I am buying a newer 2016 used survey truck. Where should I go to get strobe lights installed?
Not here......
?ÿ
?ÿ
You don't want strobe lights, you want LED's. The strobes will mess with any laser sensors if you are on a construction job and it really messes with AM radio reception. Years ago I would turn off the strobe at noon when Paul Harvey came on.
What did you end up getting?
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
@brad-ott Right on. Hope it serves you well for years to come.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
I'll add that if the truck lights need to be on quite often you can get a separate battery installed for the lights to prevent draining the battery. Our newer trucks have them installed this way. Used to be able to leave the truck running but now people will hop in and take it joy riding ???ÿ?ÿ
FWIW, IMHO, that's a nicely proportioned wagon.
Thanks fellas! ?ÿI had a brief panic today thinking why so BIG?
Feeling better now. I will get used to it.
I'm not a fan of the strobes.?ÿ Saying this as Joe Citizen who happens to have driven past about 20 of them in the past two miles.?ÿ All setting on or along the road as part of a big fiber optic cable installation project.?ÿ Looks a bit like the parking/delivery area at a major hospital near a 90 car pile-up.
LED lights
LED technology is famous for being the champion of longevity, boasting with 50 000 hours worth of life span. There are many reasons why LED-based lighting is the most popular choice for many emergency services. For starters,?ÿwarning LED lights?ÿtick the box of durability. Their diodes are very small and the overall design of the light is incredibly thin, which reduces wind resistance up to 10% and helps save fuel. Because of their small size, warning LED lights are virtually invisible on the deck of the car when not in use. Another thing that makes LED lights perfect for emergency situations, is that they instantly light up when switched on, as opposed to strobes which need time to reach their full capacity. The advances in LED technology have made these lights incredibly powerful and visible half a kilometre away even in broad daylight.
Strobe Lights
There??s also emergency lighting centred around strobe tubes, similar to the lights used in flash photography. Strobe warning lights are basically?ÿxenon?ÿflash lamps which manage to give out brief but bright flashes by ionizing and then sending out a current through the gas. This means that strobe lights take some time in order to fully light up. Xenon as a gas has a rather short lifespan and a huge energy consumption, similar to incandescent bulbs, which can be very demanding on a car??s alternator. Concerning brightness, these lights are some of the most powerful ones, however, their downside is that they are limited to flashing in one pattern and cannot be customized like LED ones.
look into fire wire leds - pricey but they last
From a PM:
-
Can I offer some suggestions on your lights, I work out of a 2016 F150 currently.
I stick with Whelen as much as I can.?ÿ I have all amber.?ÿ Some people use a single toggle switch to activate all their lights at once.?ÿ I have found that separating the front and back is very nice, especially if working in front of the truck.?ÿ My light guy suggested this controller, Feniex 4200 Mini Controller.?ÿ Very low profile against the dash.?ÿ Texas company and manufactures in the states.?ÿ You can shut off all the lights at once, but not turn on all at once.?ÿ I went with a mini light bar on the roof. It is magnetic so I have a steel mounting plate to attached the light bar to.?ÿ F150 is aluminum body.?ÿ I had my light guy run a female socket from the controller to behind the rear seat to plug into.?ÿ Keeps me from having a cable to a 12V hanging in the truck. I have four corner lights and a set of work lights.?ÿ My work lights are below the bumper but next time I will have them in the bumper. Cannot rip off in a snow bank this way.?ÿ In the end it is a personal choice, Whelen is expensive but I have the lights last forever and no lamps have gone bad.?ÿ I run my trucks ten or twelve years to about 250,000 to 300,000.?ÿ Rust always gets the best of the truck no matter what.?ÿ The office I just left after 27 years has a 2008 E250 that can idle all day with the lights on and all of the lights still work fine.?ÿ Good luck with the GM, I ran a 2002 GMC 1500HD for 11 years to 260,000.?ÿ Dodge, GM, or Ford I have driven all it is in how you take care of them.
?ÿ
?ÿ
FENIEX.COM
?ÿ
?ÿ
?ÿ
?ÿ
?ÿ
?ÿ
WHELEN.COM ?ÿ
?ÿ
?ÿ
?ÿ
WHELEN.COM ?ÿ
?ÿ
?ÿ
?ÿ
WHELEN.COM ?ÿ
?ÿ
?ÿ
13:30 -
?ÿ