Well I recieved my Hanma light bar today, 236$ to the door. It is 20", 40 3watt LED light.

First impression upon opening the box was that it did have some heft to it, very solid construction. The cooling fins on the back are ever so slightly thinner than the Rigid light bars(going from memory). tempered/hardened glass lens that is both glued(with sealant) and clamped in place. "O" ring cushion on the mount/housing bolts, stout aluminum mounting legs that are basically identicle to the Rigid mounts with rubber cushions. 14gauge high temp wiring
 




so I am thinking either down on the light bar


or up on the targa bar, what do you think?

Where do you plan to use it - as a matter of fact - don't answer that, it has to be used be for off road use.

Neither location is optimal, but the targa is the better of the two - I'm assuming it's a flood pattern, so the higher up the better.

LOL, yeah off road only..........I will be mounting it low right now I do believe.

I am starting to fab up a lightbar mount that incorporates a windshield visor, it attaches to each "A"
pillar, that will be a better location.

Could we ask where you purchased them?

Here you go, http://www.hanma-auto.com/

I ordered it by email, contacted the company and they replied promptly, payment via paypal and shipping via DHL or UPS(costly). They shipped it last tuesday and it arrived today.

LOL, yeah off road only..........I will be mounting it low right now I do believe.

I am starting to fab up a lightbar mount that incorporates a windshield visor, it attaches to each "A"
pillar, that will be a better location.

I do believe we're on the same page - over the top of the windscreen, with something to prevent glare off the hood - that I would consider optimal.

i would LOVE a longer version of this for across the top of the windshield of my tracker. only question i have is do they have a light cover? cops around here would be on me in an instant and ticket me for no light cover on one of these. last time i got pulled over for no light covers on some lights on my old jeep that weren't even wired up. after he ticketed me ($109) i asked him where his light covers were for his light bar since it was way more distracting than my non wired up off road lights. his exact words were "f*** off loser". gotta love those guys haha.

They do not make a cover that I seen on their site. I plan on sewing up some vinyl to make a cover, not because of any law we have, but for protection. In fact here in NY any lights that are installed but not connected are illegal. As long as your off road lights are not switched to be on whenever the rest of the lights are on, but are independently switched you are golden.  

And I used to get the usual cop attitude as well, right up untill my high and tight marine corp haircut turned grey, now they are far more lienient. LOL,LOL,LOL

The state troopers told me that they were told by the politicians running the dept that if someone has money to modify their vehicle they have money to pay for tickets, they told me to simply consider it a tax...........oh well, what ya gonna do....

Ah yeah it should be easy enough to make a cover. Laws up here in B.C. are pretty silly. If you follow every single law in the book then a lot of bone stock new vehicles are illegal lol. Pretty much any mod you do to your vehicle is illegal if you go exactly by the book to. Aaanyways i could go on and on about that but i wont haha. How much of a strain do these lights put on your alternator? Would dual batterys be advised for a longer version?

The beauty of the LED lights is they take very little amperage to run.  The 120W LED light bar only has an 8 amp draw.  They don't even bother using a relay when your using that little amperage.  Most headlights use between 10-20 amps apiece.  Most stock stereo's use more then 10. 

If you go to their sight you can see the amperage draw on each of the different light bars:

http://www.hanma-auto.com/products/category/21/led-led-light-bars

oh wow that's awesome! i'm thinking i need to save my pennies and get one of these. would definitely beat having 4 big round lights on top of the windshield like i was planning on doing before.

The beauty of the LED lights is they take very little amperage to run.  The 120W LED light bar only has an 8 amp draw.  They don't even bother using a relay when your using that little amperage.  Most headlights use between 10-20 amps apiece.  Most stock stereo's use more then 10.  

If you go to their sight you can see the amperage draw on each of the different light bars:

http://www.hanma-auto.com/products/category/21/led-led-light-bars

Just so you understand it - a watt is a watt - whether it's an LED lamp, an HID lamp, a halogen lamp, or a good old fashioned incandescent lamp - a watt is a watt.

To find watts, multiply the voltage by the current - if someone tells you his 120W lamp draws 8A at 12V, that makes it a 96W lamp - the only way you're going to get 120W at an 8A draw is if you're running a 15V feed.

Your average halogen headlamp has a 55/60W bulb, that's 4.6/5A apiece, your average fog/spot lamp uses a 55W H3 bulb, thats 4.6A - if you're going to run a 96W LED bar, you going to need a relay, because the average 12V automotive switch is rated to switch 3A at 12V - it WILL switch 8A, but not for very long.

The primary advantage of LED lamps is their efficiency - they convert more of the electrical energy into light (lumens) and less into heat, a second advantage is life, under normal circumstances, LEDs have an extremely long life.

oh wow that's awesome! i'm thinking i need to save my pennies and get one of these. would definitely beat having 4 big round lights on top of the windshield like i was planning on doing before.

That would actually depend on your intended usage - your big round lamps may not light the area in front of your truck as brightly as an LED bar will, but your LED bar isn't going to light up the desert a mile ahead of you either.

Quote from: swanson on March 13, 2012, 02:54:47 PM

oh wow that's awesome! i'm thinking i need to save my pennies and get one of these. would definitely beat having 4 big round lights on top of the windshield like i was planning on doing before.

That would actually depend on your intended usage - your big round lamps may not light the area in front of your truck as brightly as an LED bar will, but your LED bar isn't going to light up the desert a mile ahead of you either.

good info. i am not looking for distance as much as brightness and area light up. there arent too many places around here i would need light for a super long distance. i think the led lights would be better for my application than the traditional round lights.

Now here is the perfect switch, rated to 20amps. I have two coming along with a few other switches(lockers,lights,compressor)http://www.otrattw.com/proddetail.php?prod=V1D1J66B-AFCZL-1ZL&cat=5