12-08-2022, 06:42 PM
(12-08-2022, 05:40 PM)John Mason Wrote: I suppose it all depends on cost. If they are cheap enough it may be worth the risk of buying a couple. If they turn out to be rubbish Chinese muck not much lost.
John Mason.
John, I've been trying out some lamps described as reflector lights. With stop/tail functionality. In red obvs
They were about £2 each and the intention is to run them off a cordless power tool battery which just happens to be 18v
I ran a test with tail and stop on continuous, and in less than 3hours melted the lenze. With the battery recharged the lenzes cooled and only the tail function I got 8 hours.
I paid the £4 and got some new ones. With some sneeky little number plate lights, also chinesium at similar cost, plus some round reflectors, the rear of my steam roller will be legal in the dark at the cost of about a tenner, given I allready have the battery. Visibly there will be no obvious lamps fitted. Just 4 reflectors and some hefty black painted bolts.
So there really is no reason not to try
My conclusion is that the UK supplied ones probably have a decent markup. I not long fitted LED guts to the pork pies on my RL. Bought from a UK supplier, no complaints. But they were a good bit more money.
I'm told the lamps I am using fit niceley into the type of lamp used in Minis as indicators, so you can have a chrome bezel. You can also pop the lenze off and the LED emit red light anyway.