7600 Lumen LED Worklight Install

[OTFD122]

Bought 2 Whelen Micro Pioneer LED worklights and got them on the Deere 1023E today. Lights are rated at 3800 Lumens each and are blinding even in bright sunlight. The Whelen lights are pricey, to the tune of $249 each, but they are 100% American made, extremely high quality, and plus, I have a few friends at their Chester, CT plant The lights come with a set of interchangable lenses that I plan on messing around with. Currently I have the 8 degree spot lens on, I imagine I will end up with the wide flood lens on there eventually. I know people have had good luck with the Chinese/eBay LED worklights and got some good prices, but I will always spend a little more to buy American and get a professional grade product!

Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure:

 

[Chex]

Nice lights OTF! I like those huge Heatsinks, a sign of a well made LED. Heat is the bane of LED's. Nice looking 1023 and yard!:thumbsup:

 

[rockshaft]

Nice looking LEDs!
I installed 27watt LEDs on my 1026R ROPS, and they are plenty bright for me.
You may have considered some sort of horse blinder for your new lights? The location on top of the side-lights is convenient, but if you have to look backward, you may need a welding mask to protect your eyes from those beasts!

 

[kennyd]

Those are very nice looking, but WOW $500 for two lights!

 

[xring100]

Those are very nice looking, but WOW $500 for two lights!

Its just money. The federal government prints more everyday. Good light is worth the investment

 

[xring100]

Bought 2 Whelen Micro Pioneer LED worklights and got them on the Deere 1023E today. Lights are rated at 3800 Lumens each and are blinding even in bright sunlight. The Whelen lights are pricey, to the tune of $249 each, but they are 100% American made, extremely high quality, and plus, I have a few friends at their Chester, CT plant The lights come with a set of interchangable lenses that I plan on messing around with. Currently I have the 8 degree spot lens on, I imagine I will end up with the wide flood lens on there eventually. I know people have had good luck with the Chinese/eBay LED worklights and got some good prices, but I will always spend a little more to buy American and get a professional grade product!

Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure:

8° spots were you aiming to tick off your neighbors, i dont think you'll have to worry about out driving them at 12 mph I've got rigid dually d2 wide angles and i can still see out to 100 yards no problem. And they don't have the light output of yours

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Very nice lights. Whelen is a big name in the emergency lighting market.

How hard was the wiring?

 

[panchohughes]

Nice setup. Wondering if the light hits your shoulders & side of face? I turned mine out just a little. I have the Duallys from Ridgid Industries. Here is a video of mine. Put lights on my Kubota BX 2350 - YouTube

 

[OTFD122]

Very nice lights. Whelen is a big name in the emergency lighting market.

How hard was the wiring?

Wiring was easy, simple positive and negative hookup. Guess it helps I wire up police cars in my spare time! Hoping to get some night time pics soon to show the effectiveness

 

[BuzzardA91]

Waiting for night time pics.......

 

[BuzzardA91]

Whelan is a great company. Good people. I never knew they made work lights!

 

[wmonroe]

Subscribing for the night pics...

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Wiring was easy, simple positive and negative hookup. Guess it helps I wire up police cars in my spare time! Hoping to get some night time pics soon to show the effectiveness

Yeah, that would help.

 

[OTFD122]

OK, got to put the 90 degree x 20 degree lenses on and shot a few dusk-time pics to show the off angle brightness of these lights:

Now for the night-time shots... I parked my tractor 28 feet from my garage, and shot a couple dusk-time reference pics so you can see how I had it set up:

Aaaaaaand FINALLY, the night-time pic (from the seat of the tractor):

 

[JD 4520]

OTFD - can you tell us a little more about wattage and what you need to wire them up? With some of the new LED they hardly use much wattage and therefore don't need special wiring considerations.

 

[OTFD122]

OTFD - can you tell us a little more about wattage and what you need to wire them up? With some of the new LED they hardly use much wattage and therefore don't need special wiring considerations.

To say LEDs don't use much wattage is not exactly correct... Watts is more of a matter of output. LEDs do, however draw very few Amps (current). These LEDs draw 4 amps each, and in a 12 volt system, using the equation Watt = Amps x Volts, the output is around 48 watts output per lighthead. So anyways, to get back to your question, they do not need any special wiring considerations, in fact, they can use much smaller gauge wire than their halogen counterparts. Most LEDs only need 18-22GA wire, as long as the run is short. Halogens often require 12-14GA wire, as they draw more amps. Hope that sort of made sense! It always makes more sense in my head, but when it gets into type sometimes I think something gets lost!

 

[JD 4520]

To say LEDs don't use much wattage is not exactly correct... Watts is more of a matter of output. LEDs do, however draw very few Amps (current). These LEDs draw 4 amps each, and in a 12 volt system, using the equation Watt = Amps x Volts, the output is around 48 watts output per lighthead. So anyways, to get back to your question, they do not need any special wiring considerations, in fact, they can use much smaller gauge wire than their halogen counterparts. Most LEDs only need 18-22GA wire, as long as the run is short. Halogens often require 12-14GA wire, as they draw more amps. Hope that sort of made sense! It always makes more sense in my head, but when it gets into type sometimes I think something gets lost!

You said it right, fumbled, but you answer the question. Thanks. And they look great.

 

[ericher69]

Is it me or in that last pic (nighttime from operators seat) looks like your whelen LED's are burning the grass; 2 long brownish tracks lined up with loader...lol

 

[bigtiller]

WOW!!! Nice. It looks like your ears will stay warm this winter. :thumbsup:

 

[mjncad]

I want those lights for my rig; but I can't justify the cost.