LED work light

[My Hoe]

The HID's draw substantially more than LED's but are very comparable to Halogens. HID's do require a higher startup current due to the ballast but then drop down for continuous duty. A 55W halogen will draw around 4.5A and produces around 800 Lumens. A comparable HID will draw around 9 Amps to start and then drop to around 5.5A continous but produces a whopping 3000 Lumens.

Here's a couple Ebay kits that I thought looked promising but haven't used personally.
55W 4300K 12V 24V HID XENON WORK LIGHT KIT OFFROAD 4WD | eBay

This kit mimics the standard tractor lights and the color temperature can be chosen.PAIR NEW 6" XENON OFFROAD HID SPOT LIGHTS PICK UR COLOR | eBay

I would definitely go with the higher output charging system, especially with an inverter installed as well. If the battery box permits an upgrade to a deep cycle marine style or sealed Optima battery that will help tremendously.

Arcnsparks,

Sorry it took me so long to respond.

I just wanted to say THANK YOU for the links. And the confirmation on the value of the heavier charging system.

You will get there before me, so if you do experiment with these lights, please post (possibly PM me if it's in a new thread?) as I'd like to read what you learn. Your comfort level with this stuff is waaay higher than mine, and I'm enjoying learning from you, among others.

Thanks again,

My Hoe

 

[Todd22]

The LED lights today put off plenty of heat and will not ice up. The higher power worklights and tractor lights that are 10 watts or higher put off enough heat now to require a "heat sink" built into the light to dissipate the heat and protect the LED diodes. here are a couple LED powerful tractor lights
http://www.towmart.com/24-watt-round-led-light

 

[piller]

Installed 1 24W Flood. Pictures just before daylight.
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2 with new light only, 2 with headlight only.
All the light is from the tractor, 2.5 sec exposure, the light seen in horizon was providing no light on the ground.

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Big difference in the forward looking picture, headlights only vs. LED only, LED looks much better! Thanks for posting.