Connecting to existing wiring.
The backup lights on my 2017 F-150 are deplorable. I am going to add a tailgate light bar and hook it to the reverse light wire of my truck to get adequate light. I know that the ScotchLock connectors...
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These still are spot beam flood TYPE lamps. See the rings in the conical lens? Without the rings at a distance of ten feet the hot spot is about 28" in diameter, with the rings the spot is about 40" in diameter. I have the 2nd type the one with the rings burning about 18" over my head. Only in a six element single row 7" fixture. I have dissected these lamps bit by bit -- everything from wattage (internally regulated 10-30 volts) to light patterns.
This is a ME problem not an EVERYBODY problem. See if you may agree or disagree...
When a lamp strongly illuminates a single object, my eyes are drawn to it. This is why general visual inspections are best done at night with a strong flashlight. The eye concentrates within that spot and nowhere else.
I can only say for me when backing up at night I want to see UP UP to the top of the roof and as much to the side as possible.
But I could case less about seeing 100 yards to the rear straight back. to a landing hot spot two inches in diameter at that distance.
The square CREE lamps whether flush fit or spindle mount are my choice for illuminating a roadside shoulder at a distance of fifty feet from the front bumper. With 2 of them burning USA and Mexican oncoming traffic has never once asked me to dim. This is how little side light these fixtures throw. A tribute to an excellent design -- specific for purpose.
The square chip square fixture flood lamp I mounted on Quicksilver (thank god for 30 volt operation limit) cast light up, to the side and illuminate about 25' to the rear well enough for my elderly weak eyes to pick out things like road surface, objects to the sides and overhead. With the ten watt single square chip I would have a chance to not get cited if I would reverse on the shoulder of a public roadway. With the six chip CREE lamps burning the chances of my avoiding a ticket are about zero. Aiming a light bar lamp severely downward would help avoid a ticket but then I would be blinded with a hotspot that turned everything around it pitch black. The CREE chip flood fixture even failed to meet my criteria as a hairpin road side light because of the excess intensity and limited area illumination of the hotspot.
But then, this is all about me. Your mileage may vary :)
This is a ME problem not an EVERYBODY problem. See if you may agree or disagree...
When a lamp strongly illuminates a single object, my eyes are drawn to it. This is why general visual inspections are best done at night with a strong flashlight. The eye concentrates within that spot and nowhere else.
I can only say for me when backing up at night I want to see UP UP to the top of the roof and as much to the side as possible.
But I could case less about seeing 100 yards to the rear straight back. to a landing hot spot two inches in diameter at that distance.
The square CREE lamps whether flush fit or spindle mount are my choice for illuminating a roadside shoulder at a distance of fifty feet from the front bumper. With 2 of them burning USA and Mexican oncoming traffic has never once asked me to dim. This is how little side light these fixtures throw. A tribute to an excellent design -- specific for purpose.
The square chip square fixture flood lamp I mounted on Quicksilver (thank god for 30 volt operation limit) cast light up, to the side and illuminate about 25' to the rear well enough for my elderly weak eyes to pick out things like road surface, objects to the sides and overhead. With the ten watt single square chip I would have a chance to not get cited if I would reverse on the shoulder of a public roadway. With the six chip CREE lamps burning the chances of my avoiding a ticket are about zero. Aiming a light bar lamp severely downward would help avoid a ticket but then I would be blinded with a hotspot that turned everything around it pitch black. The CREE chip flood fixture even failed to meet my criteria as a hairpin road side light because of the excess intensity and limited area illumination of the hotspot.
But then, this is all about me. Your mileage may vary :)
