Lightforce

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Alright lads after my last lamp has given up the ghost i needed to invest in a new one and so bought the lightforce striker head not the battery pack. The thing is i run the lamps with a 19 ah wet cell battery. Chuck it in a rucksack and it lasts for hours!! But at the the end of the lightforce is a cigar plug i think? If i cut this off will there be the red/black wires to attach to the positive and negative connections on the batteries? Ive heard some people had problems with there wiring is there anything i can do to stop this?

 

Sorry for all the questions, hope somebody can help.

[fr0gman4 0]

yes mate cut the cigar lighter jobby off and put your own connectors on the wires, but its probably a good idea to have some sort of fuse between the battery and lamp. I used an inline one from the back of a car stereo

[Guest Lurchers2006]

yes mate cut the cigar lighter jobby off and put your own connectors on the wires, but its probably a good idea to have some sort of fuse between the battery and lamp. I used an inline one from the back of a car stereo

Will the bulb blow if there is no fuse?

[fr0gman4 0]

not too sure what the rating is on the bulb I just put one in cos fuses are cheaper than bulbs

[Chaz 6]

It`s the wiring in the handle that comes loose,Either re-solder the wires or add new connectors,

Mine runs direct to a 17ah dry battery with no fuse and I have had no problems with the bulb blowing

Edited December 29, 2006 by Chaz

[Guest Lurchers2006]

So no fuse should be ok? Ive just cut the cigar plug off but the two wires are black does it make a difference which wire goes to negative and which to positive?

[MickC 1,825]

Ive always run mine direct from the battery with no fuse.Cut the cigar connector off they reduce the power of the beam,its something to do with current I think.On the cigar fitting the outside pin is negative and the centre pin is live.

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Ive always run mine direct from the battery with no fuse.Cut the cigar connector off they reduce the power of the beam,its something to do with current I think.On the cigar fitting the outside pin is negative and the centre pin is live.

S**t ive just cut the connection off! Will it reduce the beam by much? Im interesred in making a belt pack can any one put pictures of there setup up please?

[Guest big bull x]

this is my setup im using a blitz with a 17 amp battery but i just got a battery belt for crimbo and i wired it all up my self with my connections and a fuse

 

battery pack

 

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Nice set up mate could you explain to me what to do once the cigar plug is cut off? And what type of fuse is that you have? Make it easy im not too good at these type of things!! Have you had any problems with yours as of yet?

[ratcher 69]

big bull x were did you get the battery belt from it looks alot better than the one i have

[Guest big bull x]

Nice set up mate could you explain to me what to do once the cigar plug is cut off? And what type of fuse is that you have? Make it easy im not too good at these type of things!! Have you had any problems with yours as of yet?

 

well with my white connections you just open them up and there are things the wires go into you put the wire in then tighten the screws back up iv used them foir about 4 years now and iv never had a problem they wont pull out when you get over a femce or anything you have a job pulling them out with your hands not sure what fuse it is as my mate wired it all up for me i can ask him and lt you know he siad he put the fuse on so if ever anything was 2 blow the fuse would go before the bulb

[Guest Lurchers2006]

If i went into a electricians what would i ask the electrician for the white connectors?

[Guest big bull x]

big bull x were did you get the battery belt from it looks alot better than the one i have

 

i got it from arthur carter mate much better quality than the deben ones if you phone them they have 2 types the deb and the clueson the one i got is a cluson

 

If i went into a electricians what would i ask the electrician for the white connectors?

 

i get them from a local market but i have seen the in wilkinsons dont know if you have a store near you or even take a picture of mine in to a shop and ask them have they got any

[ratcher 69]

thanks for that big bull x cross the one i have is deben its rubbish the only thing holding it together is the tape i put around it and its only a year old