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The passenger side has the clamp mount for the gun ring leg that runs up to the bottom of the windshield frame and the light poles were too long and would interfere with it, unless I shortened the pole. Plus if I ever did put the windshield down, I would still have a spotlight available for use...

Thanks for the kind words guys. I enjoy tinkering around with the truck and doing mods like this. To me, it's great R&R therapy.

OK, as promised, here are some pics of my spotlight installation. I used light 'poles' from a bridge truck. I wanted to be able to direct the lights from inside of the cab, so that determined the area to mount them. The drivers side didn't leave me with a lot of options for mounting the pole...

Spotlight mounting and wiring completed. They work great! I used a 20 amp breaker and along with a switch on the lights themselves, I wired in a master switch inside of the cab. You were right Bjorn, it was the #10 wire. It is a heavier gage wire that is a constant power source. I will post...

Thanks guys. Patrick, this is the breaker I have, a standard military one. It came off of my parts duece. Are these of the magnetic type? So it would be ok to power both lights from a single power lead that is split at the switches? Electronics is not my specialty, obviously....

What is the current draw for a standard 24v spotlight like those found on bridge trucks, wreckers, etc? I'm wiring in 2 of them on my m35. I would like to run both of them from the same power lead, different switches. I should probably wire in a breaker too? I have an extra 15 amp breaker I can...