Thread: LED work lights

I had a look at these at Opposite Lock the other day:

www.genr8.net.au/viper

I was thinking of the 1100 Flood for the rear.

Very small, seriously bright. Not cheapbay price though.



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Yeah - they look expensive!!

Keen to hear from someone who is running some LED worklights to get info on their performance......

Ta,
Mike

One of the contractors at work gave me a demonstration of something which looked similar to these ebay ones on his ute - during the day.
It was seriously bright to look at but obviously gave no real indication of what the beam pattern was like at night. He did say they were great.

Another option is a HID work light - they are not a lot more money these days and only draw 35w. I have seen these in action and they are very impressive - a wide band of very bright white light.

I have a Supercheap hand held 60?LED worklight and I bought a couple of about 20LED flat spots for use as reversing lights.

The problem with both types is that the beam is very bright but quite concentrated ie they have very bright spots directly in front but do not throw a wide beam.
This appears to be because in both instances the LEDs are mounted on a flat surface rather than having a curved mount so that the leds point in different directions.
Looking at the specs of the square one , it says a "long range flood" so I think it will have a similar problem.
The only really effective solution I have found so far is to buy the plastic strips of LEDS from Hong Kong. I have one of 60? glued to the inner rim of my RRC tailgate and it is great.When you open the tailgate it provides a wide bright light for about 5 metres around the tailgate area.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

The only really effective solution I have found so far is to buy the plastic strips of LEDS from Hong Kong. I have one of 60? glued to the inner rim of my RRC tailgate and it is great.When you open the tailgate it provides a wide bright light for about 5 metres around the tailgate area.
Regards Philip A

Great idea. Got any pics?

I have one of the ironman led work lights and am happy with it's output for use as a camp light. Cost about $120.

OK here are a couple of photos.
I have also added one of my storage area inside the spare for RRC owners.

[img=http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/1817/ledinsidetailgate003.th.jpg]
[img=http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2314/ledinsidetailgate002.th.jpg]
[img=http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2813/ledinsidetailgate001.th.jpg]
Regards Philip A

Ps the switching is just via the interior light switch for the tailgate and the wires are fed through the existing wire feed for the heated window.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

OK here are a couple of photos.
I have also added one of my storage area inside the spare for RRC owners.

[img=http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/1817/ledinsidetailgate003.th.jpg]
[img=http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2314/ledinsidetailgate002.th.jpg]
[img=http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2813/ledinsidetailgate001.th.jpg]
Regards Philip A

Ps the switching is just via the interior light switch for the tailgate and the wires are fed through the existing wire feed for the heated window.

Prime electronics http://ns.prime-electronics.com.au/i...hp/strips.html in brissie or sydney do these strips... i use them on my deck (have curved sections i wanted lit) they are bright and from what i remember very cheap too. something like 0.5a current draw too it isnt much...

Thanks

Steve