RTV Lights

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I soon found out that while the system work pretty good, I would hit my head on it on occasion.

Also, after about a week, the spring on the drop leaf bracket broke. So I figured I need a different way to mount the light. I also thought that since I have the BX22, I would devise a system so that I could use the light on either piece of equipment.

The Go Light that I bought came with a dash mounted control (shown here) and a handheld remote control.

The wiring for the light required +12 volts, a ground and running the cable with connectors to the dash mounted control head. I picked up the +12 volts by piggybacking to one of the circuits in the fuse compartment and drilling and tapping a ground connection in the same area.

 

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another view of the control

 

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I came up with another mounting system. This one would make the light detachable. I found some panel hanging clips at McMaster Carr and reworked the mounting system

 

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I also had to make the power and factory cable detachable, which I did by using a multi-pin inline connector from AMP.

 

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Since the Go Light can work with only the handheld remote control, I made a bracket for the BX22. This time, I only had to run 12 power to the light, which I picked up from the auxiliary light already mounted on the rops.

 

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I also drilled through the bracket so that I could instal a T-Handle Push-Button Quick-Release Pin, as seen in the last picture, to keep the light from bouncing off either machine.

I don't know it it was worth all of the trouble, but I amused myself for a few hours and had fun.