LED spot light.

[ME 109]

I avoided one suicidal wallaby tonight and one slightly depressed bandicoot who was preparing to make a run for my wheels. .

Sibbo, Ssshh! ZM, remember..

[Chuey]

It's cutting the thing...The mirror mount is right in your face, it has to be tight and the plan is to braze. I can give the grinder a try. I just hate free handing stuff and Santa ain't brought me a mill yet. Need a bigger chimney.

I don't understand exactly what it is you are shaping but a hacksaw and file will do most anything you could need to do. That is, if you have (and it sounds like you must) a good vise.

Chuey............done a bit of filing

[Sibbo]

Sibbo, you probably remember this thread - you started it in 2010 -

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=764

You'll recall I fitted the LEDs in question, and am still very pleased with them ...

Here is low beam (50W) …


… and high beam (75W) alone …


… and high beam plus spotlights.


However, good as they are for riding at moderate speed in the twisties, and seeing critters on the side of the road, I still don't have enough light out the front. I need something that will penetrate. I want to be able to see that mob of pissed 'roos lurking around in their camo gear a few hundred metres ahead when I'm travelling at speed on a straight road. For this, I think a bright spot with a narrow beam, say 10 to 20 degrees, would work. I like the look of these -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121117952013?tf ... lgo=origal

I'd really like to see them in action. A combination of spot and flood is the way to go, IMO.

The ones in your link above are the ones I used Charlie. I'm very happy , no doubt there are better ones out there ( noting some of MS's comments on another thread) but these are good and I'm happy.

[Major Softie]

Even though they are "spots," they appear to have quite a bit of spill off into the sides of the road. That's actually a sign of poor optics in a spotlight lens, but, for your use, it's all to the good.

[Sibbo]

Yes it is, I'm going to experiment with one light aimed slightly higher and one lower to give a longer area of cover. As you say, probably poor quality optics but for my purpose they are excellent .

They've spoiled me for a standard headlamp though !

[Major Softie]

They've spoiled me for a standard headlamp though !

Oh, no kidding. They totally kick the stocker's ass. The project was totally worthwhile.

[Airbear]

I am still looking for a good penetrating spotlight.
I have noticed that there are some spots available that claim an 8 degree 'pencil' beam. I think that is what I would like to try.
Must add a relay for the high beam too. I plan to use one of these, from my old dead Magna.



It uses regular spade terminals and even has the schematic printed on it.

[Sibbo]

I am still looking for a good penetrating spotlight.
I have noticed that there are some spots available that claim an 8 degree 'pencil' beam. I think that is what I would like to try.
Must add a relay for the high beam too. I plan to use one of these, from my old dead Magna.
It uses regular spade terminals and even has the schematic printed on it.

Charlie, I can see advantages of the "poor" optics of the Chinese version, the wider beam is good, that's why I was originally going to buy a spot and a work light but these seem to be a bit of both and for me it works, lighting up the side of the road as well as the tar.

[Chuey]

Charlie, I can see that that relay uses spade connectors. It would concern me that the terminals look very close together. I would at least put two layers of shrink tubing on each connector and about 1" up the wire in order to ensure that they didn't make contact with each other.

I do like the idea of re-purposing things.

Chuey

[ME 109]

I would at least put two layers of shrink tubing on each connector and about 1" up the wire in order to ensure that they didn't make contact with each other.


Chuey

Chuey, I bet you used two condoms at once when you were a young buck.