SmilingFarmer
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From reading other posts, I know some have installed marine gang switches for adding lights/accessories. I decided to try to use the wiring that was already provided by Kubota on my RTV 1100 for the purpose of adding front and rear worklights. They have prewired for two lights on the front but only one on the back (rear left). I wanted a pair of lights on the back as well so I just unbolted the headliner and spliced into the wires and ran a set over to the rear right. </p>
To make the job look nice, I splurged and orderedthe actual Kubota switches that are designed for the front and rear work lights. The cost was a little steep ($24 each) but it makes for a nice job. To save a little money, you can buy rectangular driving lights that have 55 watt halogen bulbs for less than $20 per pair at WalMart or most auto parts stores (Auto Zone, Advance Auto, etc).I thought I had it all figured out but I couldn't get any power to the overhead wiring. I had a shop manual for the RTV 1100 but there was nothing in there with any details about a wiring diagram for the work lights, I had a friend come by to see if he could help me figure why I wasn't getting power to the overhead wires. Well, it turns out there was a relay panel with several relays and 3 slow blow fuses located just above the fuse panel. There was one empty spot onthe relay panel that didn't have a relay. Just for the heck of it, we took a relay from another spot and tried it in the empty spot and sure enough, that gave us the power to the overhead wiring. Kubota prewires for the worklights but leaves out the relay. Hopefully this will help someone else who is trying to wire work lights on their 1100 using the Kubota wiring and switches. I put therelay back into its original position and plan to go back to my Kubota dealer tomorrow to get the proper relay for the worklights. I would imagine that if you ordered the light kits from Kubota, they would have provided instructions as well as the relay but hey, sometimes you just like a nice DIY project to save some $. </p>
A question for the group. I will have 2 of the 55 watt halogen lights on the front and2 of the 55 watt bulbs onthe rear. It is protected by a 15 amp fuse in the Kubota fuse panel. As I said earlier, Kubota only puts 3 lights (2 on the front and 1 on the rear). Do you think these four lights will cause an overload on the 15 amp fuse and cause it to blow? Iplan to install my Stryker GoLight in the front center position when it arrives in a couple of days. I plan to definitely put it on its own dedicated circuit rather than the work light circuit or Iexpect I wouldsurely overload the work light circuit. </p>
Thanks,</p>
Smiling Farmer</p>
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To make the job look nice, I splurged and orderedthe actual Kubota switches that are designed for the front and rear work lights. The cost was a little steep ($24 each) but it makes for a nice job. To save a little money, you can buy rectangular driving lights that have 55 watt halogen bulbs for less than $20 per pair at WalMart or most auto parts stores (Auto Zone, Advance Auto, etc).I thought I had it all figured out but I couldn't get any power to the overhead wiring. I had a shop manual for the RTV 1100 but there was nothing in there with any details about a wiring diagram for the work lights, I had a friend come by to see if he could help me figure why I wasn't getting power to the overhead wires. Well, it turns out there was a relay panel with several relays and 3 slow blow fuses located just above the fuse panel. There was one empty spot onthe relay panel that didn't have a relay. Just for the heck of it, we took a relay from another spot and tried it in the empty spot and sure enough, that gave us the power to the overhead wiring. Kubota prewires for the worklights but leaves out the relay. Hopefully this will help someone else who is trying to wire work lights on their 1100 using the Kubota wiring and switches. I put therelay back into its original position and plan to go back to my Kubota dealer tomorrow to get the proper relay for the worklights. I would imagine that if you ordered the light kits from Kubota, they would have provided instructions as well as the relay but hey, sometimes you just like a nice DIY project to save some $. </p>
A question for the group. I will have 2 of the 55 watt halogen lights on the front and2 of the 55 watt bulbs onthe rear. It is protected by a 15 amp fuse in the Kubota fuse panel. As I said earlier, Kubota only puts 3 lights (2 on the front and 1 on the rear). Do you think these four lights will cause an overload on the 15 amp fuse and cause it to blow? Iplan to install my Stryker GoLight in the front center position when it arrives in a couple of days. I plan to definitely put it on its own dedicated circuit rather than the work light circuit or Iexpect I wouldsurely overload the work light circuit. </p>
Thanks,</p>
Smiling Farmer</p>
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