Because of the power savings you could actually add a couple more fixtures and not over load the power source, even a couple 120 volt receipts at ground level at the box. awesome!
We have a 1946 Willis in our family that was purchased new. It was Navy Surplus and was delivered still in a wooden crate way back then when it was purchased by my grandmother and great aunt. At one point my great aunt drove it from Vermont where it was delivered to South Carolina. I have no idea how long it took at it's top speed of 35 to 40mph but I'll bet it was an adventure. Have fun!!!
My neighbor had a '45 that he bought back in the '70's from one of those auctions they were advertising in the newspapers. He bought it sight unseen... when it arrived he had two large caliber bullet holes in it. He decided to just clear coat the whole thing without fixing the holes. He named it Kilroy... even had a vanity license permit with its name. It ran like a top and he kept it for 20 years.
As low as voltage as those LA D lines are you could even put a couple more of multiple and maybe even 2 more up there that way you really get a good coverage
Yeah.. i was thinking you need to do some math on the old setup. See what the old draw was on the Metal Hy's... then add a few leds to increase the output!
Nice conversation on the lights... For my money, I like the 1954 vintage original “patina” type finish on the Jeep... Kinda keeps it that nostalgic era... Great video, thank you sir...
We have some, very similar in price and brightness and also bought ours on ebay a few years back, we have them for security lights, best part is they cost about 1/4 of the older lights they replaced.. I love led lights, every light in our house is now led and we have seen huge saving in our electric bill and they last so much longer.. I very much loved this episode.. This should show people to trust and use the new technologies.. I always like to see the kiddo's having fun.. Also since they use so much less power and are also brighter, you could have added a couple more and still save money on running them... Keep us updated on how power consumption is and how much you saved using them... Have a blessed day..
Make sure that the LED units on the bottom of the bar are rated to work UPSIDE DOWN. Many units that I have installed were only rated to be used with the power supply/driver unit on the bottom, something about proper cooling. They will work for a while, but they will fail prematurely. GREAT JOB, and good luck!
A "GUNNER APPROVED" great upgrade! So this makes your name MIKE 'Thomas Edison' PERFECT! Not for nothing & not bragging but wife & I talked years ago on all the stuff I do (much not by choice.) I pass that on to you for EVERY VIDEO you do you endorse, "THERE'S VERY LITTLE YOU CAN'T DO"! Ain't it nice how God has rewarded us to be able to THINK!!! Good job, MIKE! Sonny
Always happy to an improvement. If time took its toll on the transformers it might do the same with the other components. I would have replaced the breakers and the wires also. Then it be in the category of "fix it and forget it". There will other things in other places that will gone bad soon enough. If you added 2 more lights they could cover the ends, then you'd have 360 degree coverage.
Sitting here looking at my light tower wondering why the engine turns on but the lights don’t. Now contemplating to just get these lights instead of testing bulbs, capacitor, transformer…. Looks great!!
According to the specs on old and new lights, you went from 350,000 lumen (maybe 174k ish if the bulbs were super old) @ 87.5 lumen per watt down to 144,000 lumen @ 120 lumen per watt. MH may be old tech, but they were still really efficient when the bulbs are new. Over twice as efficient as what we think of as normal old school bulbs even when they're at EOL and way passed replacement time.
Most of the LED light systems go back quite a few years and thanks to the pot growers, we now have LED lights that shine more than just a few inches. That was the biggest obstacle getting light to travel further and then they made the breakthrough and its a good day and so much cheaper. Been there with a card that has money I haven't spent and see the master cylinder, and maybe wheel cylinders ... fluid you get local but the new this and that so the switch turns and it just works ... its hard to stop when its a necessary part and you are in to it armpit deep. By the way since you can get the LED lights in a multitude of colors, I would go with a orange or yellow light panel in between the existing lights up on the pole to make it easier on the eyes and increase happy moods. Lights can affect peoples feelings or tempers. I might sound crazy but that is because I just might be crazy. I know that its money season right now so worry about the truck or other later. and I am curious as to how much power that plant is putting out. Maybe it got hot when one ballast died. Too much power and no where to go. Damn mice might of got into that panel or someplace that caused it to short out.
