Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

HONDA makes a halogen round light for 60 bucks.  It's OK, but lets be real here, LED's are the Future, and they have lots of light for a little juice, so why isn't the Honda Snowblower equipped with one ?   I found a LED that has 5 - One Watt LED's, and throws 400 Lumens that would look great, if it'd work. It is a 12 Volt  utility light, for about the same price as the Honda OEM that I don't like.  I'm no Electrician, so I'm looking for advice here from somebody who is.  Also if not this light, is there one that would work that is an LED ?

New_Yorker wrote:
Does the Honda halogen light have sufficient output for your expectation or you rather spend $60 on cool LED's?  I wouldn't expect Honda to have LED lights anytime soon.  The current model hasn't changed in much in the last 5 years.  One advantage of the old halogen light is has a defroster built in. 

My HS1132TAS came with the halogen lights.  I find the light output more than adequate for lighting up the area in front of the snowblower.  I wouldn't mind it being LED for the whiter light and better focus to cut through the scatter from the snow like a fog light.  I might fabricate something from an automotive fog light with LED with a bracket (or drift cutter bars) to mount 12 inches above the bucket.  The path in front of the snowblower is well lit without light reflecting back to the operator's eyes.  I would put function first over coolness and efficiency of the light though.

One option you may want to look into is bicycle LED lights with a battery pack.  They are very compact, sealed, and rugged, and can be mounted anywhere.  It will probably costs more than $60 though.

I agree the LED's are much Cooler looking, but that isn't my reason.  The LED Light I picked would fit nicely on the panel between the two handles, and thus illuminate the engine, as well as the area ahead of the machine.  That way if the engine needs gas, or maybe just to be cleaned of something, I can see better.  I'm sure the Halogen light works OK, and it gets hot enough to melt snow, I just thought I'd check out the LED possibility before I buy the Honda accessory light.  The LED draws 1.9 amps which isn't much, and the Halogen light Honda sells is a 50 watt Halogen bulb, both lights run on a 12 Volt system.  I just don't know if the electrical output of the engines stator would be too much for the LED to handle. I was hoping someone on the forum would know, but so far no luck.  An e-mail to the on line seller has not been responded to, so I may just go with the Honda light.