Realistic amps for Chinese lightbar

[Howmanygoes]

I am researching light bars in preparation.

An eBay bash pulled up loads of cheep Chinese units, but seriously one was 2160watts, that’s 180amps. Is this correct, surely the wattage is massively exaggerated? I’d need a cable as thick as my leg.

Budget will be between £100-150 just for the bar. So open to some suggestions looking at 4oish inch and will fit to my rack.

 

[Towpack]

There are 2 ways of rating LED’s in watts. The actual power consumption and the rating of light output equivelent to a given wattage of filament bulbs. The second variant is not a very good way of rating them IMO as light is measured in Lumens. Power consumption of LED’s varies but they can give as much as ten times the light output compared to filament/halogen bulbs of a given consumtption rating.

 

[jjsaul]

I've got one of these on my 80...not massive money and seems to work well for what I want (scene lighting when camping / loading trailers etc etc, green laning at night and occasional road use at night on really quiet roads) I think it was £56 when I bought it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013K0J7Y6/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That's it fitted on the truck, sits nicely under the tent https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10161111728840392&l=8b605741a2

 

[Towpack]

I put a pair of these on the dirt bike for green laning after dark. They look and feel really solid and well made and the power and beam pattern belies their cheap price, plus they’ve two withstood 2 crashes so far.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-X-Brig...952598?hash=item3d79c4e7d6:g:b3wAAOSw-pNb6TKy

 

[nick_the_fish]

Nice looking truck @jjsaul . That photo would have been a good submission for the annual forum calendar

 

[Shayne]

The technology is readily available so buying doesn't have to be complicated , my skipper wanted a search light for the boat which is 12 volt so i told him go on ebay , make sure its all flood lights , an IP67 rating or higher and send me the bill .

It wasn't expensive but its outlasted the flood lights marine engineers fit to commercial fishing vessels by a fair margin already and shows no indication it might need replaced any time soon . Can't complain at that when when it must stand up to a force 9 gale at sea and its out there every day .

 

[Howmanygoes]

Light bar fitted.... looks great at night.

 

[StarCruiser]

Light bar fitted.... looks great at night.

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Looks great in the daytime too.
To round this one off, how many amps does it actually take and what’s the rated lumens and watts?