Cummins_expo
Adventurer
This would be ideal.. Fishing wires from the power source to the outside is a straight shot. Fishing wires to a switch ( close enough to reach without climbing into camper) that is the difficulty.
Camp lights- with switch on light
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This would be ideal.. Fishing wires from the power source to the outside is a straight shot. Fishing wires to a switch ( close enough to reach without climbing into camper) that is the difficulty.
High_Country
Adventurer
You might consider something like this.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Large-Magnetic-LED-Work-Light-HWLLG/206031017
Magnetic base, pivoting head, bright LED, battery powered. Best of all, no fishing of wires, setup time, and you're not tethered by wires.
Under hood light for repair? Check
Tent light? Check
Galley/kitchen light? Check
Convenience light? Check
If you're camping 200 nights / year, there's some romance to not having to replace batteries of course. But man, this has been nice.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Large-Magnetic-LED-Work-Light-HWLLG/206031017
Magnetic base, pivoting head, bright LED, battery powered. Best of all, no fishing of wires, setup time, and you're not tethered by wires.
Under hood light for repair? Check
Tent light? Check
Galley/kitchen light? Check
Convenience light? Check
If you're camping 200 nights / year, there's some romance to not having to replace batteries of course. But man, this has been nice.
javajoe79
Fabricator
Put the switch inside an external storage compartment?
Have you considered using a portable light powered from a 12 volt socket?
I can't find it at the moment, but I'll have a look at the equipment at work next week; there is a lamp that has an adjustable mount and an integrated switch.
Baja Designs makes a pretty cool little "dome light". Kinda expensive though. https://www.bajadesigns.com/products/LED-Dome-Light-wSwitch.asp
You could also put a LED inside a rubber tractor lamp housing - and install a switch in the dead space on the back side of the rubber housing.
EDIT:
Found it. Betts is the manufacturer. They don't seem to have a website, or at least a good one. Google "Betts rotating work light" and you'll find it. Be careful, I don't think they all have the integrated switch.
I can't find it at the moment, but I'll have a look at the equipment at work next week; there is a lamp that has an adjustable mount and an integrated switch.
Baja Designs makes a pretty cool little "dome light". Kinda expensive though. https://www.bajadesigns.com/products/LED-Dome-Light-wSwitch.asp
You could also put a LED inside a rubber tractor lamp housing - and install a switch in the dead space on the back side of the rubber housing.
EDIT:
Found it. Betts is the manufacturer. They don't seem to have a website, or at least a good one. Google "Betts rotating work light" and you'll find it. Be careful, I don't think they all have the integrated switch.
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Cummins_expo
Adventurer
The Baja Designs one looks slick!
Cummins_expo
Adventurer
I built this one for barbecuing but would work for a camp light as well. I'll probably use a bucket with sand or dirt instead the tripod. Dimmer works great. I can either plug it into the portable battery pack or directly into the truck/camper.
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Any links on how and wht you purchased to make this work. Looks like a standard LED off road light and?
craig333
Expedition Leader
Light from ebay, probably the dimmer too. The aluminum tube I had laying around.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-4inch-...ash=item20e4a36f7f:g:R1kAAOSwqYBWoHN2&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Manual-Dimm...183083?hash=item3aab7cc16b:g:Lo8AAOSw1WJZKcw7
Not much invested and if I wanted a cleaner look ( I do but I'm too lazy to do it now) I'd run the wires inside the tubing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-4inch-...ash=item20e4a36f7f:g:R1kAAOSwqYBWoHN2&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Manual-Dimm...183083?hash=item3aab7cc16b:g:Lo8AAOSw1WJZKcw7
Not much invested and if I wanted a cleaner look ( I do but I'm too lazy to do it now) I'd run the wires inside the tubing.
I made some camping lights nearly identical to craig333 but with standard inline switches. Connected 2 wire trailer plugs with 2' of extra length from the pole. Ran wires from the aux fuse block to the bed of the Tacoma. Mounted them to the cargo rails. We got heavy winds in the middle of the night. Ran guy lines with light like it was day. They make spot and flood light versions of many of the off road lights. Also most are waterproof.
https://www.amazon.com/Nilight-Driv...923&sr=8-6&keywords=off+road+led+flood+lights
https://www.amazon.com/Nilight-Driv...923&sr=8-6&keywords=off+road+led+flood+lights
rayra
Expedition Leader
Here's a small light set that could be readily modified -
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HTXANFC/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1MVM3MX9FF5ME&colid=QWZ1BSZYG6VW
bright light, small housings, (4) for $30 seems like a good deal, a few hundred good reviews. They'd be easy to modify. A sort of spring-clamp bracket to hang them on my roof rack. Wire some Anderson connector pigtails and put mating plugs in the rear-facing sides of my roof rack footings and I could easily hang the lights and aim them wherever. These particularly lights are spots, not floods and bright white, but there are probably similar amber floods. Easy enough to fit an amber or red lens, too.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HTXANFC/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1MVM3MX9FF5ME&colid=QWZ1BSZYG6VW
bright light, small housings, (4) for $30 seems like a good deal, a few hundred good reviews. They'd be easy to modify. A sort of spring-clamp bracket to hang them on my roof rack. Wire some Anderson connector pigtails and put mating plugs in the rear-facing sides of my roof rack footings and I could easily hang the lights and aim them wherever. These particularly lights are spots, not floods and bright white, but there are probably similar amber floods. Easy enough to fit an amber or red lens, too.