Thread: Looking for recommendations for rear mounted work light

Any of the following will suit. Ashdown-ingram aka NAPA now.
Or you could pay through the nose at an auto parts store.
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Originally Posted by reefmagnet

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Hi Guys,

I fitted a home made extendable work light to the back of my car the other day that uses a cheap (too cheap!) LED light that is a bit underwhelming. Browsing the usual suspects for lights gets a bit confusing with all the varieties and, of course, you don't really know what you're getting until you get it. Therefore, I'm looking for suggestions on what people are using that they're happy with that gives a good spread of light for camping etc. This light also acts as a reversing light (which can be switched off) so looking for something ideally around 24 watts with the ability to change the tilt angle without too much hassle and that mounts with a single 8mm bolt.

All advice appreciated. Cheers.

Cheers, that Narva work light has the spread I'm looking for. I'll see if I can get my hands on one and give it a try.

Thanks in great part to advice provided on this thread, I ended up getting a Narva 72422 LED work lamp. Installed and tested and it is literally and figuratively brilliant. Throws out a perfectly diffused spread of light over an area good enough to light up a camp site. As a bonus (and what swayed me in this direction) it's got an ADR approval for use as a reversing light, so no need for an additional switch to disable it from the reversing circuit.

Originally Posted by reefmagnet

Thanks in great part to advice provided on this thread, I ended up getting a Narva 72422 LED work lamp. Installed and tested and it is literally and figuratively brilliant. Throws out a perfectly diffused spread of light over an area good enough to light up a camp site. As a bonus (and what swayed me in this direction) it's got an ADR approval for use as a reversing light, so no need for an additional switch to disable it from the reversing circuit.

Did you put a relay in the circuit and it's own power supply for the light?

Originally Posted by trout1105

Did you put a relay in the circuit and it's own power supply for the light?

At .3A it won't be needed

Originally Posted by trout1105

Did you put a relay in the circuit and it's own power supply for the light?

Originally Posted by Vern

At .3A it won't be needed

It's a more powerful unit than the original recommended on this thread, but that recommendation put me onto the path of the solution because Narva publish light pattern diagrams for many of their lights on their website which makes it a cinch to pick the best for an application. Spec says it draws .8 something Amps @ 12V so that's about 10w which is a pretty good compromise between light output and power draw, imo. I directly connected it to the battery with a pull-on switch mounted on the rear trim. I did install an isolating relay that the reversing light circuit uses to activate the light.

.8A it stuff all as well

Originally Posted by Vern

.8A it stuff all as well

Regardless of the ampage of the light it is a Much better option to use the vehicles reversing light cicuit to only trigger a relay and have a seperate (fused) power source for the new light.

The same as for any other additional lights fitted to the vehicle