12 volt ARB light

I'll second that, I spent a lot of time (driving on the road for work and pulling into each camping/4wd shop comparing prices) chasing up a good 12v light. The Primus was by far the best value (and is the same as all the others) and has proven to be a fantastic edition to the kit. The primus comes with the Canvas storage bag and velcro strip for tying the cables up too. Well worth the $$$.

Another vote for the primus here.........and at $59, what can u say?

adsy,

If you can get a 12V fluoro that spits out light like a Versa or an Arlec for $5 I'm all ears.

I'm always open to suggestions.

Cheers,

Jim.

I had a cheap fluro (a couple actaully) and the light output compared to my primus was laughable.

Yes show me the money.(or fluro) Most real cheapies suck more power and the light is pitiful.

Nice Norm, Good to c someone thinking outside the square. I personally use a cheap invertor I got for $100 and use a fluro ($30) I got from a hardware store. The brightness cant be matched. It leaves the 12V Fluro and gas lanturns for dead. Also a nice white light and easy to find my camp when there are others around. Can also charge my phone and Batts for gps and camera, etc. I'll never go back. Just don't get water on the invertor as I found out the hard way, (Fireworks.)

Hi All,
I’m with Haza 240v All the way, I can connect a 250w Flood light to my 600w Pure Sine Inverter if I need too…... But to stay on Topic I have an ARB 12v Flouro for general use and it’s great!

HTH

For anyone trying to copy Norm C's (and others) idea and living over here in the sate of confusion (er WA) will have to shop around for the Nelson 12Volt fluoro as Bunnings WA DON'T stock them, for some reason that they can't explain!!!
Most electrical shops should be able to get them tho.
They have a branch over here in Wangara, I think from memory, and they don't sell direct to the public.

Cheers
Rod

Like they Say Rod,
W.A. = Wait A-while!

Agree Totally.

made one up myself, top stuff.

Widely used by the Campertrailer folks.

Good one Norm, I like your style!! ;-)

Just out of interest though I paid $76 for the Primus and that came with the canvas carry bag etc complete. Probally not that much more than the DIY, however you just can't go past DIY when saving $20 IMHO!! $20 bucks is enough fuel to get you out'da city! LOL

Regarding running fluros off cheap inverters, it may well work, however you will find you get MUCH better efficiancy (longer run time) if you use a pure sinewave with fluro's. Just do a search on "Fluro on inverter" in google I'm sure something would come up to explain further.

Matt, I've often wondered about doing the same thing!! I ended up going the 12v Fluro and was totally knocked back by how good it was (it lights up a MASSIVE area) but I still reckon your method is a good'en!

Bought 2 of them when on special last year , price was TOO good to refuse , trouble is both are slowly but surely dieing , better than 30% of the leds no longer "fire" up ,, great lights while they work though ,, gone the PRIMUS route ,same as versalite yet only $59 from all sports ,,$98 at campmart [now owned by supercheap] ,,,watch the x over of prices and "camping stock".

ok...Crazie, how good was Truckster's Versalite on the Woods Point weekend? :)

I also have a Versalite - excellent light - just bought a magnamount for it from www.discountcamping.com.au. Yep, $100 is a bit more expensive than some of the others - but I would buy another versalite before any of the others if I needed another.