About 15 years ago I replace my175 watt MH lights with what was around 30 watt LED heads. The brightness was improved but the real difference is the LED was a much whiter light. Plus a lot less power to do it. There is probably improvements in LED since then. But you can't go wrong with LED. Never had a problem with them except bugs and dirt on the glass. Same with any fixture.
Use one phase of the 220 for the receptacle and one phase for the lights and tie in the neutral and ground to everything and you should have 110 to each circuit for balanced loading and then you should be done. You probably should have used all of the home run wires that went down the stack and made the splices in the con box for resistance minimization (though not a really big deal)
WOWZERS! That ole girl was definitely crispy crittered! Great thinking outside the box to get er reworked & running again, & for FAR less than the ole system!
Fixing that jeep up is going to be nice that jeep is old as I am I was born in 54 well you know how old it is now 67 just because it's so don't mean you throw it away fix it up a little bit have fun with it for sure good job on that generator them are nice lights for sure good choice on those lights really looks good on the track God bless have a great day my friend👍🙏🏁🔆
I know you said it hardly gets moved or hauled around but just a little heads up. Adding those heavier lights on the back and removing the quite heavy ballasts from the front will cause a issue with tongue weight and possible fish tailing while hauling down the road. I had that issue when i converted all of my sheriffs offices nearly identical light towers to led's. They almost got into a wreck because of it so i ended up mounting a good sized barbell weight behind the panel where the ballasts were to solve the issue.
Haven't been worried about Lt. Dan. You told us once the busy season started that he would have to wait. I'm cool with waiting on Lt Dan but am hankering for the rest of the Grandma project. 😁 Nice upgrade on the lights.
nice upgrade Mike. those ancient HIDs suck. bulb breaks off at the base or the screw base gets corroded in the socket cant get the sonuvab-tch out , the transforners weight a ton get temperamental. Im trying to get our property to ditch the ancient farm house gooseneck style HID fixtures for those exact LEDs you using
looks great. you might want to drop the revs on the motor as you wont have near the same load. i would also mount a 5,6 light on small t coming out between the lights. you have power capacity and circuits to switch off of needed, but it would fill the 22 shadows for the track but still be towable. you could mount 4 extra for fun overkill, but i think 2 will work for the whole track.
Very nice. I had the power company install a 280 spotlight on my farm... just that light does a great job. I can imagine 4 lights. I'll install later in the fall more lights on our new 10k sq ft garden area. TY the video confirms, it will do whats needed.
Looks great and with the lower power requirements.. you could even add more lights to the tower... maybe going in the other two directions to lose that shadow... I bet that generator is now severe overkill for this job... those Metal Halide lights took some serious amperage/wattage... these probably take less than a household incandescent bulb...
Mike, This was one of your best videos you have made in awhile! Not to say, all the others were bad. From the very start you were excited, giddy, and smiling!! Sometimes the stress of the day makes you a little gruff. This video made me smile @ 8:45, and hopefully it will last all day!! Thanks for the video, keep'em coming, Later : }{ :
look into the push type connectors, they are the more current connectors. work better than the the one you are using, better in more consistent contact with the wires. Just a FYI
As always never a dull moment love your different content your the best at this UA-cam thing thank you alot for your excellent hard work and keep em coming
Poor Lt Dan....... jeep isn't a priority but comes first..... maybe use lights 5 times a year but they come first...... ha ha ha just bustin balls buddy ! Keep up the great work!
You can hook 100v to 260v to the led lights, so that is 5amps max so you should be able to have like 5 or 6 with that gennerator easy,, the caps on the halid system is for starting they are cheap. They blow and stop the flow of electricity
Sweet! Track well lit! You guys will be able to race all night now. Gals can put the kids to bed and the guys can tear that track up all night long, ha! All my carting friends will be jealous to see this.
