Long story short: can anyone tell me what the pictured plug behind the seat in my L6060 is for?
Long story:
I want to add a light bar to my tractor. I bought a bar that came with a wiring harness and instructions. The typical method is to wire it to your battery and install the switch, relay, etc. However, I read in my manual about this "accessory electrical outlet" behind the seat in the cab of my L6060. The manual puts it over your right shoulder if you were sitting in the seat. The manual shows a picture of the "outlet" near where the cigar lighter is. It calls the cigar lighter and accessory outlet as well. In my manual it says the outlets are good for 25 amps which is what the corresponding fuse is rated for in my interior fuse box too. This is enough to power my light bar and it would be so easy to wire into this outlet instead of going through the firewall to the battery, etc.
So I call my dealer and they say the plug for this type of connector is $85 and it comes with the male end to the connector in this photo and it comes with 12in of wire. Well, I found the corresponding connector for $4 on an American website. So I ordered it and it fits perfectly and I wired the male end to the light bar and it all connects just fine.
Well the light bar doesn't turn on. It's getting power to the switch and the relay but not to the lights. Can't figure it out. Work at it for a while and then decide to drive my tractor to its parking spot away from the garage and try again later. Well it stalls.
This is the weirdest thing. The tractor stalls forward and reverse ONLY while I'm plugged into this connector! I unplug the light bar connector from the female end (pictured) and the tractor drives as normally.
It is the exact same function as the seat safety switch. As if I was trying to accelerate while not sitting down. As soon as I unplugged it, no issue.
My only thought is that somehow this pictured plug is NOT the "accessory electrical outlet" and it's somehow connected to the seat safety switch. When plugged in it's somehow telling the tractor my butt is not on the seat.
Any help would be appreciated. My next idea is to wire the light bar to the cigar lighter or just go through the firewall to the battery like I admittedly e should have done in the first place. Please help me figure out what this plug is. Thank you!!
Long story:
I want to add a light bar to my tractor. I bought a bar that came with a wiring harness and instructions. The typical method is to wire it to your battery and install the switch, relay, etc. However, I read in my manual about this "accessory electrical outlet" behind the seat in the cab of my L6060. The manual puts it over your right shoulder if you were sitting in the seat. The manual shows a picture of the "outlet" near where the cigar lighter is. It calls the cigar lighter and accessory outlet as well. In my manual it says the outlets are good for 25 amps which is what the corresponding fuse is rated for in my interior fuse box too. This is enough to power my light bar and it would be so easy to wire into this outlet instead of going through the firewall to the battery, etc.
So I call my dealer and they say the plug for this type of connector is $85 and it comes with the male end to the connector in this photo and it comes with 12in of wire. Well, I found the corresponding connector for $4 on an American website. So I ordered it and it fits perfectly and I wired the male end to the light bar and it all connects just fine.
Well the light bar doesn't turn on. It's getting power to the switch and the relay but not to the lights. Can't figure it out. Work at it for a while and then decide to drive my tractor to its parking spot away from the garage and try again later. Well it stalls.
This is the weirdest thing. The tractor stalls forward and reverse ONLY while I'm plugged into this connector! I unplug the light bar connector from the female end (pictured) and the tractor drives as normally.
It is the exact same function as the seat safety switch. As if I was trying to accelerate while not sitting down. As soon as I unplugged it, no issue.
My only thought is that somehow this pictured plug is NOT the "accessory electrical outlet" and it's somehow connected to the seat safety switch. When plugged in it's somehow telling the tractor my butt is not on the seat.
Any help would be appreciated. My next idea is to wire the light bar to the cigar lighter or just go through the firewall to the battery like I admittedly e should have done in the first place. Please help me figure out what this plug is. Thank you!!
