[AT] 6 volt led headlamps?

Howard Fleming hfleming at moosebird.net
Wed Jan 26 15:45:04 PST 2011


Hi Brad,

Trying to get better lighting for the tractor.  The current lights (both 
headlamps "do" work... :o) is a bit yellowish.

Updating the electrical system on the tractor to 12 volt would be 
primarily to get better (or brighter) light so I can see better at night.

I am/was hoping that if I can find 6 volt led lights, they would be 
brighter and draw less power.  Another reason is I just added a blade 
for snow work on the front, and I need to raise/add new lights so I can 
see what I am doing at night.

I did try "googling" for an answer, but so far have not found much, 
other than one link to a motorcycle site and were the owner made up his 
own.  I might try this route, but would take far more time than I have 
to work on it for now.

If I do end up upgrading the electrical system to 12v, I am sure the 
current lights would work well.... for  a few seconds!  :o0

Thanks!
Howard


On 01/26/2011 01:11 PM, Gunnells, Bradley R wrote:
> I guess I would question what you say when you want "better" headlights. LED lights are very very good in some regards. Very low power requirements, little to no heat, and extremely long lasting. They are very bright to "look at" so they make good replacements for brake lights and such. They don't however "project" light as well unless they are of the high power variety and usually in a housing designed with LEDs in mind (ie typically expensive).
>
> I would be hesitant to say they would be "better" than what you currently have (unless the bulbs are burned out) if you're putting them in the tractors original housing/glass. However with the different technologies and such LEDs are continuing to evolve.
>
> I've bought some to see what they would be like and have found mixed results. If I were putting it on a running tractor with working generator I'd personally lean to standard bulbs. Besides, if you plan to upgrade to 12v at some point then the lights may not work after the upgrade (double check their working voltages).
>
> Brad
>



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