nikdfish
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Finally added a new worklight to the 1025R ROP.
I had been bugged a bit by the way the FEL blocks the headlights on the few occasions I'd had to be working at night (& usually in bad weather ...) and wanted to mount something high enough to shine over it.
I picked up a 22" flood/spot combo LED bar via Amazon. Nominal specs are 40 3W emitters, w/ 16 on the outer edge being flood & 24 across the center being spot, 8.4 amp draw @ 12v. Supply voltage OK 10 - 30 volts. Caught it marked down to about $36 delivered via Amazon Prime & thought it was worth a try. (The product page at Amazon can be found here:
Amazon.com: Cutequeen Trading Universal 10v-30v Dc 120w 22" Rectangle 6000-6500 LED Spot Light for Tractor Marine Off-road Lighting Rv Atv(pack of 1): Automotive)
I ended up using a piece of 1/8" 1.5"x1.5" aluminum angle for the mount. A couple of holes for two 2" square U-bolts and two slots for the lamp mounting was all the fabrication required.
The wire got routed through the ROP, entering via the existing hole in the top. I ended up using some string trimmer material to fish through the tube & pull the wire through. Previous attempts let me know that there were some sharp edges present, so I used a double wrapped layer of electrical tape as a sheath over the pair of 14 AWG I used.
I routed it out through the hole in the side of the lower ROP tube & from there to the existing capped bullet plug pair for a rear worklight. I didn't locate these first, if I had I would have routed through the right side of the ROP rather than the left side since the pair are by the lower right side of the ROP. :banghead:
Any way, It works! When the switch is placed in the worklight position, the LED bar comes on along with the fender lights.
It turns out a 22" bar is the largest size that will fit within the upper ROP. There is just enough clearance that, if desired, I can loosen the allen screws on the side of the lamp mounts and rotate the light up & around to point to the rear if I ever need to use the backhoe at night...
Nick
I had been bugged a bit by the way the FEL blocks the headlights on the few occasions I'd had to be working at night (& usually in bad weather ...) and wanted to mount something high enough to shine over it.
I picked up a 22" flood/spot combo LED bar via Amazon. Nominal specs are 40 3W emitters, w/ 16 on the outer edge being flood & 24 across the center being spot, 8.4 amp draw @ 12v. Supply voltage OK 10 - 30 volts. Caught it marked down to about $36 delivered via Amazon Prime & thought it was worth a try. (The product page at Amazon can be found here:
Amazon.com: Cutequeen Trading Universal 10v-30v Dc 120w 22" Rectangle 6000-6500 LED Spot Light for Tractor Marine Off-road Lighting Rv Atv(pack of 1): Automotive)
I ended up using a piece of 1/8" 1.5"x1.5" aluminum angle for the mount. A couple of holes for two 2" square U-bolts and two slots for the lamp mounting was all the fabrication required.
The wire got routed through the ROP, entering via the existing hole in the top. I ended up using some string trimmer material to fish through the tube & pull the wire through. Previous attempts let me know that there were some sharp edges present, so I used a double wrapped layer of electrical tape as a sheath over the pair of 14 AWG I used.
I routed it out through the hole in the side of the lower ROP tube & from there to the existing capped bullet plug pair for a rear worklight. I didn't locate these first, if I had I would have routed through the right side of the ROP rather than the left side since the pair are by the lower right side of the ROP. :banghead:
Any way, It works! When the switch is placed in the worklight position, the LED bar comes on along with the fender lights.
It turns out a 22" bar is the largest size that will fit within the upper ROP. There is just enough clearance that, if desired, I can loosen the allen screws on the side of the lamp mounts and rotate the light up & around to point to the rear if I ever need to use the backhoe at night...
Nick
