pnelson
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I installed two Aurora, 2" LED, 40w, 3200 Lumen Cube lights. One uses a flood pattern and the other has a spot pattern with a longer reach. Mounting was easy. I cut and drilled an aluminum plate that mounted to the holes already under the headlights. The Aurora lights came with pivoting mounting brackets that I bolted to the aluminum plate. The wiring took more time connecting things to my Eastern Beaver PC-8 and then making the multiple connections to the Skene relay/dimmer. The Skene directions were good though and things worked the very first time.
Using the Skene IQ-175 dimmer and a simple on-off switch I end up with three light power settings.
The Skene dimmer acts as a relay with one lead tapped into the high beam pink wire in the lighting harness. When the high beam is activated, the LEDs are powered at 100%. On the low beam setting there are two dimmed modes, 10% and 20%. These modes are activated from an off-on switch and are configurable in increments of 10% so you could go 10% and 50% if you wanted. (Or any other combination…)
At 10%, the lights serve to make the bike more visible acting as daytime running lights. At 20% (with switch on) the lights working with the low beams supply fill light that won't blind oncoming drivers. With the high beam, things get pretty bright with 6400 additional lumens of light.
Cost was $178 for the two lights (eBay) and $60 for the Skene dimmer.
https://ruggedrocksoffroad.com/234-off-road-led-light-by-by-aurora-flood-pattern-4leds-40w-ea-3200-lumens-p-58667.html
http://www.lights.skenedesign.com/IQ_175.shtml
Here are some images of the lights. I'll try to take some night-time shots but those are difficult to get right.
Photos with 10% and high beam settings.
Using the Skene IQ-175 dimmer and a simple on-off switch I end up with three light power settings.
The Skene dimmer acts as a relay with one lead tapped into the high beam pink wire in the lighting harness. When the high beam is activated, the LEDs are powered at 100%. On the low beam setting there are two dimmed modes, 10% and 20%. These modes are activated from an off-on switch and are configurable in increments of 10% so you could go 10% and 50% if you wanted. (Or any other combination…)
At 10%, the lights serve to make the bike more visible acting as daytime running lights. At 20% (with switch on) the lights working with the low beams supply fill light that won't blind oncoming drivers. With the high beam, things get pretty bright with 6400 additional lumens of light.
Cost was $178 for the two lights (eBay) and $60 for the Skene dimmer.
https://ruggedrocksoffroad.com/234-off-road-led-light-by-by-aurora-flood-pattern-4leds-40w-ea-3200-lumens-p-58667.html
http://www.lights.skenedesign.com/IQ_175.shtml
Here are some images of the lights. I'll try to take some night-time shots but those are difficult to get right.
Photos with 10% and high beam settings.