lighting.. would this work?

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GBeck

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I have a kubota 1850, and now I want to attach some lights to the ROPS. I was thinking of 2 forward 2 for behind. I have no need for the 4 way flashers as I will seldom leave my property with the tractor. Here is what I was thinking for easy wiring, would this work? Remove the flashers, and on one side have 2 lights hooked up, and on the other side hook up the other 2 lights to the existing wires. So if I move the signal left those lights come on, signal right the other set come on, or move the signal to what would be the 4 way flashers to have all the lights come on, Would this work? is there a relay that I would have to remove or bypass to stop everything from flashing and stay on solid all the time. Can I anticipate any other problems that I might run into?
 
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Without any modifications, the lights would flash as there is a flasher module in series. This would need to be removed and bypassed. The next concern would be current. The circuit would have been designed for the load of the indicators so putting higher power rated lights may over load the circuit. Led lights of a little over the current rating of the existing lights would not be a problem.

This is all dependant on the circuit for your particular tractor.

Weedpharma
 
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I wouldn't undo the factory wiring. It could be handy to have it at some time in the future. Why not get yourself 4 LED's and add a switch or two? I have separate switches for the front and rear aux lights but seldom run one without the other. The LED's sip so few electrons that they aren't much of a load.
 
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I can see the point of not messing with the factory wiring as this is not my 'forever' machine. :)

what power wire would be ok to split off of without causing to much damage?

I have heard of an extra wire that is already at the back of the machine for this purpose, where the heck is that located?
 
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Most of the ones that have a factory wire have it located near the tail light wireing. My newer B series it was under the right one. just look for 2 wires that are not Hooked to any thing on will be always hot when the key is on and the other is ground.
 
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I can see the point of not messing with the factory wiring as this is not my 'forever' machine. :)

what power wire would be ok to split off of without causing to much damage?

I have heard of an extra wire that is already at the back of the machine for this purpose, where the heck is that located?

A little late responding, but maybe you're still planning this mod. First I assume your Kubota 1850 is a BX1850? If so, that was my first Kubota and I added two forward lights to the ROPS using the factory supplied wiring. The wire for the auxiliary lights is taped up under the 3PH top bracket. Look for a bit of bulging black electrical tape there. The wire should be taped up to some other "in service" wires. Once you remove the tape, you should find the end of a hot lead that is relayed off of the run position on the key switch - power is on when the key is in run position. I added a switch so they wouldn't be on whenever the machine was running. I forget is there's a ground wire but I don't think so since I grounded my lights to the frame IIRC. Should be enough power for 3 or maybe 4 LED lights depending on wattage. Hope this helps.
 

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I used the factory power light located under the seat on my BX1500 LED lights. I installed 4 24W LED lights with no low battery issues. I checked the amp draw for all 4 and it way less than 10 amps.
 

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