jbriant
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Hi,
I have a 1999 John Deere 4400(LV4400H241993), in the winter I run a front mounted JD 5ft snow blower and Brush hog 4ft blade on the back. When I go forward, i blow snow, when i am going backward I push snow and sometimes I do both at once. Either way it keeps my half mile of driveway pretty clear. Well I have always just relied on the flashing ROPs lights for when I was going backwards pushing snow. I decided to purchase a couple of LED spot lights to mount on the back. I figured I could just wire them into the existing wiring in the back that connects to the ROPs light. Each ROP light assembly has two bulbs, one they call a warning light and the other a tail light. The warning light is a regular 12v dc lamp, the tail light is a small peanut bulb that mounts in the top half of light assembly. As i was reading the manual about these lights it leads me to believe that the tail light would be on when the lights were on, the warning light would flash when you have the switch in the warning light position. well, in my case both lights within the ROPs only flash. And when you turn the switch to headlights only, the two lights go out so all i have on are headlights. I have been researching this a bit on the web and in the manual and it also says you can hook up a work light to this tractor and mount it in the back. when i look at the fuse block, the fuse for tail lights has a fuse in it but it makes no difference if you remove it in the operation of any of the lights in the two ROPs lights. If I look at the wires going to the ROPs lights there are three wires, a grey wire a green wire and a black wire. I put a dc meter on each of the colored wires and used the black wire as my ground. Both wires showed a voltage that would cause the light to go off and on(flash).
I have been trying to find a wiring diagram for my tractor but have not had much luck. If anyone can help or has an idea about this situation, I would welcome all comments.
I have a 1999 John Deere 4400(LV4400H241993), in the winter I run a front mounted JD 5ft snow blower and Brush hog 4ft blade on the back. When I go forward, i blow snow, when i am going backward I push snow and sometimes I do both at once. Either way it keeps my half mile of driveway pretty clear. Well I have always just relied on the flashing ROPs lights for when I was going backwards pushing snow. I decided to purchase a couple of LED spot lights to mount on the back. I figured I could just wire them into the existing wiring in the back that connects to the ROPs light. Each ROP light assembly has two bulbs, one they call a warning light and the other a tail light. The warning light is a regular 12v dc lamp, the tail light is a small peanut bulb that mounts in the top half of light assembly. As i was reading the manual about these lights it leads me to believe that the tail light would be on when the lights were on, the warning light would flash when you have the switch in the warning light position. well, in my case both lights within the ROPs only flash. And when you turn the switch to headlights only, the two lights go out so all i have on are headlights. I have been researching this a bit on the web and in the manual and it also says you can hook up a work light to this tractor and mount it in the back. when i look at the fuse block, the fuse for tail lights has a fuse in it but it makes no difference if you remove it in the operation of any of the lights in the two ROPs lights. If I look at the wires going to the ROPs lights there are three wires, a grey wire a green wire and a black wire. I put a dc meter on each of the colored wires and used the black wire as my ground. Both wires showed a voltage that would cause the light to go off and on(flash).
I have been trying to find a wiring diagram for my tractor but have not had much luck. If anyone can help or has an idea about this situation, I would welcome all comments.
