Grote Industries announced what it said is the market’s first purpose-built Hook-Up Lamp – the SuperNova LED Hook-Up Lamp. Before now, the company said, one or two incandescent hook-up lamps were often mounted on the rear of the cab to illuminate the work area between a tractor and trailer. Traditional hook-up lamps employ optics that often cause a bright spot at the center of the beam pattern with usable light rapidly diminishing as the beam spreads.
Grote’s new SuperNova LED Hook-Up Lamp features an advanced optical design that focuses Grote’s proprietary LED WhiteLight in areas that are not commonly well lit by traditional hook-up lamps. The new lamp’s optical prescription creates a controlled, 250-lumen beam pattern that focuses brighter, more usable LED WhiteLight across the entire work area. One SuperNova LED Hook-Up Lamp can easily replace two incandescent lamps, while offering the user a 50-watt power savings.
Grote said the new product is designed to light the environments common to utility trucks, fifth wheels, forklifts and off-road vehicles, to name a few. Additionally, the 12-volt (.6-amp) lamp is rated for 50,000 hours of service, emits less heat than incandescent lamps and draws significantly lower amperage than incandescent offerings, reducing the load on a vehicles’ electrical system.
