Adding Led worklights

[pettsy]

I’ve got a couple of cheap Chinese 27w LED work lights spare and was thinking of adding them on to my E10 just infront off the leg guards on either side.

I’ve got some 2mm cable and was thinking of taking a fused supply off the battery via a waterproof switch, will i need to use a relay or will i be ok wiring it direct?

 

[doobin]

2mm cable is overkill for that. You’ll be fine.

 

[hiluxman]

Ive taken worklights off mine...sod working when its dark.

 

[TiltyShaun]

Ive taken worklights off mine...sod working when its dark.

Just spent a couple of hours repairing mine as you never know when they will come on handy on the farm!!

 

[T whiting]

Just tap them into the existing worklights feed I'd want worklights on a micro you spend a lot of time working inside where it can be dingy

 

[V8Druid]

Just tap them into the existing worklights feed I'd want worklights on a micro you spend a lot of time working inside where it can be dingy

yeh ... 4.5A draw the pair of 'em ... tee into existing wiring ..... 2mm is massive overkill and most switches will handle 4.5A

 

[pettsy]

Found my roll of twin core when tidying last night, realised it’s 1mm not 2mm . Might go and pick the machine up from the lockup over the next few days and do something productive instead of watching the usual xmas tv.

 

[Russell]

1mm is still good for a fair bit.

 

[Nick...]

I’ve got a pair on top of cab on my Volvo ecr25d.another on the rear of cab and a couple on boom so I get light at all bucket positions.I got some deutch connectors and fitted to new lights and plugged them in.I pretty much use the lights all year round mainly when trenching as its easy to see with no shadows.long time since I hit anything,apart from a gas pipe that was 6inchesdiwn and unmarked back in august
nick...

 

[pettsy]

Bolted straight on, just got to wire them in now. One thought I’d had was to use the feed for the 12v “lighter socket”, as where it’s fitted on the e10 is pretty much pointless anyway?

 

[doobin]

Bolted straight on, just got to wire them in now. One thought I’d had was to use the feed for the 12v “lighter socket”, as where it’s fitted on the e10 is pretty much pointless anyway?

You can get a switched fag socket plug to make life super easy....

 

[pettsy]

You can get a switched fag socket plug to make life super easy....

Thought about just using spade terminals into the plug, I mean the accelerator lever passes over the front of the plug on mine

 

[Lancs Lad]

That time of year...
Got a pair of mini Hella blackmagics which made really nice reverse lights.

Anyone any other suggestions to upgrade the Tb216? Stedi? Rigid? Or stick with Hella?
Had some eBay specials pack in on tractors after no time at all.

 

[6feetdown]

That time of year...
Got a pair of mini Hella blackmagics which made really nice reverse lights.

Anyone any other suggestions to upgrade the Tb216? Stedi? Rigid? Or stick with Hella?
Had some eBay specials pack in on tractors after no time at all.

Bought some amazon 1s about 4 years ago still going ok, I think!

 

[DaveDCB]

Nordic lights…. May end up costing more than the machine if you get carried away with them

 

[Lancs Lad]

Nordic lights…. May end up costing more than the machine if you get carried away with them

Heck, just priced em.see what you mean!

 

[6feetdown]

Heck, just priced em.see what you mean!

Jeez

 

[Brendan]

Like the idea of adding lights, although still haven't fitted the seat heaters I bought a year or so ago

 

[hiluxman]

Who works in the dark 🫣

 

[V8Druid]

Who works in the dark 🫣

no one if they have plenty of lights