50W Headlights

Bob_Trevithick · Jan 26, 2002

...Besides ham loaf and scalloped potatoes don't eat real well on your head. 

That's an excellent point! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bayrat · Jan 26, 2002

Bob,

I am not sure myself, but the ones I looked at in the store had the wires hanging from them. The price was the surprize/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif I will get to the Kubota today and take a look, hopefully it is a simple job/w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif to access them. But that is what makes life worth living, looking at the 2910 or spending time in the bildge babying my engines/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

jasonf · Jan 26, 2002

If you have a 2910 then the bulbs will twist out like a regular car bulb. The H3 halogens will not fit unless you change the socket base. It took about 1 minute to install these bulbs in my 2710, and excess heat has not been a problem so far.....

GlueGuy · Jan 26, 2002

The price was the surprize

Was that surprise, as in too high, or surprise as in too low? I've found the prices of lamps/bulbs/lights too vary all over the map. I know that some of has to do with where they're manufactured, and maybe to larger extent the volume of manufacture, but the range is quite impressive. I've seen really decent lights (whole assemblies) selling for $10 - $15, and crappy ones in the $30 - $50 range. Other good/crappy models above and below those prices. As for bulbs/lamps, they wander around too.

Bayrat · Jan 26, 2002

Price was higher than I expected.

Bayrat · Jan 26, 2002

I believe the ones in mine are plain 1073 23w parking lamp bulbs, just pulled one out and looked. Quite surprised/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif! Now I suppose I have to search around for a socket base and bulb setup. Did you change the whole thing, which requires cutting the wires Jason? Not a big deal, just may want to add an additional set while into the wiring.

jasonf · Jan 26, 2002

NO !! The replacement bulbs that I am talking about are the exact same size and base, just in a 50W version. I just removed the old and installed the new in the old base. The ones that John is talking about will require a new socket and a wiring splice. Mine are the Pro Series from Auto Zone. They are Optronics brand, stock number A-701. They are a direct replacement and will fit in the old bulb base.

ronjhall · Jan 26, 2002

Bayrat
I've upgraded my bulbs to the 50 watts ones. You will be surprised how much they improve the lights. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Being a fellow boater and spending to many hours in the bilge, /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif Working on simple projects that take hours to complete. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif It's hard to believe that just changing a couple of bulbs will make an improvement. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif But it will. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

CSAW · Jan 26, 2002

Just a thought. A guy where I used to work thought it was a "bright idea" to put those blue lights in one of the trucks. He was right until they let the smoke out of the wires. Changed the pigtails on the wires put the old lights back in no more problem.

Just my $0.02 worth but the manufacturers pay the engineers alot of money to design tractors, cars,etc. They usually know best.

How bright do tractor lights have to be anyway?

ronjhall · Jan 26, 2002

CSAW
Bright enough to see past my snowplow. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif The originals lights only put out enough light to see past grille guard. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif