[Craggle]

Hi,just in the process of doing up my old truck and i am wanting to install a pair of 4 inch spotlights at the back of the bonnet. These would be for work only on our farm as we need more light in emergencies for calving and cow problems. My question is am i ok to have them come on and off with their own switch seperate to my road lights? I will be putting a pair at the rear also. Front and rear will have their own illuminated switches in cab and labelled worklights only for off road use. Will this be ok for mot testing or flag an potential issues? Many thanks, craig

• This topic was modified 2 weeks, 4 days ago by JT.

[JT]

Craig, you’re basically on the right track with it.
As long as the work lights are on their own separate switches, that’s exactly how you’d want to do it. You don’t want them tied into your normal headlights at all.
For MOT, the main thing is they can’t interfere with your regular road lights or dazzle anyone. So:
Don’t have them coming on with dipped or main beam
Make sure they’re only operable via their own switches
Rear ones especially shouldn’t be chucking out white light while you’re driving normally

Plenty of people fit work lights on pickups/farm trucks and it’s usually fine. Where it can get picky is if:
Front ones look like driving lamps and act like main beam
Rear ones could be mistaken for reversing lights or blind someone

Labelling them “work lights” is a nice touch, and if you really want to play it safe some people stick covers on for MOT—but most testers are fine if it’s obvious what they are and they’re wired properly.

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 4 days ago by JT.

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