Just a suggestion, place a color code note in box for wiring. If you need to work on it again, you will know what wire did what without testing or trying to remember.
More than likely the ballast which has caps on them to allow fast starts (like start caps and run caps on AC compress/fans) and the ballast burnt taking the cap out and a big mess. Good job. Hate to see either light but know they are limited. Dark skies for telescopes are vaporizing with LED lamps and unneeded light.
Hey DP let us know how the LEDs stand up to the weather and the vibration of taking it to and back from work sites. If you have to replace a panel, dig into the old one and see if it could be made more vibration resistant. Thanks!
Actually that Jeep is a military M38A1. The first year of production is up for discussion. It has the port hole for the radio on the right side and l think it has a lid on the right side cowl. It was originally a 24 volt. If l could see some detailed pictures I could tell you more.
we change them to LED spots 10% of the wattage you can buy the with quality chip sets ie Osram and the like if you buy a quality chip set 250 usd is good value
Because of the power savings you could actually add a couple more fixtures and not over load the power source, even a couple 120 volt receipts at ground level at the box. awesome!
how many more do you think could be added i have this same setup and want to do the same thing!
We have a 1946 Willis in our family that was purchased new. It was Navy Surplus and was delivered still in a wooden crate way back then when it was purchased by my grandmother and great aunt. At one point my great aunt drove it from Vermont where it was delivered to South Carolina. I have no idea how long it took at it's top speed of 35 to 40mph but I'll bet it was an adventure. Have fun!!!
Awesome
My neighbor had a '45 that he bought back in the '70's from one of those auctions they were advertising in the newspapers. He bought it sight unseen... when it arrived he had two large caliber bullet holes in it. He decided to just clear coat the whole thing without fixing the holes.
He named it Kilroy... even had a vanity license permit with its name. It ran like a top and he kept it for 20 years.
As low as voltage as those LA D lines are you could even put a couple more of multiple and maybe even 2 more up there that way you really get a good coverage
Yeah.. i was thinking you need to do some math on the old setup. See what the old draw was on the Metal Hy's... then add a few leds to increase the output!
2 for sure. In fact even 2 larger ones could be set up on another pole and run off the same gen. Daisy chained
Nice conversation on the lights...
For my money, I like the 1954 vintage original “patina” type finish on the Jeep...
Kinda keeps it that nostalgic era...
Great video, thank you sir...
To run, just because you can, what a faded memory you brought back to this old man. Thanks
You have great kids and they have a great dad. Thanks for the video.
thank you!
Those lights are, ahem, brilliant!
I'll see myself out.
groan....... 😉
We have some, very similar in price and brightness and also bought ours on ebay a few years back, we have them for security lights, best part is they cost about 1/4 of the older lights they replaced.. I love led lights, every light in our house is now led and we have seen huge saving in our electric bill and they last so much longer.. I very much loved this episode.. This should show people to trust and use the new technologies.. I always like to see the kiddo's having fun.. Also since they use so much less power and are also brighter, you could have added a couple more and still save money on running them... Keep us updated on how power consumption is and how much you saved using them... Have a blessed day..
gotta love the old kubota D905 and 950 engines... simple efficient and last forever!
Mike that will make one heck of a difference! Gunner looked like he was into helping! Thanks for sharing. Kevin
Much brighter and less power to run them ! Great job DP !
Thanks
Make sure that the LED units on the bottom of the bar are rated to work UPSIDE DOWN. Many units that I have installed were only rated to be used with the power supply/driver unit on the bottom, something about proper cooling. They will work for a while, but they will fail prematurely. GREAT JOB, and good luck!
🤔 think about that on what cools them differently 💁♂️😉😂 nothing different on them 😉
I agree you can and should add more lights now, that is the other benefit of LED conversions.
