stanley HID question

[johnson225ho]

Hello, I looked through the thousand or so posts about this light and still couldn't seem to find the answer i was looking for so i figured i would just ask. My plan is to use the Stanley as a spotlight on a boat. I have a POB that i had taken the battery out of and now i can only use it if it is plugged in. My question is if i can remove the battery from the Stanley and will it still work plugged in to the 12 v receptacle? Do i just leave the wires that were attached to the battery loose inside, or do i have to hook them up to something else?
This would make the light ideal for my use because it wouldn't be heavy, easy to hold (POB is akward to hold and aim while driving a boat,) and powerful enough to see a ways.

Thanks for any help guys.
Steve

 

[StarHalo]

The Stanley weighs less than half of what the POB does, even with the battery..

 

[Mjolnir]

I seem to remember that the DC input will charge the battery, or supply power directly to the light if necessary.I don't plan on using my light this way, so i'm not really sure if this is the case.
It really isn't all that heavy with the battery, so it may not be a problem.

 

[johnson225ho]

I do agree it will be lighter than the POB with the battery in it. But even still, the light will have to be held above the windshield above your head for 20-30 minutes sometimes. Even the POB with the battery out of it gets heavy holding it up. Just wondering if anyone knows how to do it?
The POB was simple, just unplugged the battery and connected the Battery leads to a 12 volt plug. I was just hoping to do the same thing with this light, but not sure how to do it. Thanks again,

Steve

 

[Drivers100]

I can tell you I hooked the cig lighter plug to my lab power supply set at twelve volts with the internal battery disconnected and it ran fine. You just need to disconnect your battery, remove it and tape or heat shrink the terminals and your good to go.

 

[StarHalo]

You might consider something like a Golight, so that you don't have to hold on to anything at all.

This one is magnet-mounted, has a 16 foot 12V plug, and an RF wireless remote control: http://www.magnalight.com/pc-1893-4...tlight-hand-remote--mag-mount--2800-beam.aspx

 

[Mjolnir]

Of course that costs nearly $500. For that much of a price difference, I would gladly hold onto a light for a few minutes.

 

[Patriot]

I do agree it will be lighter than the POB with the battery in it. But even still, the light will have to be held above the windshield above your head for 20-30 minutes sometimes. Even the POB with the battery out of it gets heavy holding it up. Just wondering if anyone knows how to do it?
The POB was simple, just unplugged the battery and connected the Battery leads to a 12 volt plug. I was just hoping to do the same thing with this light, but not sure how to do it. Thanks again,

Steve

Steve, I feel your pain with holding that weight. I have a feeling that people who don't object to it haven't held a spotlight from a truck window for a couple of hours.

When I'm up north archery hunting it's a tradition that every other night we jump in the truck, with weapons removed of course, and go spotlight game. Some days you hunt your tail off all day long and might not see a thing in your area and you have no idea what's going on. If you can go out at night and drive 30 miles of dirt road with the spotlight, you can at least determine if they're still in the area or not. If they are it renews hope, if they're not active even at night, they've usually left the area.

In any case we've gone out for 2-3 hours some evenings and your running a spot the whole time from one of the side windows. If the light is more than about 3lbs, it's a fatiguing son of a gun.

I don't own the Stanley so I'm not sure how it's wired. In short, it's either one of two ways. Either everything runs through the on board batteries or the 12V socket portion has it's own wiring. If it has its own just remove the batteries. If it runs through the batteries remove the batteries and hard wire the 12V socket to the battery leads. Just make sure there's an in line 20A fuse somewhere between the power point and the switch. Maybe it already has one but just a reminder if your mod happens to bypass it.

 

[johnson225ho]

I can't thank you guys enough for all of your help and comments. I was hoping that it would run, but didn't want to screw up my new light either.
StarHalo- Funny you mention the go-light because we had a buddy that ended up getting one and it didn't work out. the remote was too hard to use bouncing through the water and the reaction time of the light was a little too slow for comfort. Thanks for the input though.

Patriot-they do get heavy quick, dont they. The worst is when my better half is with me and we are trying to go down the mississippi river channel in the dark. She is trying to run the spotlight as best she can, but she has about as much muscle in her arms as an anorexic 5th grader, so it gets pretty heavy quick for her and i usually take over.
I hate that part of running the boat at night, but seems like thats when the fish are biting, so gotta go.

Thanks to this site though, it has gotten a ton better. We were all out there with our 500,000 candlepower spotlights trying to see about 200 feet in front of us before. Now my whole group(about 12 of us) all have POB, Stanley, or Some type of HID lights. What a difference it has made. Thanks again guys,
Steve

 

[johnson225ho]

Just wanted to give an update. I took the battery out of the light and just taped the battery leads off and the light works great. It is super light and easy to handle. Thanks guys.

Steve

 

[ANDREAS FERRARI]

Just wanted to give an update. I took the battery out of the light and just taped the battery leads off and the light works great. It is super light and easy to handle. Thanks guys.

Steve

Thanks for the info Steve.I've been asking if anyone has tried this for awhile now,but you seem to be the first one who's actually done it.:thumbsup: