wanted without service life suffering as badly , and of  they have a weight advantage when used in a battery bank in a motorhome.
    For  motorcycles,  ATVs and  Snowmobiles where you want  cold weather starting and charging far more than  need of reserve capacity, go with AGM or SLA. They're rugged,  better in  the cold and are far less expensive than Lithium
  3. davefrombc's post in light bar install was marked as the answer   
    You can tap into the high beam power by using it to trigger a relay to  actually power the light bar from a line to the battery.  That would turn the light bar on and off with the high beams and no overload the high beam  lights wire and fuse. The only way to tell how powerful  a light bar you can use is to know the output of the charging circuit, the demand put on the system by the ignition and  light circuits  when they are on and a little extra to  charge the battery.  The ignition would likely only use a couple of amps at most.  If the owners manual  only lists  the demand of the lights and any accessories in watts, you  can  get the amperage draw by  dividing the watts by 12.  When you  know the  amount of draw on the alternator the  system  itself draws and the output of the alternator then  it only requires you to choose a light bar whose draw is  a little less than  the power available after all normal running demand is satisfied.   I hope I didn't overly complicate the explanation of what is really   fairly straight forward in  doing.
     
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