7600 Lumen LED Worklight Install

[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.