Thread: Lighting My Way Home.

Hi JonesFam, Nice bit of country over there. My Mum was born in Georgetown. I don't think you need to worry too much about your battery or alternator. What is the current draw of the LED bar. If you have just hooked them up to/with your spotlights you may be overloading the cable/relay to your spotlights.
Cheers Mungus

I run a couple of Britax X-Ray Vision HID spots on the bullbar, and up until not long ago (when some arsehole stole it), had a 40 inch Baja Designs "stealth" LED bar mounted up under the roofrack.

Was a brilliant combination for the night time runs between Perth & Kalgoorlie, where there is often a bit of wildlife about. No problems with the battery / alternator etc at all. I ran two separate wiring circuits - one for the spots and another for the LED bar. Each circuit has its own relay and separate isolation switches on the console.

Sooner or later I'll get around to replacing the LED bar - but will have it mounted so that it's a little more difficult for light fingered mungrels to get it off next time.

A good solution is to aim your long range narrow beams slightly cross-eyed at near maximum range. This gives more area illuminated at roadsides and also as a bonus you get an around the corner line of vision. If you have the space to mount them, use the big Hella searchlights, P/Nos 1503 (270mm) and 1507(250mm). These have the longest range and widest spread of any long range auxiliary lights available here. You can get HID or QH bulbs for them. QH are available up to 150 w.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

A good solution is to aim your long range narrow beams slightly cross-eyed at near maximum range. This gives more area illuminated at roadsides and also as a bonus you get an around the corner line of vision. If you have the space to mount them, use the big Hella searchlights, P/Nos 1503 (270mm) and 1507(250mm). These have the longest range and widest spread of any long range auxiliary lights available here. You can get HID or QH bulbs for them. QH are available up to 150 w.

I disagree with this Brian.

Was told this many years ago (when I was running Cibie Super Oscars). Have tried it a couple of times with different pencil beam lights, and I find that it gives a poorer field of vision, and can be very annoying at times (when the two beams converge and then separate again).

I've always preferred aiming two pencil beams parallel to each other, straight up the road.

If I put in the LED light bar, which from these replies I will, I will put it on separate wiring & relay to the spots with a separate override switch.
Thanks
Jonesfam

Originally Posted by BMKal

I had a 40 inch Baja Designs "stealth" LED bar mounted up under the roofrack.

Hello BMKal,

Just wondering if anyone heard a loud clunk? It was me falling off my chair after the price popped up for what a 40 inch Baja Designs "stealth" LED bar is worth!

It must be some special light and I hope it was covered by your insurance policy? Then again making a claim would exacerbate the cost of what some low life's action has already caused you.

Kind Regards
Lionel

I've ordered a Rigid 40" SR2 combo, there is a rigid guy there, I've seen all his entertaining videos on youtube. You might check him out. Also extremely pricey, but bulletproof, and very very nice.

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Sadly, I invested in a pair of ARB Intensity LEDs but have no bull bar. I have been unable to find a mount for the front end, without a bull bar, so unless anyone has any ideas, I don't to have to try to fabricate something.

For my D4 I initially fabricated a bar that mounted behind the grille with 2 brackets coming out through gaps in the grille.