LED
Lighting
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have five rather large, high amperage flood lights under my rock crawler.
When I turn them on, I get a serious power draw. I was looking for something
smaller (easier to hide) that didn't require all the extra equipment. When I
saw the LED components at Roundeyes.com, I had found the end to my search. The
rock lights they sell are each a 1 watt Luxeon LED that draw only 350
milliamps of electricity from the vehicle's 12v system. They are designed to
light up an area six foot by six foot. They suggest using six LEDs to light
up the ground under a short wheel based vehicle. They have a special if you
want to buy all six at once. |
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| They are also very compact, so they mount almost anywhere. I have replaced the larger lights under my trail rig more times than I want to count, so installing these new lights where they were up, out of harms way, was very important. And to top that off, they are waterproof and almost indestructible too! They can be mounted almost anywhere, but you want to spread them out to the four corners of your vehicle and then fill the center with the last two. | ||||
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| This was more of an 'install and forget' solution to underside lighting. The components are neatly tucked up out of the way and are only visible once they are turned on. For rock lights, we prefer to use a bright white, but if you are so inclined they have these LED kits in five different colors. With an estimated 50,000 hours of life in them, I think they will probably last awhile. | ||||
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  We
also installed a new interior option. This was also an LED component - Low
on the power consumption but higher output than stock. It came with a decent
set of instructions and an adaptor for most of the interior lights out
there. Installation took about 3 minutes, and that was only because I
stopped and read the directions... |
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  Removing
the light cover and the stock bulb was probably the hardest part of the
installation. After the bulb was removed, we just had to match it up with
the right size adaptor from the kit. |
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adaptors all have receptacles built in to accept the plug from the LED disc.
The disc has twelve LEDs for a much brighter effect. The kit comes with
three different spacer thicknesses of that go on like double stick tape. You
can use it to attach the LED disc to the adaptor to keep it from rattling
around inside the light fixture. |
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  Replacing
the plastic cover is all that is left. As you turn on the light you will
immediately realize how much brighter the LED light is over a weak stock
bulb. These are reported to have only a 10,000 hour life span, but I think
that's still pretty decent for a light bulb. |
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| This installation was in a blue Samurai, so for a little 'Bling' the kit we installed gave a bright blue glow. They have other colors available, or you can go with a more traditional white light if that is more to your liking. These LEDs really complete the job in a nice package. Easy installation, rugged construction and a nicely hidden solution made this installation very worthwhile. | ||||
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| Roundeyes Inc. does more than just provide lighting products, as a lifetime member of the Blue Ribbon Coalition they actively promote to keep our trails open. They help to make our hobby possible. | ||||
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07/08/10 21:59
