LED Lights

[yurtle]

I have two 55 watt lights, and I wired them up to a three position switch to have "high", "off", and "low". Parallel for high, and series for low. When putting around at low speed and with others present, low is so much more polite, as well as saving energy.

[Brushpup]

Originally Posted by bigstik40

I also did a lot of research here on lights and after reading quite a few negatives on LED's and battery unbalance and inverter cost etc., I decided on a pair of inexpensive ($20) 55 watt fog lights from Walmart. I replaced the 12 volt H3 halogens bulbs with 36 volt H3 halogen bulbs and connected them to my 36 volt battery pack through a fuse and a switch. They only draw 3 amps and do a good job of lighting the roadway and are fine for my occaisional 18-19 mph jaunts after dark. I like to keep things simple ("KISS"), and this worked great for me. - RAY

Iinteresting...where did you get the 36V replacements? Sorry, I don't know much on this stuff and didn't realize they were out there....

Any chance you could post a pic of your mounted lights?

[bigstik40]

I got the 36 volt "H3" lamps on E-Bay - here's a link:



http://www.ebay.com/itm/350340887152...84.m1423.l2649

Also, here's a look at the install-

[Brushpup]

Cool, and thanks for the pic. I bet those are pretty bright!

[bigstik40]

They do "ok" when the batteries are fresh, but dim a little at full throttle when the batteries need to be charged. The best thing I like about my set-up is they are connected to all the batteries without the need for voltage conversion. If you plan to add other accessories at a later time (which I do not) the voltage converter is the way to go. Dimming of the lights on full throttle when batts. are low would not happen with a converter. Good luck on your "quest for lights" - RAY

[Gonkulor]

Originally Posted by Cape Cod

After seeing some of the posts about converters and the fourth battery being discharged enough to create an imbalance, it occurred to me that the Club Car headlights are halogen. Looking around, I've seen some off road lights that are LED. This seems like a great solution. I have an LED flashlight that gets 240 lumens out of 3 AAA batteries. Just curious if anyone has looked into this already.

Looking around and googling this type of topic myself I finally stumbled onto a site that might be helpful. PM me and I'll send a link. There is quite an array of choices and you can build your own LED strips, blocks, whatever you might want. If you desired to do that type of thing. Heck they even got little LED setups to replace your car windshield washer squirter I'm E-mailing them to see if they can direct me into something 36v with a 4012 bulb. If I can post the link here I will.

Gonk

[Cape Cod]

The low power consumption is great, but the LEDs only pay off if they do last a long Time.