Light Bar advice
#11
11-01-2014, 11:05 AM
Mudding
#13
11-01-2014, 02:51 PM
#15
11-14-2014, 01:44 PM
Gizmo
Alright so I ordered a Gizmo 40" light bar. I guess it comes with a harness.
What do you guys think of this bar? I treading on new territory with light bars. I know nothing about them or how to install. Is there anything else I need to buy in order to install this lightbar? I want to use one of the extra buttons already in my truck.
What do you guys think of this bar? I treading on new territory with light bars. I know nothing about them or how to install. Is there anything else I need to buy in order to install this lightbar? I want to use one of the extra buttons already in my truck.
Last edited by TRIARII; 11-14-2014 at 01:56 PM.
#16
11-14-2014, 01:57 PM
240W 40" light bar from Amazon.com ($125 Shipped!). I use it all the time with the heat going, seat heaters, headlights, fog lights, spotlights, heated windshield, etc... You get the idea. No drop in voltage via the ultra gauge. 240 watts is ~18 amps@ 13 volts (even less at 14v which is where my truck seems to sit around)
Assuming you dont have SLS or ACE you can use either of those circuits/relays to power your auxiliary stuff. (my LED bar is running through the ACE wiring and the spot lamps are going through the SLS)
Assuming you dont have SLS or ACE you can use either of those circuits/relays to power your auxiliary stuff. (my LED bar is running through the ACE wiring and the spot lamps are going through the SLS)
#17
11-15-2014, 06:19 PM
Mudding
#18
11-15-2014, 06:29 PM
#19
11-16-2014, 12:26 AM
Mentioned recently Im soon to be ordering a Ironman4x4 LED light bar (same model used by Lucky8 on their Project P38) part number ILEDSR516. Price $300 shipped. Anyways Im wondering how best to install it, what spot will be best either the roof or on the front bumper and Im wondering how much juice it will consume from the battery while driving. Truck has 146k now and brand new duralast gold battery, but original alternator. No fancy dual battery setup - which is why im worried. In April Ill be using the light bar all night for at least a week while driving to illuminate the roads. Can a old alternator and new battery handle that kind of power or will it likely kill the new battery?
Im considering buying a spare used alternator in case mine should fail on the trip. Had it tested though and so far its in good shape.
Im considering buying a spare used alternator in case mine should fail on the trip. Had it tested though and so far its in good shape.
#20
11-16-2014, 08:00 AM
Illegal to have it mounted on the roof or illegal to use them on public roads? I dont expect to be blinding people on the main roads. I purchased the light in part for my upcoming overland trip. I will be traveling alot of country roads as I get up in Canada and Alaska. Long stretches of roads with no other traffic, lots of trees and lots of animals roaming the road. Thats the primary purpose of the lightbar for me, and any offroading adventures that ever come my way.