Member - Karl replied:

Not sure if this is will help you but I recently had two small 55 watt driving lights from Supercheap installed under the rear bumper of my Cruiser and had then directly wired to the standard reverse lights so that when I reverse it lights up the rear of the vehicl therefore lighting up the road.

The lights are protected by the tow bar and work a treat.

AFAIK - any light facing rear ward can not be greater than 55 watt.

Others have also attached a single rear facing light on extendable poles to their wheels carriers to provide the additional lighting required.

Karl

baza replied:

I would go with the same wiring 'design' as a set of driving lights, just tap into the reverse light instead of the high beam circuit to active the relay (i.e light wired direct to battery).

CYPHER-CHLNGER replied:

Thanks Everyone for your help as usual....giving me some great ideas

Member - Franga (QLD) replied:

Hey this is frangas son, i am a first year Apprentice Auto sparky, as far as i know it is not wise to run extra lights off the reverse light wire because the reverse switch cant handle the load and will eventual burn out. When wiring the light up i would put an ON OFF ON switch in the dash so u can flick it one way and put it in reverse so it works when in reverse, then flick it the other way will turn it on straight away, when wiring it make sure it is all run through a relay so nothing will burn out.

Let me know how you go.

Cheers frangas son

Muddy doe (SA) replied:

We have two 55w worklights mounted on the rear of the roof rack used as worklights or for reversing when in dark situations or out in the scrub. VERY handy.

They are wired from battery totally seperate from the vehicle reversing lights and have an on/off rocker switch on the dash. I prefer being able to switch them on only when I actually need them. Can be a pain just in city if they were wired in all the time to the reversing lights.

Also if you DO want to use them as worklights (once you do it once you will want to do it all the time), if they are independently wired you can use them whenever you want, without having to put the vehicle in reverse (unless you wire in an overide - more complexity) and can leave them on for a longer time without overheating any wiring (subject to battery capacity!).

I got a switch for the dash that has an led in it so I can see if I accidently knock the switch on. Not a good idea to have 110w of rear facing lighting on going down the highway!

Cheers
Muddy

Brian (VIC) replied:

I bolted 1/2 of a set of super cheap mini driving lights to my tow bar on my Triton, took a feed from the active going to the lights into a switch to power a relay and down to the spottie (55w). Works a treat no I don't back into the carport posts at night any more!