high output Alternator

CADplans · Jan 27, 2024

Have you changed all the lighting to LED??
I have so many lights on my 4052, I am amazed the alternator keeps up.
I changed about a half dozen bulbs to LED,, because one of the lights would go dim when the turn signal was turned on.
With each illumination of the turn signal bulb, the other lights would dim.
I originally thought it was a grounding issue, that is the only time I have ever seen lights dim when other lights came on.

I found that JD ran a small wire to power ALL the tractor aux. lights,,
The wire was too small to run over a half dozen incandescent lights, it seems fine with LED bulbs.
It is probably a size #18 wire.

Everything is fine now, with the amp draw reduced by probably 70%,,

I still do not like that small wire, but, the wire harness is too intricate to start adding/changing wires.

CADplans · Jan 27, 2024

The other big plus with LED bulbs is that the switches last longer,
The switches do not like carrying high amps,,
AND the switches are expensive to replace.

I was shocked at the low quality of the mounts that hold bulbs in the taillights.
The bulb simply sets in a piece of brass with a round hole punched in it.
NO socket at all, just a flat piece of brass.

You almost have to do a balancing act to get the bulb in that piece of brass,, and have it align to the contact at the end of the bulb.

THAT is another reason to use LED's,,