Panik
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- Kubota bx2360
Okay so after reading everyone's threads on adding lights to their tractors I decided that I had to have some lights on my BX. Largely because its cool, and partially because I usually need some additional light to finish mowing and as well as taking the trash down to the end of the road (3.5 acre lawn and 1/4 mi driveway).
So after spending way too much time and money on this little project the end result is three TSC Navigator lights mounted on my BX - 2 putting out 400 lumen each facing forward and one putting out 320 lumen out the back. I was originally going to try and mount the switches under the dash and run the relays and wiring underneath the body panels........However, there just ain't a lot of room to do that easily without cramming things here and there and generally getting into uncomfortable positions in order to do it. Plus I really wasn't crazy about the idea of cutting holes in the tractor for switches.
So the end result is that I purchased a 4x4x6 Carlon junction box from Home Depot and turned it into an accessory console mounted just behind the cup holder next to the seat. At first I thought it was going to be way too big, but after cramming 3 relays, a 6 position fuse block, an 8 terminal ground block, and a 12 volt power port inside it things are a might bit cozy.
Basically two of the relays control the lights, one each forward and rear. The third is not in use at the moment but is pre-wired so that if I ever want to add more lights, a fan, or some other electrical device I'm ready to go.
The additional power port is because I generally plug my phone in while mowing and listen to music. - 3.5 acres of mowing gets monotonous without music. I try and keep the phone on charge because with 3 kids under 6 years old I've been yelled at more than once by the SWMBO for mowing with a dead phone. I tried using the factory port on the lower right but after nearly kicking my iphone and charger under the mower deck a couple of times I've given up on that particular arrangment. Have a port next to the cup holder means I can just plug the phone in and set in the cup holder and forget about it.
Other than a little bit of tapeing and a tiny bit of split loom things are pretty much done. The only other thing I would like to do are to order a couple of Carling switches from OTRATTW. Specifically I was thinking these:
Head Lights
Spare Auxiliary Light
Wench Light re-labeled as "Tail Light" - Yes I know, but its my tractor darn it!
Anyways here are some pictures of the install
Let me know what y'all think - if there's anything I could do differently or improve on. Thanks for looking.
So after spending way too much time and money on this little project the end result is three TSC Navigator lights mounted on my BX - 2 putting out 400 lumen each facing forward and one putting out 320 lumen out the back. I was originally going to try and mount the switches under the dash and run the relays and wiring underneath the body panels........However, there just ain't a lot of room to do that easily without cramming things here and there and generally getting into uncomfortable positions in order to do it. Plus I really wasn't crazy about the idea of cutting holes in the tractor for switches.
So the end result is that I purchased a 4x4x6 Carlon junction box from Home Depot and turned it into an accessory console mounted just behind the cup holder next to the seat. At first I thought it was going to be way too big, but after cramming 3 relays, a 6 position fuse block, an 8 terminal ground block, and a 12 volt power port inside it things are a might bit cozy.
Basically two of the relays control the lights, one each forward and rear. The third is not in use at the moment but is pre-wired so that if I ever want to add more lights, a fan, or some other electrical device I'm ready to go.
The additional power port is because I generally plug my phone in while mowing and listen to music. - 3.5 acres of mowing gets monotonous without music. I try and keep the phone on charge because with 3 kids under 6 years old I've been yelled at more than once by the SWMBO for mowing with a dead phone. I tried using the factory port on the lower right but after nearly kicking my iphone and charger under the mower deck a couple of times I've given up on that particular arrangment. Have a port next to the cup holder means I can just plug the phone in and set in the cup holder and forget about it.
Other than a little bit of tapeing and a tiny bit of split loom things are pretty much done. The only other thing I would like to do are to order a couple of Carling switches from OTRATTW. Specifically I was thinking these:
Head Lights
Spare Auxiliary Light
Wench Light re-labeled as "Tail Light" - Yes I know, but its my tractor darn it!
Anyways here are some pictures of the install
Let me know what y'all think - if there's anything I could do differently or improve on. Thanks for looking.
