I have generally remained fairly sane during this lockdown but I may have tipped over the edge yesterday.
They are not wired up and I fear my dynamo may not be grunty enough to run them anyway. They are old Lucas SLR700s but I wonder if they can be converted to LED and whether that would put less strain on the dynamo?

And they might be too big for the car. I do quite the safari look though

I've installed LED headlight bulbs (thread as below) and they have a significant reduction in current draw. I too have a dynamo on my car. So I'm happy with the result. So yes, they will reduce the load but if you are running both spots and your normal headlight, I suspect the dynamo will struggle even with LEDS fitted to both.

https://www.fiatforum.com/500-classic/474525-enlightning.html

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Fayray said:

And they might be too big for the car. I do quite the safari look though

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I like it too; and they are a big but so what.. I found I needed to fit small stays to stop mine wobbling, even resting on the "bull-bar". Once I fitted them I didn't need the bar.

thanks. I'll look into the LED thing further. As I'm unlikely to run them for extended periods I wonder if it would be feasible to run them directly off the battery?

Peter - obviously I haven't driven it with the spots yet but I will look out for the wobble. They seem rock solid but a road test will likely reveal the need for further stability I'm sure. Glad you like them. You can actually clearly see them from the drivers seat

Here's my take on the correct amount of lights!!