[AT] led lights

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

The ones I mentioned from Grote for $140 are a direct replacement for normal 
12v sealed beams on tractors. Napa had them in stock at their warehouse, I 
imagine they will be there for a LONG time.

I kept the wattage low because I didn't want to add any load to an ancient 
electrical system. I never really cared for my application how many lumens 
they put out since anything would be way better than what I had!

I have seen some LED par36 bulbs on Ebay for landscape lights. I may look 
into those as a replacement on the tractors. Prices started in the $20 
range. You can buy add on lights pretty cheap, which is basically what my 
combine had to start with from the factory. The tractors on the other hand 
have them integrated into the fenders and grilles.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Gunnells, Bradley R
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 10:08 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] led lights

I kept an email from Dick Day regarding some lights he had found pretty 
reasonable that looked good.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009AQTOP2/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They are not a replacement for your current sealed beams (I'd be curious if 
you found something and the price etc). As others have said, it's not a 1 to 
1 in comparison using wattage. Finding the lumens rating to compare 
incandescent bulbs to LED might be challenging.

As a side note, I picked up some 10w 12v flood LED 
lights<http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-Flood-light-10W-Warm-White-Outdoor-Wash-Lamp-Floodlight-Waterproof-Grey-Case-/281429748297?pt=US_Light_Bulbs&hash=item4186852a49> 
I mounted them on my wood shed out in the timber. I can haul a car battery 
and leave it there so I have light anytime I need to load up some firewood 
in the middle of the winter at night. I took my test meter and measured the 
draw. That 10w floodlight which will light up a pretty good area only pulls 
as much as a single tail light bulb in your truck (I used the tail circuit 
in a 1157 bulb). So I wouldn't be worried about overloading the electrical 
circuit on that old equipment.

Brad

On Oct 2, 2014, at 8:06 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com<mailto:jtchall at nc.rr.com> 
wrote:

About a year ago I posted regarding putting LED lights onto old equipment. I 
figured by now I’d be able to find low cost LED sealed beams to fit into 
existing lights but the only ones I have found so far are made by Grote at 
$140 ea. I think I found some for $70 but haven’t been able to locate them 
again. I did order some complete 18W LED light assemblies pretty cheap. I 
replaced one on each side of the combine and its like I added 3 on each 
side, an absolutely amazing difference! I wanted to stay with the same 
wattage as the originals so I didn’t place any additional burden on a 40 
year old electrical system.
I plan on getting a couple more to go on the back of the 4020. I want a pair 
for the front too but would like to find something reasonably priced to 
interchange in the existing light housings.

If you run your older equipment at night, this is an upgrade I highly 
recommend.

John Hall
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