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NiLight LED's

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As I was shopping Amazon I thought I'd grab a wiring harness for the 2 120 w LEDs I bought from NiLight. So what I found was 3 different harness's and zero info to what might work best. Went to Nilights web site and found nothing and customer service won't pick up? Bad enough that the lights have no specs on them but also nothing in the box to help a guy along. Any one have a clue what the Amp draw might be and how heavy of wire for a 10 foot run for 2 LEDs?
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#5 ·
Nilights website listed the 18022C-B light at 120W, No mention if this is for 1 light or a pair? The wiring harness's SulleyBear listed I looked at just wasn't sure, the 14AWG wire harness is listed at 180 too 320 W. Like I use to tell the boy's when I was working "You can never have to much good information" and a box with 2 lights and nothing else might come up a pinch short in effort if they want to sell to me!
 
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The one thing I'll offer is that it appears to me that the included harness is too short to reach from the battery all the way to the top of the ROPS. So I'm stringing new wire anyway.
 
#3 ·
Amps is just watts divided by voltage. So, a 12 watt LED on a 12 volt system will draw 1 amp. I just installed a set of Niilights on my tractor and the pair is drawing maybe 30 watts....I don't' remember exactly. In my case, given 30 watts of load at 12volts would be 2.5 amps.

Just use some common, automotive grade stranded wire and you'll be fine. If you're really using 240 watts, you might need 12 gauge wire... I ran mine in plastic wiring loom as well, just to keep it neat and tidy as well as protected from rubbing against any hard parts. Solder your connections or use a good quality crimp with the built-in heat shrink sealer. I'm a terrible solderer...my dad was an electrician and tried to teach me, but I suck at it. I made lots of practice runs before doing the job. If you decide to solder, put on some shrink tubing to protect the final splice.
 
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