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Tinker1980
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I've been searching for a bright, durable, yet inexpensive lighting system for Gizmo, and I think I have the last parts I need...
...My question is this: How big a battery do I need? I have a single 12 volt 3.5 Ah SLA battery, it's fairly small. For my lights, I got lucky. One of the lift trucks in the warehouse I work in had a headlight damaged, the light itself was OK, but the bracket was bent and broken. Standard procedure, when a light bracket gets damaged, is to simply remove the entire light and bracket and replace it with a new one. I asked the repair guys to save me one next time it happened. It's a 6" diameter glass Fresnel lens over what looks to be an H4 bulb. Uses 12 volts, stepped down from the 36v battery that the truck uses for motive power. "Blinding" would not be too harsh a word for this light. It can turn light into day, it's waterproof and shock resistant. For the rear light, I took another cue from work, and found a LED trailer/semi brake light, flat round thing with a bunch of blinding red LEDs, costs about $15. Wal-marx has one that uses 12 volts.
Could I wire my 3.5 AH batteries in parallel? Or would I be better off sinking the $50 or so into a SLA battery for an ATV? Thoughts?
-Mark
...My question is this: How big a battery do I need? I have a single 12 volt 3.5 Ah SLA battery, it's fairly small. For my lights, I got lucky. One of the lift trucks in the warehouse I work in had a headlight damaged, the light itself was OK, but the bracket was bent and broken. Standard procedure, when a light bracket gets damaged, is to simply remove the entire light and bracket and replace it with a new one. I asked the repair guys to save me one next time it happened. It's a 6" diameter glass Fresnel lens over what looks to be an H4 bulb. Uses 12 volts, stepped down from the 36v battery that the truck uses for motive power. "Blinding" would not be too harsh a word for this light. It can turn light into day, it's waterproof and shock resistant. For the rear light, I took another cue from work, and found a LED trailer/semi brake light, flat round thing with a bunch of blinding red LEDs, costs about $15. Wal-marx has one that uses 12 volts.
Could I wire my 3.5 AH batteries in parallel? Or would I be better off sinking the $50 or so into a SLA battery for an ATV? Thoughts?
-Mark