old tractor new lights

[rodcontrol]

Curious if anyone knows how to hook these up ? Do I remove the black piece? Lights came with zero directions.

 

[Davey Crockett]

It looks to me like that was either a toggle switch or a turn switch that is broken .

 

[1lessdog]

The plug is your hot and bracket is your ground. Run the hot to toggle switch and one on the other side of switch to battery.

 

[Davey Crockett]

There isn't a red wire that runs through the threaded part ?

 

[SLE]

Dido on what1lessdog said. Just make sure the tractor is a negitive ground before you start wiring.

 

[riverview]

Curious if anyone knows how to hook these up ? Do I remove the black piece? Lights came with zero directions.

the black piece is the insulator looks like the screw is too short or pushed in.

 

[Davey Crockett]

Now I get what I'm looking at , It didn't look like a screw or a screw hole when I zoomed in.

 

[rodcontrol]

well what i found out.............the screw in the inside of the headlight in my opinion was too long. A shorter screw would of secured the internal wire while allowing to screw in an external wire on the outside. That is the way the old lights were wired.

I ran the tractor wire into the inside of the new headlight and secured to the internal screw. 12 volt LED lights instantly burned out while the 12 volt incandescent bulbs didnt. Not sure what happened there.

 

[johnr]

well what i found out...….the screw in the inside of the headlight in my opinion was too long. A shorter screw would of secured the internal wire while allowing to screw in an external wire on the outside. That is the way the old lights were wired.

I ran the tractor wire into the inside of the new headlight and secured to the internal screw. 12 volt LED lights instantly burned out while the 12 volt incandescent bulbs didn't. Not sure what happened there.

They are getting too much juice. Someone really gave er the beans

 

[rodcontrol]

They are getting too much juice. Someone really gave er the beans

Im not understanding how they would get too much juice? 12 volt LEDs running off of a 12 volt battery?

The new headlights had a ground wire inside the casing. Should that be removed?

 

[Davey Crockett]

Too bad the LEDs burned out, They really brighten things up. I couldn't see good enough to mow with the regular headlights on my old Farmalls so I bought two rechargeable LED work lights with magnetic bases and set on the hood, they make a world of difference . I get a lot of use out of them, on the golf cart and for work lights too.

 

[johnr]

Im not understanding how they would get too much juice? 12 volt LEDs running off of a 12 volt battery?

The new headlights had a ground wire inside the casing. Should that be removed?

Maybe it isn't grounding, I would test the wires.

 

[SLE]

..............I ran the tractor wire into the inside of the new headlight and secured to the internal screw. 12 volt LED lights instantly burned out while the 12 volt incandescent bulbs didn't. Not sure what happened there.

What kind of tractor are you putting these on? Positive ground? bad voltage regulator? Assuming it's pretty old, has it been converted from a generator to a alternator? has it been converted from a 6 volt system to 12 volts?

Sounds like you might need to get the ol multi meter out and do some testing?

 

[eyexer]

You most likely have a 24V system

 

[Davey Crockett]

If it's 1955 or older it's most likely positive ground and LEDs are polarity specific , you can buy either +or neg ground bulbs , depending on the application. I read or saw on youtube that some LED bulbs will burn out if you get the wires crossed.

 

[1lessdog]

I would run a hot wire off the battery to a switch and then to the light. The light will be the ground.