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- landyacht318ExplorerYeah, I have some fog light sized LED's with 6 LEDs each. Barely over 12 watts consumption, yet as bright as a 65 watt sealed beam on high beam getting 14.5v.
People that blind me with aftermarket hId/led bulbs in halogen housings, have the favor returned.
The LED lightbar in this thread will sear retinas. Lawyers will love the new workload they get after chasing ambulances when such a lightbar used onroad induces the moth effect. - MartynNomadIdiot in downtown Denver blinded me with one of these, a couple of days ago. Ticket waiting to happen!
- CJW8ExplorerThat is probable 728 watt equivalent. Look at the wiring kit in the picture. It probably pulls no more than 30 amps. The 500 watt light is "Current draw: 21.42 A @ 12 volts" I couldn't find the specifications on the 728 light.
- MEXICOWANDERERExplorer200 watt aircraft landing lights, one enraged cop...
"Do you realize when you shut off those lights, they slowly dim. White, yellow, RED, orange, then fade"?
Well, at least down here you can separate a visiting redneck's pickup from a local's in an instant.
The redneck has a gun rack above the seat back.
Wheels, fat tires, chains, chrome, loud exhaust, black windows are exactly the same... - RbertalottoExplorerBack in the day I had a Scout 80 with a couple of aircraft landing lights on the front. The Scout would actually slow down when I turned them on as the draw on the alternator was so great.
They were so bright we would stop just before a large highway bridge and turn them on at night and after a few minutes they would shut the lights off on the bridge....... - NinerBikesExplorer
gotsmart wrote:
No officer. That's not an illegal light bar on top of my smart car. It's an air brake. When I flip this switch it cuts power to the car and the car stops immediately.
D*mn! Where's my "like" button! - HalmfamilyExplorerEvery other redneck truck here in Alabama has them.
- coolmom42Explorer II
Almot wrote:
coolmom42 wrote:
Only legit reason for those is on a back-country road to give visibility of deer & other wildlife
Cows sitting on the road in the night. They come at night when it's cold in desert and road paving releases the heat accumulated during the day. This, and UNMARKED speed bumps, and potholes, and cracked or missing sections of paving is the reason to avoid night driving in Mexico at all costs. And drunk drivers too - hola, here rests Antonio who never used his headlights because he thought he could see better without them :B
Car insurance is optional, and many locals don't have it because can't afford it.
Or, in the boonies of TN.... - Old-BiscuitExplorer IIISure beats the set of KCs I had on my brush guard :B
- AlmotExplorer III
coolmom42 wrote:
Only legit reason for those is on a back-country road to give visibility of deer & other wildlife
Cows sitting on the road in the night. They come at night when it's cold in desert and road paving releases the heat accumulated during the day. This, and UNMARKED speed bumps, and potholes, and cracked or missing sections of paving is the reason to avoid night driving in Mexico at all costs. And drunk drivers too - hola, here rests Antonio who never used his headlights because he thought he could see better without them :B
Car insurance is optional, and many locals don't have it because can't afford it.
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