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dsanchez
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 Posted: Sun 17-Aug-2008 12:15 Post subject: FedSig Intelli-Flash LED Flasher help |
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I recently purchased a Federal Intelli-Flash LED flasher and want to hook it up to a pair of Code 3 LEDX exterior lights. The 2 Code 3 lights are 3 wire, red/black/white. When hooking up the flasher and the LEDX lights are on steady burn, nothing happens. Reading the instruction sheet on the flasher it states "The flasher operates as a low side switch, switching one side of the load to ground." Does this mean to wire one side of the flasher to the red wire on the LEDX lights and the other side to the white wire which is the "programming" wire on the LEDX lights? I do not want to put power to this white wire on the LEDX as it requires a ground to switch patterns. Anyone know?
Federal Signal wiring diagram. http://www.fedsig.com/products/docs/install/2561753.pdf
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ERM
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It means that instead of pulsing +12 volts to the light, it pulses the ground side. There are two ways of pulsing a light, 1) break the connection of the +12 volts supplying the light and 2) break the connection of the ground completing the circuit.
That flasher has you connect all your lights to a constant +12 volt wire (red) and then separates the ground to specific wires on the flasher. So, your setup should be red on your Code3 LED-X to red on the flasher and on your Code3 LED-Xs, one black wire to the flasher's orange wire and the other black wire to the flasher's green wire. Just like the pic shows. 1 LED-X is on the left and the other on the right. The #2 is your LED-X red wires and the #5 is your LED-X black wires. Hope that helps.
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dsanchez
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| Posted: Sun 17-Aug-2008 14:49 Post subject: |
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| Went out to the car and did what ERM suggested, nothing. I ensured that lights had a good ground, they do, and were on steady burn, still no flash. The led on the flasher is flashing green. Might have to go to a Sho-me flasher unless anyone else has anything to add. |
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ERM
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| Posted: Sun 17-Aug-2008 15:11 Post subject: |
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The lights should be connected to the flasher. Both red AND black. Black from the LED-Xs should not be to ground, but rather to the orange and green wire on the flasher.
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dsanchez
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| Posted: Sun 17-Aug-2008 23:05 Post subject: |
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| Yeah, Tony that is what I tried. Got no flash. Red to red, orange and green to black. Nothing. |
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ERM
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| How about connecting your LED-X lights to power and ground that way? See if the lights like to be turned on/off via ground. Could be a lighthead design that is preventing your use of these lights. |
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dsanchez
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I just got off the phone with Code 3. You are correct, the design of the LEDX will not accept this type of flasher. Code 3 suggested a Sho-Me flasher. Instructions they told me are to set the LEDX on steady burn and use a 1 wire per light flasher such as the Sho-Me. These lights are designed to work with these type flashers and not the Intelli-Flasher. So, there we have it, problem solved. I will be listing the flasher on the "For Sale" section soon....... Thanks to all.
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wduda92
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| So I'm kinda confused with the whole low side flashing concept. I may be aquiring a set of Cudas and like these flashers. Can someone show me better insight please? |
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dsanchez
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| Anyone on here, that can answer wduda92 question? |
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whackersanonymous
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| Yeah i need to know this as well, i don't think that it should matter with Cuda's because you can probably flash via ground or power because they are drones and don't have a built in flasher so i believe it doesn't matter but I could be wrong. Code 3 lights have built in flashers so flashing off the ground may cause them to freak out. |
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dsanchez
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| Posted: Fri 29-Aug-2008 09:44 Post subject: |
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| According to a tech at Code 3, using a flasher such as the Intelli-Flash will not work. The ground is just that, a ground. The only flasher that will work is one that hooks up to the power wire, with the light grounded and set to steady burn. |
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whackersanonymous
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| Oh ok, sorry I misread his question, i thought he was asking if cuda's could use different flashers. I know that intelli-Flash will work with Cudas. |
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ERM
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| Posted: Fri 29-Aug-2008 21:02 Post subject: |
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Either setup will yield the same results.
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