LED lighting on ROPS

[dodge man]

It's not the greatest set up, there might be reasons it's wrong, but I just jammed a wire in the positive terminal on the battery. I have a fuse near the battery and a switch I cut a hole in the cowl area for, then hid the wire under the floor mat.

 

[TheeKb]

If u ever have a chance take some pics I'd love to see em. Thinking about mounting a set laterally to my rop bars on each side. Would be nice to mount facing forward too but I think it would blind me

 

[Juiced06GTO]

The worklight is probably only rated at 5A from Kubota, thats what mine was on the B2601, you cant just drop a bigger fuse in unfortunately. Attached are pictures on how I did mine. Aux fuse panel off the battery, w a 30A fuse, then two separate 7.5A fuses for the front and rear lights. I uses waterproof switches off Amazon made by Rigid rated at 15A so I didn't have to bother with a relay. Hope that helps.

 

[TheeKb]

Nice! Looks clean too! I'll use this for sure. Just gave to figure the mounting a bit bc of cover. Maybe I could add some spacers? Or just go under the bar... decisions decisions

 

[Juiced06GTO]

I fabbed up a bracket out of flat stock and secured it with some 3" square u bolts from tractor supply. I slipped a piece of rubber gas line over the u bolts to provide a little cushion and to keep the bolts from moving around. I welded mine up, but you could probably do the same thing with nuts and bolts.

 

[dodge man]

Yes, I have one facing forwards and one back. They do kind of blind you if you turn your head the right direction, probably worse since I wear glasses. I'm not sure where else to mount them.

 

[rdinatal]

Think about branches, etc. if you mount above the ROPS. I mounted mine below and I'm glad as branches seem to hunt them out!.

-R

 

[Fallon]

Never ever put in a bigger fuse unless you validate every single spec of wiring in that circuit is rated for more amperage. Otherwise your wiring could melt before the fuse.

I put some undersized fuses in my new setup because even though the wiring was good for 10+ amps I shouldn't have ever pulled more than 5@. So I stuck in 5@ to be cautious.

Sorry about the crap URL, but can't get the TBN one on my phone easily.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...aH-TbnJ34bH7W66Zw&sig2=b6T7TIjqzJD3utgynMSCsA

If your lights will use less than the 15?@ of the aux circuit, use that. If not, you need to add a circuit. If you start getting above 50% of the rated capacity of your switch, or above 10@ it's in your best interest to put in a relay. Extra work, but saves your switches from burning up & minimizes voltage drop. Given how LEDs work & requiring a regulator it's a lot less important than with old halogen bulbs that would be a lot dimmer. Less voltage drop means you are less likely to exceed your alternator capacity though.

 

[dodge man]

I actually thought of mounting mine below the ROPS but the blinding affect is worse for me that way. I mounted mine more towards the right side of the ROPS due to the fact when I mow the left side is closer to trees and such. That seems to help.

 

[Sysop]

I never upsized my fuse. The stock fuse was a 10A fuse with sufficient wire gauge, 10A equates out to 120W of usable power. The 3 LEDs combined are less watts than the OEM 55W worklight. I'll be fine.