Added some LEDs to my L3901

[TheDevilYouLove]

I added some lights to my tractor. I have the factory rear light kit so I spliced into that with a nifty wire connector to power them. I kept it simple and didn't use a relay or anything, just a swich that i still need a box for. I used 27w spotlight LEDs and used magnets from AMazon to attach the lights to my tractor. The magnets are an awesome idea that I got from this forum. Crappy looking install, but the lights work! Can't wait to see how they look tonight in the dark!

 

[Republic of Texas]

You won't regret adding those. You cannot have too much lighting. Nice & simple install. Good job!

 

[gwhouston]

I made a light bar out of 1 1/2” aluminum angle 1/4” thick and mounted 4 of the round lights (looks just like yours...7 LED bulbs), two forward and two back. Hope to wire them up this weekend.

 

[TheDevilYouLove]

The difference is incredible, especially considering this is a <$50 modification

 

[rd_macgregor]

Do you have some sort of tether for the lights held on with magnets? If something sweeps off the light, it would be better to have it just dangle 'til you can stop and reattach it, than it would be to have it drag on the ground.

 

[Ryansweatt2004]

Any pics of how you wired them up?

 

[TheDevilYouLove]

Any pics of how you wired them up?

I can post some pics, but the wiring was very simple and I'll attempt to explain it:

The hot wire under the (left?) fender (rear work light accessory) is what feeds power to the lights, through a switch that I got at WalMart (I didn't use a relay or anything). Since I have the factory rear light kit, I spliced into the hot wire for that using a nifty little connector designed for that purpose. If you don't have that factory rear light kit, you'll need to get a connector that will attach a wire to the hot prong of the factory plug under the fender. So however you choose to tap into the hot power source, that hot wire goes directly to either side of the switch, the other side of the switch sends two wires to the LED lights (one wire to the hot side of each LED). Remember that the LEDs have a hot side and a ground side, and if you wire them up backwards it won't work. I figured out which side was which by using alligator clips and hooking the LEDs to the battery and realizing that the red wire was the hot side and the other side was ground. You don't have to attach a ground wire to the plug under the fender, you can attach the ground wire coming off your LED lights to any ground point (I used the bracket that holds the slow moving sign).

Right now the switch is just sort of hanging out and not in a proper electrical box or anything. Everything is grounded to the bracket that holds the slow moving sign. I know that's a total ghetto install, but it works and was super easy. If I can find a good box to put the switch inside, I'll at least take care of that.