Perplexed
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Well, I would like to avoid causing one 
I have a CCY SX3100 that I'll be using this summer primarily to mow three acres of turf grass, using a Woods rear finish mower. I'll probably be mowing around sunset when it's relatively cooler, especially in July and August, and I'll probably finish after dark. The CCY has headlights and "side" lights (actually, they point towards the front corners) - but no working lights in the rear. Just red tail lights and amber turn signals. That sucks, because I'll be backing up quite a bit and would like to see where I'm going in reverse. Don't care to unintentionally run over (or into!) something shreddable or dentable
So, I acquired a pair of SoundOff Signal PAR36 LED work lights, one spot and one flood, both 500 lumens each. They're each 16W, with a current draw of 1.3A @ 12.8 Vdc. I'll mount one on each side of the ROPS, angled down and toward the rear, with the flood aimed at the mower and the spot aimed toward the immediate rear of the mower.
So far, so good. My questions, for you folks with electrical expertise, have to do with the wiring. The instructions say to run the red wire through a 5A fuse to a switch, and from thence to a +10-50v DC source. The black wire goes to a "reliable ground." I thought about tapping into the wires to the red tail lights, but realized I might want the option of the work lights working independently of the headlights and tail lights. I was wondering if it would be OK to run both red wires into one wire (with an inline 5A fuse in each wire upstream of the splice) to a switch mounted on the upper fender, and from there to the wire that supplies power to the 12V DC outlet factory-mounted on the lower fender. This outlet is wired to a 15A fuse in the fuse box. So far, so good... right? Or is someone now jumping in his chair and yelling at the monitor, "NO NO - don't DO that!!!"
I'm stuck though on what to do with the ground wire. Oh, I should have said I'm a total noob when it comes to electrical systems I'm guessing I could tap it into the ground wire that goes to the DC outlet? Otherwise, how can I determine whether this bolt or that bolt on the chassis is grounded, without using the work light to test for it? I'm concerned about blowing a fuse or, worse, the light, and I don't have one of those little test lights.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I have a CCY SX3100 that I'll be using this summer primarily to mow three acres of turf grass, using a Woods rear finish mower. I'll probably be mowing around sunset when it's relatively cooler, especially in July and August, and I'll probably finish after dark. The CCY has headlights and "side" lights (actually, they point towards the front corners) - but no working lights in the rear. Just red tail lights and amber turn signals. That sucks, because I'll be backing up quite a bit and would like to see where I'm going in reverse. Don't care to unintentionally run over (or into!) something shreddable or dentable So, I acquired a pair of SoundOff Signal PAR36 LED work lights, one spot and one flood, both 500 lumens each. They're each 16W, with a current draw of 1.3A @ 12.8 Vdc. I'll mount one on each side of the ROPS, angled down and toward the rear, with the flood aimed at the mower and the spot aimed toward the immediate rear of the mower.
So far, so good. My questions, for you folks with electrical expertise, have to do with the wiring. The instructions say to run the red wire through a 5A fuse to a switch, and from thence to a +10-50v DC source. The black wire goes to a "reliable ground." I thought about tapping into the wires to the red tail lights, but realized I might want the option of the work lights working independently of the headlights and tail lights. I was wondering if it would be OK to run both red wires into one wire (with an inline 5A fuse in each wire upstream of the splice) to a switch mounted on the upper fender, and from there to the wire that supplies power to the 12V DC outlet factory-mounted on the lower fender. This outlet is wired to a 15A fuse in the fuse box. So far, so good... right? Or is someone now jumping in his chair and yelling at the monitor, "NO NO - don't DO that!!!"
I'm stuck though on what to do with the ground wire. Oh, I should have said I'm a total noob when it comes to electrical systems
I'm guessing I could tap it into the ground wire that goes to the DC outlet? Otherwise, how can I determine whether this bolt or that bolt on the chassis is grounded, without using the work light to test for it? I'm concerned about blowing a fuse or, worse, the light, and I don't have one of those little test lights.Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
