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

O-K, the light kit that is sold as an 'Accessory' for the Honda Snowblowers comes with a standard 12 V sealed beam, like the old car headlights of yesteryear. But it IS Halogen as Honda says, a $10.00 dollar GE Par36 50 Watt bulb that puts out 300 Lumens.  It is in fact manufactured for this and many other applications by a company named (PM) Peterson Manufacturing, (www.pmlights.com)   They list the light in its rubber weather and vibration resistant mount as a Model 507, and if you go to www.foxtaillights.com they sell it for about 30 bucks, without the special HONDA snowblower bracket you need to mount it to the Honda snowblower, for the kit that Honda sells that includes this expect to pay $ 60.00 buckaroos.   Now IF, like me, You want to install a light more modern, capable and bright here's what you do.  You again go to FoxTailLights.com, and buy the PM model 907 light with 10 LED Diodes to light your way and an estimated 100,000 hour durability and an output of 1000 Lumens  . . . that light with the same rubber mount sells for $ 72.00 plus shipping and anything else they can add. 

The light kit, like the Commercial Skid Shoes is supplied with the electroplated zinc, Guaranteed to RUST in record time, bolts, nuts & washers.  If you don't like rust on your new snowblower go to www.allensfasteners.com and replace the HONDA QuickRust hardware with some Stainless Steel.

Incidentally the Peterson Manufacturing (PM) Technical rep said that the OEM accesory light they supply Honda, the 50watt 12V sealed bean requires 2.54 amps, the new LED unit needs just  .51 amps to operate, so the extra power to run the switch is not going to be a problem.  Just make sure the unit gets as good a ground contact as you can or it might  not work. 

PM makes a stick-on reflective in either amber or red they call them "Spitfires", IMHO they are the brightest reflectors I've ever seen should anyone need such a thing.

aa335 wrote:

I bet you guys pay more fro fuel.

we are at 289/299 for reg..

I always try and pump my own ,I dont trust the knucklehead with the nozle.

I can't handle nicks in my paint!!

We had 2 inc of snow here today,I used a brrom :( what a bummer!!

njal wrote:
Yup.  I'm paying $3.39 per gallon for premium.  Ouch. 

Yeah, I don't get why you can't pump your own gas in NJ.  Those people don't care about your car, why should they touch your car?  Is there a pump handler union in NJ?

New_Yorker wrote:

So you are DavidNJ after all. I still don't see any pics from you with your alleged snowblower or you using it. Just a lot of stuff from an online manual. You have contributed nothing except opinions about a snowblower that you do not even attempt to prove that you own. You are never going to post any pics because you do not have a Honda, you bought an MTD instead. You are only posting tech info gleaned from online info and a supposed manual that you own which is doubtful. So you dream up a starwman arguement in which you do not answer any of what I have posted as you have to avoid the truth at all costs.

As far as LED lights apparantly I did not make myself clear however a poster later on was able to so i saw no point in expounding on the fact that an LED does get hot and that is why it requires a heat sink. The actual light itself does not get hot but if you run it without a heat sink the LED will fail and quickly. You chose to ignore my saying that.

Anyway back to your strawman arguement. Either produce the pics of your Honda 928 with your LED light attachment or get relegated back to being the liar you have been in this forum. You have little to no practical experience and it shows. Posting tech articles on snowblowers that anyone could look up doesn't count David.

njal wrote:

The only thing wrong with Jersey is DavidNJ a former poster from New Jersey now going under the name New_Yorker. He was booted off for being insulting and rude. Jersey State is cool tho.

kderobertis wrote:

Steve_Cebu wrote:

Somehow I didn't imagine for even a moment that I was your Debut at insulting people, and posting irrelevant wikipedia answers.  Question is how did the Moderator manage to not Boot you after your obvious history.  You're still here offending others and posting garbage.  More proof of my earlier warnings not to believe the pseudo-expert on these forums.   Oh,  and I find that I have no need to prove anything to you or anyone else here.  Last time I looked this was still a Free Country. 

New_Yorker wrote:

I have not insulted anyone. What I see is you attempt to discredit me through strawman arguements by taking one post out of a series of posts to claim I was wrong about LED lights. Lights that you do not have on your Honda and neither do you have a Honda, of that I am fairly certain. Post the pics of your LED light setup on your Honda and that will prove that you aren't really DavidNJ because he bought a MTD snowblower again. People on here disagree all the time. It's the nature of a forum. You have been unable to point out where I have been rude and insulting and in fact the threads you were in were locked out because of your behavior. You like to use the term pseudo-expert yet you yourself do not even own the machine you claim to own which is why you will never post a pic of it. You read tech specs from manufacturer websites and somehow that makes you an expert?! You have posted no wothwhile content at all. So what exactly does that make you? I'm noit an expert and I have never claimed to be one. You make that claim and then try and discredit me. Show me one post where I claimed to be an expert, you can't. I'm just a guy who owns a Toro 1028 snowblower and I've posted pics and videos of it on here and shared my experiences. What have you done except create problems where none exist?

I'll sit back and wait for pics that will never get posted because you do not own the machine that you claim to own. You were booted off before because of your behavior. You can't prove anything to anyone because you have no practical information a to share. I'm still awaiting a list of people whom I have offended other than yourself.

People read these posts and they'll know you are full of hot air. No matter how you try an squirm out of it you don't own a Honda and you didn't put an LED light on it. You are a fraud! If not prove me wrong and I will apologize and say no more.

Like the quote says "Never wrestle with a pig - you get dirty and the pig likes it"

Either way I'm out of this mindless conversation.

New Yorker,

The number over the housing I just add for really no reason, it's something I add  to identify the width of the machine, for my  snow blower and lawn equiptment.

As for the photo, it was shot with the iPhone very simple.

New Yorker,

Quick question, does the LED light work with a simple replacement of the 507 with the 907 in the rubber housing?  Do the wires connect the same?  If so, I will order the light and take a photo.

Is there any fickering while the engine is running?

So I replace this:

with this:

aa335 wrote:

I think we are the only state left with that rule.