Tribute to Mason

snappy

snappy

YHDG's adopted son!!!
Moderator
Joined
Jun 19, 2007
Location
high point
As many know last September I lost my step son to an ATV accident. Life is full of adjustments. I am starting to build a new house and need help from the brain trust here! Above my shop door I want to do a Jeep grill(he was 15 and we had been fixing him up a tj) and bumper. I have a new shell that came into one of my shops with a small dent and I bought it cheap. What I want to do is install the same led lights we used in his headlights and use them as a flood light over the drive way, then mount a bumper with down facing light to use over the door. I will use a dual switch inside the shop to turn them on. The down facing light will be easy as I can just use 110 light and hide behind the bumper. Do any of the electrical gurus know of a transformer that I can use to go from 110ac to 12v dc and handle the current the head lights require?
Here are the specs on the lights.

Technical Details​

ManufacturerLX-LIGHT
BrandLX-LIGHT
Model7 inch LED headlight
Item Weight5.57 pounds
Product Dimensions7 x 7 x 3 inches
Item model numberSL-0075A-black
Is Discontinued By ManufacturerNo
Manufacturer Part NumberSL-0075A-black
PositionFront
FoldingNo
Bulb TypeLED
Voltage12 Volts
Wattage45 watts

Also does anyone have a lead on headlight buckets and trim rings for a tj and a stock front bumper? Thanks for any help and input.
 

Attachments

  • 9d4ab56a-7f74-49e2-8869-14ec2aaa7920.__CR214,214,1071,1071_.jpg
    9d4ab56a-7f74-49e2-8869-14ec2aaa7920.__CR214,214,1071,1071_.jpg
    13.6 KB · Views: 99
Find a hood and fenders. Cut them down to about half length then mount it all over the man door. Now you have a roof over the man door to stay out of the rain.
 
Each light is 3.75a this should be fine. They make higher rated ones depending on the other lights you use.

ALITOVE AC to DC Converter 100V ~ 240V to 12V 10A 120W Power Supply Adapter Car Cigarette Lighter Socket AC/DC Transformer for Car Vacuum Cleaner, Car Refrigerator and Other Car Devices Amazon product ASIN B078RZQ9WY
 
Those headlights are roughly 4 amps each (45W on the specs shown above), so that's easy. I just did a quick Google search and found this:

www.aspectled.com

200 Watt LED Power Supply for LED Lighting

Dimmable Power Supply | 200 Watt for LED Strip Lighting
www.aspectled.com www.aspectled.com

Something like that should work great, and there's plenty of output power. Honestly any type of automotive-voltage power supply will work (anything within the range of 12-15V is fair game), as long as it's at least 100-ish watts of output plus some additional headroom. There are lots of options out there that look like a laptop power supply, but only have a single-voltage DC output, and you can just chop the DC plug off and splice it into whatever. Those are generically called "AC/DC desktop adapters".

For example, something like this:

Just get something quality. Cheap crappy stuff is fine, until it has a short lifespan or it doesn't meet the advertised specs for output current, etc. If it puts out like 150W but costs $25 on Amazon, be prepared for disappointment, or to buy it more than once.
 
Last edited:
Back
Top