A "GUNNER APPROVED" great upgrade! So this makes your name MIKE 'Thomas Edison' PERFECT! Not for nothing & not bragging but wife & I talked years ago on all the stuff I do (much not by choice.) I pass that on to you for EVERY VIDEO you do you endorse, "THERE'S VERY LITTLE YOU CAN'T DO"! Ain't it nice how God has rewarded us to be able to THINK!!! Good job, MIKE! Sonny
That was very enlightening .
Lol 👍
Always happy to an improvement. If time took its toll on the transformers it might do the same with the other components. I would have replaced the breakers and the wires also. Then it be in the category of "fix it and forget it". There will other things in other places that will gone bad soon enough. If you added 2 more lights they could cover the ends, then you'd have 360 degree coverage.
Sitting here looking at my light tower wondering why the engine turns on but the lights don’t. Now contemplating to just get these lights instead of testing bulbs, capacitor, transformer…. Looks great!!
LED's are great. Less power, less cost and more light. Definitely a Win Win. 🎵🎶 "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" 🎶🎵🎵
According to the specs on old and new lights, you went from 350,000 lumen (maybe 174k ish if the bulbs were super old) @ 87.5 lumen per watt down to 144,000 lumen @ 120 lumen per watt. MH may be old tech, but they were still really efficient when the bulbs are new. Over twice as efficient as what we think of as normal old school bulbs even when they're at EOL and way passed replacement time.
Good job Mike, we all know the feeling, it's nice when a plan works the first time. I don't think you will live long enough to burn out these LED's.
Take a look at using some acrylic sheet as a diffuser, it is very inexpensive, it would soften and spread the light and avoid that hot spot of light.
“Let there be light” great video and a good job Mike thanks! ❤️🙏🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it
Great upgrade. I’m converting over 100 each metal halide lights to LED at my work. Buying them on Amazon
You are keeping me entertained with your electrical terminology 😂 . I’m a retired commercial/industrial electrician 👍😂. Keep up the good work 👍👍
👍👍👍 NICE JOB 🍻
I’m impressed, way to go!
Lol thanks buddy
Smart conversion DP.👌
Not only are they brighter, the generator is running at minimal load for very good fuel efficiency.👍🤙
Thanks
Name suggestion for the Willie’s. “Forest”. That way you would have Forest and Lt. Dan. Lol
Maybe call the light tower Genny, you know, cause it's a generator 🤔
I was sure crimping and shrinking everything before testing was gonna be bad juju. But hey, it worked!
Most of the LED light systems go back quite a few years and thanks to the pot growers, we now have LED lights that shine more than just a few inches. That was the biggest obstacle getting light to travel further and then they made the breakthrough and its a good day and so much cheaper. Been there with a card that has money I haven't spent and see the master cylinder, and maybe wheel cylinders ... fluid you get local but the new this and that so the switch turns and it just works ... its hard to stop when its a necessary part and you are in to it armpit deep. By the way since you can get the LED lights in a multitude of colors, I would go with a orange or yellow light panel in between the existing lights up on the pole to make it easier on the eyes and increase happy moods. Lights can affect peoples feelings or tempers. I might sound crazy but that is because I just might be crazy. I know that its money season right now so worry about the truck or other later. and I am curious as to how much power that plant is putting out. Maybe it got hot when one ballast died. Too much power and no where to go. Damn mice might of got into that panel or someplace that caused it to short out.
@@user-tt3pd4gc8h I know about that blue light being the hard one to make as it is so necessary for healthy plants.
20:27 Looks like you could add a couple more on top in the center where the light bar attaches to the pole, one pointing either direction.
"In good old fashion theory, It should work". The look on your face cracked me up. Thank you for posting such good videos.
Nice part is since the led lights have such a lower draw you could actually add more than just 4 lights on the tower and be just fine.
About 15 years ago I replace my175 watt MH lights with what was around 30 watt LED heads. The brightness was improved but the real difference is the LED was a much whiter light. Plus a lot less power to do it. There is probably improvements in LED since then. But you can't go wrong with LED. Never had a problem with them except bugs and dirt on the glass. Same with any fixture.
