Labor of Love? What a Job! New LED Aux. Back-up lights VERY Bright!!

[Motorhead]

JUST finished..... Just turned 61 last month and crawling around and under trucks isn't as easy as it used to be. I have been wanting to have a nice set of Aux. Back-up lights that could be multi controlled from the cab. I sat down one evening with a blank sheet of printer paper and a pencil and started drawing a few circuits needed to run the aux back-up lights and the 100 watt each Per-Lux fog/driving lights. I didn't want the TIPM of the truck having any extra load so relays and a few diodes were in order. I wanted to only use two Bosch style load relays, one for each circuit front and back and each relay needed to be controlled by TWO switching inputs each, hence the diodes.
I posted my switch mounting place that I did. The left switch is to have the fog/driving lights on with high beam and the switch on the right is, TOP position= Aux back-up lights on without anything else powered up. MIDDLE position= No aux back-up lights. BOTTOM position= Aux back-up lights come on when transmission is shifted into reverse with the ignition on run or accessory position.
Switch posting:
https://www.turbodieselregister.com...some-switches-Reversible-if-wanting-to-remove
Here are the Aux Back-up lights I used, Grote Trilliant #63861-5, 36 LED WhiteLight Work Lamp TractorPlus. Bought 4 of them on Fleabay for $210 delivered or $52. 50 each. They are 900 lumens EACH but only draw 1. 4 amp each
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Grote-63861...Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a845dbb55&vxp=mtr

Thanks out to MarkEckberg, PatrickMarshall and seafish for the suggestions on using a jig saw to cut the holes.
I used the standard 4. 5 inch Trucklite bulb mount rings but cut away the bulb mount part of the rubber ring and used the remainder as a seal. I wished several times that I had just bought the round replacement style LED lamps instead but at a replacement cost of $100 each, having them hard mounted keeps some maggot from stealing them.

 

[seafish]

Looking REALLY nice... let's see a night shot somtime, not so much looking at t he lights, but from the side of the truck, looking at what they lightup.

 

[Motorhead]

Looking REALLY nice... let's see a night shot sometime, not so much looking at the lights, but from the side of the truck, looking at what they light up.

It ain't dark yet here! But I will go out tonight and take a few pics. I live on a real dark street.

 

[Motorhead]

Took some night pictures. First TWO pictures, my camera was on "AUTO". The trucks factory backups are barely visible. The second set, I adjusted it for long exposure hence the picture with trucks factory lights was jiggly. The LED lamps really light up the street.

 

[seafish]

Yup... that WORKS!!!

 

[Wayne M.]

OK. Now I know what must be done! Thanks for the inspiration! I have a dent right about where the left lamp is from kissing a pole I didn't see.

 

[Simplysmn]

Look's Great and Nice Job on the switches . Look's Great

 

[GCP]

Very nice work!

Best,

GCP