A farmer friend put a couple led lamps in roof of his tractor. Amazing!!inexpensive and take little power to run. Lights up 1/2mile because they so high.
Adding led lights to 9540
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Thanks skeets! I'm pretty sure there is nothing faintly resembling a cigarette lighter on this tractor, but I found a cluster of wires by the base of the seat that the manual labels "for use with an implement (total 10 A)". I took this to mean some thing on the 3 pt hitch, and there is no commitment on voltage. But maybe they would do. I'll try downloading the electrical circuit for this tractor and see how far I get. My electronics mostly consists of finding shorts and broken wires.
85Hokie
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Sheep,
If you add a "new" fuse box - you have a "pos" and "neg" from the battery being used ONLY
or
http://www.amazon.com/LAMPHUS-CRUIZ...im_auto_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=02KZXK9J8090NDQN5GTM
would be better for the one circuit
This way you can run what you want/ how you want and have everything self contained. The only link is TO the battery - IF you use another battery, you will have to charge THAT battery.....and in that case, either you charge it off the electrical system of the tractor and run the battery down and then recharge OR you charge it via the alternator ON the tractor....which WOULD be taxing the total system! If you really want to get off the tractors grid, get you a small lawn tractor battery - have your lights on a battery clip and then like you said - you can use the lights and then take the battery out to recharge. A small $30 lawn battery would hold 2 of these lights for a couple of hours, that is a 3 amp/hour draw - and only if a couple of hours it would be fine.
these would add plenty of light ......
http://www.amazon.com/SHANREN-water...425223497&sr=8-1&keywords=led+off+road+lights
your light bar will provide MORE light , but draws a lot more amps!
the light bars "amp rating" is a little misleading ...
1.Total of 120W(3W X 40 pieces LEDs) at 6,000K Color Temperature,Current draw 8.2A @ 12V, 4.1A @ 24V
you do the math - 8.2 x 12 volts = ???? now what they REALLY mean is that a fully charged tractor RUNNING with a ALTERNATOR charging the battery at about 13.5 volts.....that will get you back down to about 8+ amps
The disadvantage of the light bar - it is fixed other than tilting up and down, now it does light up the forest
but question is - do you need that much light to only work in the dark a little bit of time? Or does it look damn sexy? ...ok it does look damn good!Some of you guys are talking about lights that are drawing a good bit of amps, your tractor has a 45 amp alternator on it !
I understand the concern of the warranty - but for the same cost you could have your cake and eat it too!
You do what you need to do ! If you are thinking about the light bar type - the extra battery idea will almost be taxed to death!
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Shaunblake, they will be an addition. Time to do some calculations.
N I Wolfman, had to laugh when I read your post and thought "what was I thinking?"
I should have said I wanted to tie into the wiring that's under the fender and where the flashers are located. On a previous install I used an empty wire (which had a connector) that was part of a line of wires that fed the flashers. That extra wire was controlled only by the key. My new tractor has an unused wire on both sides of the ROPS. I'm guessing Kubota put these there for auxiliary lighting?
Anyhow, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
N I Wolfman, had to laugh when I read your post and thought "what was I thinking?"
I should have said I wanted to tie into the wiring that's under the fender and where the flashers are located. On a previous install I used an empty wire (which had a connector) that was part of a line of wires that fed the flashers. That extra wire was controlled only by the key. My new tractor has an unused wire on both sides of the ROPS. I'm guessing Kubota put these there for auxiliary lighting?
Anyhow, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
Thanks hokie, that gives me a lot to think about. I hit upon my original notion because I havea salvaged car battery lying around, and I thought that a bar would survive being hit by branches better if I tucked it on the under side of the rops. I can't seem to get the drift of how high that thing is. But I can see another approach might be better in the long run. I will do some thinking before I order!
Thx, 85 hokie, any idea how to mount them on the roof ? is their a bracket that can be ordered that fits on 9540 or do i need to fabricate something ?Steve,
for the price of the lights and the light that is provided - this is a good bargain.
http://www.amazon.com/SHANREN-water...425043775&sr=8-1&keywords=led+off+road+lights
The do not come with all the fancy hardware - but I am sure you can be creative and find a way/place to mount them!
thx any idea how to mount these lights on the roof, is their a standard mount available ?
Kubota Fan,
Thank you, this is excactly what i was looking for. I just ordered two units one for 1100c and one for 9540, ill get them installed let you know how they work !
Burt
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Installing lights,There is no magic "bar" or template or hanger to follow for light installations.
Therefore, I highly recommend Click Bond. Click bond allows you to mount them where you want, how you want without the added rust attractions of hangers, supports or hardware that is bugly.
Please spend some time looking at click bond on you tube. Go to you tube and "digs gardens." You will see our installation there. There are a lot of posts about click bond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l7k3ScZxj0 is our installation on an L3700SU (same as L3800).
Our installation was done using Click Bond and you can see how much tidier it is because of the lack of supporting hardware. Do some homework and check other guys installations on this site. You will find many recommendations for the Click Bond and it is how I found out how handy this product is.
Burt