Use one phase of the 220 for the receptacle and one phase for the lights and tie in the neutral and ground to everything and you should have 110 to each circuit for balanced loading and then you should be done. You probably should have used all of the home run wires that went down the stack and made the splices in the con box for resistance minimization (though not a really big deal)
Thanks for the ideas on what to do with my old light plant.
Absolutely awesome job on the time lapse, it reminds me of Jimmy Diresta's videos! Thanks for the link to the lights as well!
Thanks
LED lights work great, nice job Mike
Nice update, may even have less draw on the motor too
Generator didn't even flinch under load, You could add a couple more lights to cover your shadow areas and get a good 360 coverage.
DP, the lights you are using the Metal Halide Bulbs, are what are used for Growing som Magic Herb. Even the LED lights can be used for Grow Lights.
Yep, you can make anything entertaining! Great video Michael!
Thanks Tom
Looks good! This reminds me of going with my grandfather helping him set up light units when he worked construction
It’s scary when a plan comes together. Job well done!
thanks!
amazing that you can't even hear the load going on the generator. did you hear the sound change with the old lights under load
2:54 NEVER TOUGH THE BULB!!!!!!!!! The oils on your sink will deform the glass when it goes hot.
I agree if you planing on using it 😁
WOWZERS! That ole girl was definitely crispy crittered! Great thinking outside the box to get er reworked & running again, & for FAR less than the ole system!
I changed my shop lights over to led. Big difference. I been switching them as the ballast go out.
You are a friggin genius! Great job!
Thanks
Fixing that jeep up is going to be nice that jeep is old as I am I was born in 54 well you know how old it is now 67 just because it's so don't mean you throw it away fix it up a little bit have fun with it for sure good job on that generator them are nice lights for sure good choice on those lights really looks good on the track God bless have a great day my friend👍🙏🏁🔆
I know you said it hardly gets moved or hauled around but just a little heads up. Adding those heavier lights on the back and removing the quite heavy ballasts from the front will cause a issue with tongue weight and possible fish tailing while hauling down the road. I had that issue when i converted all of my sheriffs offices nearly identical light towers to led's. They almost got into a wreck because of it so i ended up mounting a good sized barbell weight behind the panel where the ballasts were to solve the issue.
Haven’t had any problems works great thanks
Thanks for sharing Mike!
Nice to see u figured it out u made it look simple lol
That's pretty bright good job
Haven't been worried about Lt. Dan. You told us once the busy season started that he would have to wait. I'm cool with waiting on Lt Dan but am hankering for the rest of the Grandma project. 😁 Nice upgrade on the lights.
👍
Nice conversion.
Nicely done Mike, that should be a huge improvement.
Thanks
nice upgrade Mike. those ancient HIDs suck. bulb breaks off at the base or the screw base gets corroded in the socket cant get the sonuvab-tch out , the transforners weight a ton get temperamental. Im trying to get our property to ditch the ancient farm house gooseneck style HID fixtures for those exact LEDs you using
Crazy cool Dave..great job
looks great. you might want to drop the revs on the motor as you wont have near the same load. i would also mount a 5,6 light on small t coming out between the lights. you have power capacity and circuits to switch off of needed, but it would fill the 22 shadows for the track but still be towable. you could mount 4 extra for fun overkill, but i think 2 will work for the whole track.
pretty cool having the town's race track in your back yard, no wonder Gunners a driver. 👍
nice work DP .
from the Netherlands thanks for the video
Very nice.
I had the power company install a 280 spotlight on my farm... just that light does a great job.
I can imagine 4 lights.
I'll install later in the fall more lights on our new 10k sq ft garden area.
TY the video confirms, it will do whats needed.
Great job on the upgrade/repair.
