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DaveShreeve
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Posted: Tuesday October 23rd, 2007 09:30 pm |
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1963S wrote: 100 watts is probably overkill - but gee they're nice when there are critters leaping out of the shrubbery (I have suffered two close encounters of the marsupial kind - the last cost about $1500). I now use two 30 year old aircraft landing lights which work REALLY well.
Ian, horses for courses - this isn't usually a problem in the UK. Having used these lamps in other applications I'd say they're probably ideally suited to your use.
Stuart, you have mail. If you have a reliable breaker, at decent prices, by all means use that route. Bear in mind, however, that Minispares stock 45 and 70amp alternators at around £1/amp brand new outright sale. I'd agree with Ian regards sourcing relays, auto electricians tend not to supply the cheap nasty varieties - it reflects on them and it's too much trouble to stock one for own use and one for resale. The wiring's not difficult but the diagram should sort any doubts.
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Hailthegreatman
MCR Member
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Posted: Friday November 2nd, 2007 06:25 pm |
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Hi Folks,
Some progress being made now......
Found myself a local Mini Specialist who will be helping me with an alternator conversion and the fitting and wiring of the lamps.....great guy he does R/C cars too so I dropped off my two nitro fuel monsters for fixing too!
So some help with the actual lamp bar to fit.....
Mini Spares are the most expensive at over £100 here
http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?pid=33347
Moss have this one at £57.95
http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/Shop/SearchResults.aspx?SearchText=gac4616&WebCatalogID=0
Mini Mail have this at £38.50
Anyone know what's best?
Cheers
Stuart
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Mk 3 S Meister
MCR Member
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Posted: Friday November 2nd, 2007 11:06 pm |
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| The Mini Spares item looks the best copy.
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taffy1967
Member
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Posted: Friday November 2nd, 2007 11:41 pm |
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Found myself a local Mini Specialist who will be helping me with an alternator conversion and the fitting and wiring of the lamps.....great guy he does R/C cars too so I dropped off my two nitro fuel monsters for fixing too!
Would that be J&L Mini and Model Centre of Swansea?
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Hailthegreatman
MCR Member
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Posted: Saturday November 3rd, 2007 08:39 am |
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Taffy,
Yup that's the one...good detective work!
Stuart
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Hailthegreatman
MCR Member
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Posted: Sunday May 4th, 2008 10:48 am |
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Progress update.... alternator finished and fitted, kept the control box and kept the parts for a return to original when and if required.
Got a beautiful set of Masemco Ltd Terry Hunter Motorway High Back seats which imho look great fitted.....
Starting to fit the works lamp bar this week, I have a lucas plug and socket works style set up with a three pin socket & plug, can anyone tell me how this will be wired in to run 4 Lucas 700 lamps?
How many relays, I will have an on off switch and a long stalk flasher switch will I need?
Stuart
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