DIY: LED Tractor Lights 

Thanks for the kind words.

Good point. Since this I have flipped 2 around.

I did not want to drill or weld to the ROPS as I know you are not supposed to. Mine is switched off the parking lights and they all come on. Not a big deal but I did not want to mount or drill in a switch hole.

Heck yeah! I need to make another one. Thought about doing a video on that, but there are so many out there seems silly.

Humm, I had not even looked into a long bar. I have since made 2 lights face rearward. I know solder can crack on a circuit board but I have never had them fail on wires. $75 is a lot of money when soldering was about $5. The whole thing is fused so if I have a failure then the fuse will pop. Good suggestions for anyone who is going to repeat this.

Thanks for the comment.

They are probably lower then the rating. They are bright.

@@MakerMaxCorbett Will the Battery drain more power When more lights are added, Since there's no RECHARGE itself..... ???????

I do not have a wire diagram. The relay you buy should come with one you can use. If you want to email me I can draw one up. motorcyclemax@gmail.com

Yes that is something I could have put in there. Thanks for the comment on it.

Thanks! I ended up putting 2 of them backwards.

I took the main power from the power wire going to the starter solenoid but that is basically the battery positive. I then ran a 12 volt wire from the parking lights to a relay to trip that allowing the battery power to the lights.

No but that would have been a good one. I welded some metal to the back of the can and then bolted the bracket to the tractor gas tank.

I don't know the colors off the top of my head and I am not watching it again. When using a relay follow the wiring diagram it comes with. The relay gets a ground to the frame. Then a small 12v supply turns the relay on, in my case from the key switch. When the relay is on it send a large 12v power (amps) through it to the lights. Only 1 wire goes from the relay to the lights. The lights are grounded at the blinker light I think.

@@MakerMaxCorbett if you go and watch it again or just look at your tractor you ran a power line fused from the battery (red wire) and the yellow one went to the switch in the tractor. You stated in the video that both the blue and black wires go to the lights which would be incorrect. I believe the black would be grounded and the blue would be going to power the lights, but the lights themselves are also grounded. But I still am wondering if there's any possibility that the tractor switch could be overloaded. And also if you had a switch AFTER the tractor switch to control rear lights independently, but still would be without power if the tractor key was off.

I hear you but find me some Made in USA lights that are under $300. The device you watched the video on was made in China.

Maker Max Corbett I know, it’s a damned shame. Not sure you can find LED’s made in North America. Hopefully this Pandemic brings more changes here at home in Canada