Charlie Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Another question, Is there a bracket to fit the penthouse light to the top of the roll bar behind the front seats in a wolf or was it cable tied? And were these just wired direct to the battery or was there a distribution box used somewhere? Best, Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Charlie if you have the proper clamps for fitting them to the frame of a shelter you will have found they will not grasp the width of the roll cage. I tried various modifications to make the clamps to fit but gave up. In the end I used U bolt clamps for an exhaust. I just clamped two to the roll bar spaced for the holes in the light. Then with the clamps secured used one leg of each clamp to attach to the light using nyloc nuts. In my TUL I had two & in TUM had three. They were just fed in series from the battery via a fuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks for that. I was going to use the U bolts that hold the weapons rack onto the roll bar if there wasn't a bracket made to fit. To my detriment i'm sometimes a rivet counter lol C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Charlie, you should have a twin core cable that comes up behind the nearside front seatbelt which feeds from Fuse 7 on the dash. It is fused at 7.5A and I think was intended as a radio feed and is more than sufficient to supply two or three penthouse lights. That saves running extra wires. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Thanks guys, Got the light through today and It has a 3 pin plug and not a 2 pin as i expected! Found the right lead on ebay, but does anyone know which pin is which? The light is a Type 3 Mark 1 FV562009 so it is the 24V one and not the 110V one. I just diddnt expect 3 pins for 24 volt equipment ?! Cheers C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Charlie there is 230v one also, but the pin spacing is larger. On your one 24v one there are 3 terminals positive, negative & the earth which is the screening. Screening is necessary to reduce RF interference not just pick up from a nearby transmitter but to reduce the amount of radiated RF from the internal inverter that produces the 230v to drive the tube from 24v. There was a thread on the issue of connections here a year ago. As I got it wrong in the first instance I better not give an opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Charlie here is the thread: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?42689-which-cables-are-used-to-power-a-Penthouse-Lamp&highlight=penthouse+connections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Thanks Clive, So am I right in thinking you just connected the Neg. & Earth together? Found a good link with internal pics here http://www.land-rover-lightweight.co.uk/ClansmanLamp.html C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Yes (it won't allow me to just answer Yes so I typed this) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ( yup, thats enough letters lol) Cheers Buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Both ends of my penthouse light has a male socket, is this the norm?, as I would expect one to be male (input) and one to be female (output) ?! C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks for all your help guys, success . I found the feed for the radios, it had been cut off with about a foot of cable left and live ends left! I put a two pin plug on the end and went straight into a distribution box. Made up 2 brackets wit a bit of 8mm steel and attached to the roll bar with the U-bolt that hold the weapons mount to the rollbar. Turned up an aluminium spacer as the U-bolt nut covered the lamp's plug socket! Changed a 3 pin plug on a connecting lead to a 2 pin plug (connected the Earth and Negative together) (Pin A was +), connected to the distribution box and blow me down it lit up! I can see in the dark Best regards, Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Nice neat fitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Thanks Nick, I like my landy to be neat and tidy, shame the same thing can't be said for my kitchen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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