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Has anyone installed aux lights in the front/back of a deuce?

BimmerPower

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I'm looking to run a 4 to six light setup on my deuce. I can fabricate a light bar for the front and want to run one or two lights in the rear pointing towards the bed of the deuce. Does anyone has a setup like this? Is there any type of 24volt wiring system that would work for what i'm trying to do? Since it's a 2 battery 24volt system, I would assume that there isn't an issue of lack of juice to run something like this for 6 lights in total (four in front, two in the rear, two toggle switches). Thanks!
 

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There may be an issue with the built-in circuit breaker (20 amp rating inside the 3-lever light switch), so to be on the safe side, add relay(s) to keep head lights from going out at the wrong time.
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Edit: Added image of lights showing left turn signal "ON"
 

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m109guy

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I put some on my M109. Both on the front above the cab and the corners of the box.

All 24v grote lights.

I don't have any pictures of the front lights on, but they are very bright.

Was hard taking a picture of the corner lights on at night, but the picture turned out okay.
 
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That's exactly what i'm looking to do! How do you have them wired? Are they mounted to your 'rack'? Have any better pictures of your toggles, wireing harness, roof rack? Thanks!
 

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Here are a few more pictures.

The pictures of the lights on the box are during installation before I painted the truck. They are wired together on a three-way switch. That way I can turn on the lights on the box from either the cab, or while inside the box. I was thinking of putting the four corner lights each on their own switch, but I decided against it, as if I need light, I will likely need to turn most of them on, so I might as well wire them all together onto one switch. Though I did go with the three-way switch so that I could turn on or off the lights from either location.

I attached the front lights to the mounting rack that holds the roof basket. That way I can remove the basket and still have the lights on the truck (in case I need to work in that area and the basket is in the way). I wired them together in a daisy-chain and sent the wiring down into the cab with a simple switch on the dash. Nothing fancy.

You don't need any fancy wiring harness unless you intend on doing something fancy with the lights.
 
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If you were wanting to stay in the military flavor, why not buy military 24 volt armored personnel carrier lights? You can get them in white (clear) or infra-red lens. They can be mounted directly on the bumper either above or below. They work as alley and back up lights also. Multi-purpose lights for sure.
 

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I was able to use two front blackout light housings and installed 24volt aircraft landing light bulbs. I used a 75amp continueous duty relay for a golf cart. I mounted the lights in thier stock location on the left side and on the right.
Sorry I dont have any pics.
 
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