Thanks
Looks good. Now you wont attract as many bugs around the lights especially mosquitos since they cant see LED light
Oh please, led light is exactly the same, only a slightly different spectral pattern and less heat
@@____________________________.x believe what you want I dont care that you dont know what you are talking about
Looks great and with the lower power requirements.. you could even add more lights to the tower... maybe going in the other two directions to lose that shadow... I bet that generator is now severe overkill for this job... those Metal Halide lights took some serious amperage/wattage... these probably take less than a household incandescent bulb...
Mike, This was one of your best videos you have made in awhile! Not to say, all the others were bad. From the very start you were excited, giddy, and smiling!! Sometimes the stress of the day makes you a little gruff. This video made me smile @ 8:45, and hopefully it will last all day!! Thanks for the video, keep'em coming, Later : }{ :
Thanks appreciate that
@DirtPerfect Jack of all trades, master of fun.
😁
Nice job DP!!👏👏
look into the push type connectors, they are the more current connectors. work better than the the one you are using, better in more consistent contact with the wires. Just a FYI
Great job mike love to watch you you have lots of fun!!
Thanks
As always never a dull moment love your different content your the best at this UA-cam thing thank you alot for your excellent hard work and keep em coming
Thanks
Poor Lt Dan....... jeep isn't a priority but comes first..... maybe use lights 5 times a year but they come first...... ha ha ha just bustin balls buddy ! Keep up the great work!
Nice up grade DP they definitely are brighter
I think so too!
Gotta love a win for sure.
Always good to have some light entertainment bro, so easy to wire up too. Nice one
Thanks
What did DP say: Let there be light! Now you can work 24 hours a day!
Looks great Mike Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching
Lights are cool .
You can hook 100v to 260v to the led lights, so that is 5amps max so you should be able to have like 5 or 6 with that gennerator easy,, the caps on the halid system is for starting they are cheap. They blow and stop the flow of electricity
Great job. It looks good.
Thanks
Sweet! Track well lit! You guys will be able to race all night now. Gals can put the kids to bed and the guys can tear that track up all night long, ha! All my carting friends will be jealous to see this.
Love that classic
Good job mike
Thanks
If you want the lights to last any time, HEATSHRINK covers over the crimps. A necessity !!
Just to avoid future headaches, draw the schematic on the inside of the lid. Saves pulling everything to see what's hooked to what.
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Just a suggestion, place a color code note in box for wiring. If you need to work on it again, you will know what wire did what without testing or trying to remember.
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Looks great.
Thanks
Awesome! I may get some of those.
Nice job I would put two more units--- one for each quarter part of the track,would look like daylight then.
More than likely the ballast which has caps on them to allow fast starts (like start caps and run caps on AC compress/fans) and the ballast burnt taking the cap out and a big mess. Good job. Hate to see either light but know they are limited. Dark skies for telescopes are vaporizing with LED lamps and unneeded light.
Looks great 🇺🇲 Mike
Hey DP let us know how the LEDs stand up to the weather and the vibration of taking it to and back from work sites. If you have to replace a panel, dig into the old one and see if it could be made more vibration resistant. Thanks!
Will do
Great video...made me smile... thanks...
Glad you enjoyed it
Actually that Jeep is a military M38A1. The first year of production is up for discussion. It has the port hole for the radio on the right side and l think it has a lid on the right side cowl. It was originally a 24 volt.
If l could see some detailed pictures
I could tell you more.
Great video, enjoy watching.
Thanks Andy
Myself, I would put 1 light ad the plug on one breaker, then the other lights on the other. Then you have a low set up, then the light the show!
That’s awesome how are they holding up? I have one transformer out and one bulb out and thinking of doing the conversion.
Awesome no issues
Glad you said you like it when a plan comes together I was gonna talk to you should say
ya should add two more to the pole to even it out the generator can handle it
we change them to LED spots 10% of the wattage you can buy the with quality chip sets ie Osram and the like if you buy a quality chip set 250 usd is good value
Cool as always