LED Work-lamp group buy

[Beowulf]

Any night shots of this illuminating an area?

 

[Martyn]

Sounds interesting. M&M could you please give us a run down of the potential uses that you see fit for this light. I have read the post and see several applications but I also know that you guys must have been attracted to this light for some specific reason other than power consumption.

Thanks

Well there has always been a need for a bright light when setting up camp or reversing a trailer or vehicle.

All the lights available up to this point has some draw backs.

Power consumption was a big issue, do I keep the vehicle running to power the lamp, or how long can I run the lamp before it drains my battery. So the 3 watt draw on the LED solves that problem.

The 55 watt lamps needed special attention when wiring them, either in the form of heavier gauge wiring, or relays. For the LED's we recommend a fuse but the relay would depend on your unique situation.

The light spread on this lamp gives a good field of light to work in so it's ideal for camp set up or reversing.

The LED lamp does not have a built in switch like the Matador so it's possible for it to function as a reverse light and a work light by wiring it up a such.

The 7 pin socket on most vehicles is wired for reverse, and our trailers are wired for reverse up to the junction box on the nose. Pulling the additional wiring isn’t a huge job so long as you have an electricians snake.

The other half of the M&M duo may have other reasons for liking the set up.

 

[calamaridog]

Have you managed to work the anti-moth attraction technology into the beam pattern?

:sombrero:

It's funny you should mention that. My LED lantern barely attracts any bugs at all, compared to the halogen ones, it's like 10% as many bugs:campfire:

 

[Martyn]

Any night shots of this illuminating an area?

We can post shots once we take them, won't be until Sunday at the earliest.

 

[spressomon]

Andrew

Already done.:shakin:

What is interesting is that insects are not attracted to LED light. I think it has something to do with the wave length. Have you noticed you don't get insect activity around the LED running lights on your Horizon?

That's been my experience with the LED head lights...no bug attraction to speak of.

 

[calamaridog]

I'm very interested but I'd love to see the night pics if possible.

Martyn, would these work as driving lights or not throw far enough?

 

[Martyn]

Here is some more information on the lamp from the manufacturer. It’s quite specific in that these are ridged answers from an engineer. So if it doesn’t exactly fit into a classification it doesn't get put in one.

They classify it as a Utility light. (Maybe a tractor light?)

It doesn’t meet any standards as far as classification into spot, flood or trapezoidal. (But later they state "it produces a round pattern")

The lamp produces a round 160 degree light pattern with most of the light directed in the inner 40 degrees around the center of the lens

The numbers are as follows:
Wattage: 5
Amp draw: 0.39
Output Lumens: 150
Lumens/watt: 30
Average life Hours; 50,000 (compares to 100-300 for halogens).

On the light output the quality of the light is very high. So it's easier to see your surrounds in the dark. It's not a measurable thing so the manufacturer will not have quantified it. But what we were seeing was a high quality white light that it was easy to see in. This is contrasted against the low quality of the Halogen light. Saying that I know it's subjective.

Here is the comparison of light output from halogen lights.
35 watt halogen; 284-301 +/- lumens
55 watt halogen; 410 +/- lumens

 

[Martyn]

I'm very interested but I'd love to see the night pics if possible.

Martyn, would these work as driving lights or not throw far enough?

I don't have an answer for that. I think we will have to wait for Mario to mount some up and take pictures.

The manufacturer was very clear that these are not DOT approved lights in any shape or form.

 

[dbregman]

I'll take one

email sent

 

[Colorado Ron]

Hmmm. Im looking for a light setup that I can mount under the hood. Id like to be able to flip one switch and light up the whole engine bay. Think these would work good for that? Seems like they would.

 

[Redline]

It's worth a lot and that is how I intend to use them too.

For what it's worth, I am mounting two on the rear of my MJ as reverse lights. Even though I had upgraded the factory bulbs to 15W replacements, I like illumination of this LED better.

 

[Redline]

Two Please

Martyn:

Put me down for two.

I was originally thinking of reverse & camp light, but the engine bay idea sounds interesting too.

Redline

 

[Martyn]

Hmmm. Im looking for a light setup that I can mount under the hood. Id like to be able to flip one switch and light up the whole engine bay. Think these would work good for that? Seems like they would.

Ron

I would imagine they would work. Once you have mounted one in place you'd be able to tell us. :sombrero:

 

[telwyn]

Please put me down for 2 also. Email sent. Thanks!

 

[archtimb]

This is great, and kudos to Martyn & Mario for finding a nice LED lite. I have been looking for one since 2004 when I put our Cruiser back together. I could not believe that one has not been available till now.

I ended up going with a rectangular Hella lamp. Battery draw is manageable with a dual setup. It is fantastic as a backup light which, as it turns out, is almost all we use it for. It would probably rock as a work light for repairs but I do not know as Cruisers never break!

That said, I ran heavy wire and operate it off a relay. Tied into the backup circuit, also with manual switches at the dash and rear quarter. I anticipated using it as a camp light but it turns out to be just too bright!

I still want to go to a LED one of these days but I may wait a little longer to see if anyone starts making a hi/low one. Be sweet to be able to use only a couple of the LED's for camp light. The LED could be installed without current draw concerns. The full work light output would be nice for repairs and backup, but from my experience you may find the full output too much for camp light.

Mitch