8550 stadium lights
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Topic: 8550 stadium lights
Posted By: darrel in ND
Subject: 8550 stadium lights
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2017 at 11:51pm
| Had a couple stadium lights out on the 8550, so we replaced them, so now all 8 of em work. But now it throws the circuit breaker after about 5 minutes. Son says especially when you hit a bump. He was running it. Was going to seed all night, but that issue put a stop to it. And all the lights go out except the two headlights way up front. I assume one or two new circuit breakers would be the fix, but where would they be at, and is it a NAPA thing, or something ya have to get through AGCO. Thanks, Darrel |
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Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2017 at 12:15am
| hitting a bump sounds more like wiring worn through somewhere. think they are threaded stud type.Napa likely get some. |
Posted By: LB0442
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2017 at 1:10am
| Both of the stadium switches are wired to 1 30 amp circuit breaker. It is a standard unit, NAPA should have one. The bad part is it is under the cab top, I find it a pain to take them on and off. I wish they would have put a better access for it, the good part is when you get the top off it is wide open. The breaker should reset if it is just a current draw issue, then go off again. If it stays off I would look at the power supply to the breaker which comes off a solenoid on the right side of the firewall in front of the dash. I am just going off memory so I could be wrong but I know they had a separate power wire to the breaker for the stadium light option. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2017 at 2:15am
| replace with LED, run on less power |
Posted By: mintenfarmer
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2017 at 5:35am
| I second led lights.. We bought pods off of amazon it averaged out to under four dollars per light and is brighter than factory lights |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2017 at 9:32am
I am pretty sure it is a circuit breaker at fault. Never did it until we got all of the lights up and running. After a few minutes They come back on. Darrel |
SteveM C/IL wrote:Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2017 at 9:33am
That is my long term plan. Just haven't gotten to it yet. Lots of other stuff on this old girl needs some attention, too. Darrel |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2017 at 9:45am
I think a bucket truck is almost needed for an old fart like me to take the cab top off. LOL! I am re-thinking this whole stadium light circuit breaker thing, because all of the lights were going out on him. Not just the stadium lights. Guess the two up front head lights stayed on, but other than that, there are four more (supposed to be six more, but my tractor is minus two rear fenders) that are on the lower part, front and rear of cab, that are not on the stadium light circuit, but were also going out. May have to dig deeper here. I asked him if the blower quit, too, and he didn't know. Darrel |