LED LIGHTING REVIEW

[hailofaguy]

Thanks Dooley. Laying in bed sick with the flu so can't go out there right now but I do believe they have a reflector system in them. I think I'll just order two of these 27w versions and be done with it. Thanks again, Mark

 

[pedalstomper78]

I'm in the same boat. Caught some sort of nasty bug that has me limited to the office, the bathroom, and bed. Not exactly how I wanted to spend a few days off.

Pass the NyQuil please Mark.....

 

[BIG DOOLEY]

hope you are feeling better soon.
i have 3 kids under the weather this week.
pass the Lysol
tom

 

[PhysAssist]

I think i said in one of the early threads mine are flood pattern.
both sets are flood pattern.
there are no reflectors to concentrate the light into a spot.
do yours have some sort of reflector to make the spot beam?
can you post a picture ot the lens front.

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Tom

You said it on 10/31/12, and apparently heckofaguy didn't see it.

That square panel design with minimal reflector describes some lights I got from LED Warehouse on Amazon.

Very bright, but pure flood without any focus point. I'm thinking about adding shutters to better focus them, like on klieg lights.

Thomas
No matter where you go; there you are...

 

[BIG DOOLEY]

Morning,
Thanks, I would hate to mislead or steer someone down the wrong trail.
Off the topic I have a fresh 28 F morning in Michigan today with some light frost.

Shutters might be a great solution to many peoples debate of which set to purchase.
I doubt that you will get a strong "beam" , but it should have some effect on redirecting light.
I might suggest try using a shutter set that you can move to change from spot to flood.
Heck it would be a simple experiment bench testing off the tractor.
Shutters would also be a great solution to lights mounted directly overhead on the ROPS where too much light is in the face while looking back etc.
My lights are mounted for and aft of the operator station and I do not not have this issue but others have sounded off on the problem before.
Aluminum dryer vent tubing??? or some other reflective material clamped around the perimeter of the light might be a solution.
Experiment with different lenghts and shapes. A visor shape would collect the light trying to go up.
Anyone looking for a spot beam remember this.
A parabolic reflector is what redirects the light into a spot beam. if the lights have no type of reflector is is not going to be a spot light beam.



Tom

 

[PhysAssist]

Morning,
Thanks, I would hate to mislead or steer someone down the wrong trail.
Off the topic I have a fresh 28 F morning in Michigan today with some light frost.

Shutters might be a great solution to many peoples debate of which set to purchase.
I doubt that you will get a strong "beam" , but it should have some effect on redirecting light.
I might suggest try using a shutter set that you can move to change from spot to flood.
Heck it would be a simple experiment bench testing off the tractor.
Shutters would also be a great solution to lights mounted directly overhead on the ROPS where too much light is in the face while looking back etc.
My lights are mounted for and aft of the operator station and I do not not have this issue but others have sounded off on the problem before.
Aluminum dryer vent tubing??? or some other reflective material clamped around the perimeter of the light might be a solution.
Experiment with different lenghts and shapes. A visor shape would collect the light trying to go up.
Anyone looking for a spot beam remember this.
A parabolic reflector is what redirects the light into a spot beam. if the lights have no type of reflector is is not going to be a spot light beam.

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Tom

Good thoughts that [if it pleases you to excuse me] mirror my own.

Thomas

 

[tkappeler]

I just added the 2 x 18W versions from the same place. I put them on yesterday and all I can say is WOW. I got them working yesterday afternoon and tried them out last night. What an unbelievable amount of light they throw off. Thanks for the tip!

I may need to add one more for facing back. Shortsightedness on my part.

 

[pedalstomper78]

tkappeler, I've had good luck with the ones from tractorhelp.com also. Lights.....can you ever have enough? haha

 

[BIG DOOLEY]

Great!
Sounds like everyone who buys a set has the same reaction "WOW".
Nice loooking tractor by the way.
Big Dooley

 

[varmint]

When I ordered my pair of 18w lights, I had a choice of flood or spot. Since I will be working withing 15'-20' of the lights mostly, I went for the floods, but the spots might work better for some users? For $26 each, you get a good light.