Driver friendly work lights

[Diggin It]

I致e actually never heard accessory lights called 吐og lights.

Accessory fog lamps are very common and are usually mounted below the grille area on most vehicles. Check most auto parts stores.


I don't plan on doing snow or being on the tractor after dark for any reason so I have no use for any type of white auxiliary light. However, I did add some amber LED blinkers up high to be better visible from a distance when I have to be on our 1-1/2 lane paved county back road. Think I paid less that $20 for four so I could have two front and two rear.

 

[nyone]

I think your going to have to spend bigger money that cheap chinese LEDs if you want a more directional beam.

Planing on not useing something like a tractor in the dark and not actualy useing it in the dark are two dif things.

I put work lights on every piece of equipment i own. Micro excavator to zero turn mower. This gives me more after work hours esp in the fall. I mulch all my leaves so need to do it every 3 days for about 3 weeks.

 

[Fallon]

LEDs arent intrinsically bad. Many new cars come with LED headlights now. But they are well designed & properly shielded to avoid glare or blinding oncoming drivers.

If you've ever been blinded by some jackass with very blue headlights it was probably a retrofit HID or LED bulb in a halogen housing. That results in an improperly focused beam that causes glare to the driver & blinds oncoming drivers.

LED fixtures tend towards that end of the spectrum because they are universal lights & not designed for road driving. The wider coverage is ususlly an advantage there.

Mounting fog lights low gives them a better chance of illuminating the road & reflectors without reflecting off the fog & blinding the driver. They are also usually a lot warmer (yellowish) than normal lights to help better pierce the fog & not glare.

 

[PILOON]

I found a nice LED set at my local car parts.
12 LED's in a 12" strip with the center 4 being spots and both side 4's being floods.
Tractor snow blowing at night is as nice as in daytime.
What more do you want?

 

[WranglerX]

Also look for "color temperature"of LEDS... Color temperature is expressed in kelvin (or k.)....The higher the numbers the cooler (more blue) the light color...The lower the numbers the warmer (more brown) the colors... The higher color temperatures are the "blue" blinding lamps....

Color temperature is same spectrum whether incandescent or LED.... Sunlight is about 5000k.

Dale

 

[Fallon]

Also look for "color temperature"of LEDS... Color temperature is expressed in kelvin (or k.)....The higher the numbers the cooler (more blue) the light color...The lower the numbers the warmer (more brown) the colors... The higher color temperatures are the "blue" blinding lamps....

Color temperature is same spectrum whether incandescent or LED.... Sunlight is about 5000k.

Dale

Ideally you want around 4,000k color temp. Most OEM system are 4,000-4,200k or so. Above that you get glare & mor eye fatigue. Not to mention less visible or usable light per watt.

The blue & purple lights looked cool briefly but just dont work well as lights.

Most fluorescent bulbs are a little over 5,000k. Warm halogen bulbs in your house tend to be 3,000-3,500k.

 

[def38]

I would opt for HIDs in projector housings. The projector housings have a cutoff that keeps spillover under control. Also, HIDs are available in several colors but you want 4300K temperature, nothing over 5000. Put these lights on a separate circuit and switch. They do not like hot restrikes. You'll pay a bit more but your light will be well controlled for oncoming drivers and you'll have about 3500 lumens of light, plenty of light when plowing. You need to mount the ballast/igniter to fire the HID lamps. HIDs last for 1000s of hours but not as long as LEDs.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I know everyone has outfitted their tractors with all sorts of work lights that would light up a football stadium but I want to use a pair of 電river friendly work lights to the front to avoid blinding oncoming drivers when I知 on the public roadways clearing snow. I壇 rather that they see me and navigate safely around me. Anyone got any suggestions?

I have some LED lights that has too much light spill and tilting it down won稚 be effective. I wonder if there are effective flood/fog lights that would do the job of keeping the lights down to the ground. The lights will be mounted on the canopy.

I use flood lights on my tractor.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Ideally you want around 4,000k color temp. Most OEM system are 4,000-4,200k or so. Above that you get glare & mor eye fatigue. Not to mention less visible or usable light per watt.

The blue & purple lights looked cool briefly but just dont work well as lights.

Most fluorescent bulbs are a little over 5,000k. Warm halogen bulbs in your house tend to be 3,000-3,500k.

I totally agree about the eye fatigue and glare. I wish somebody would start making 4K LEDs for driving applications but I have not found any. I just tried 5K LETs lights on my side-by-side and frankly, the stock H13 incandescents are better.

 

[joefromga]

People THINK LEDs are brighter this better. They don't care about color temp.