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John Marcson
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 Posted: Tue 12-Aug-2008 17:47 Post subject: MARS / TRI LITE full 1995/96 catalog scans |
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el taco grande
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so tri lite was still putting out these lights in the mid 90's? they seem a bit vintage even in the mid 90's. when did mars make the move from illinois to florida?
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John Marcson
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| Posted: Tue 12-Aug-2008 18:33 Post subject: Re: |
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| el taco grande wrote: |
so tri lite was still putting out these lights in the mid 90's? they seem a bit vintage even in the mid 90's. when did mars make the move from illinois to florida?
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Not sure when they moved, the post mark on the back of the catalog is AUG 12 1996, so it was mailed to me 12 years ago today from their Chicago office. |
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el taco grande
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| Posted: Tue 12-Aug-2008 18:36 Post subject: |
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that's pretty cool. thanks a lot for posting the scans.
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John Marcson
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| Posted: Tue 12-Aug-2008 19:02 Post subject: Re: |
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| el taco grande wrote: |
that's pretty cool. thanks a lot for posting the scans.
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No problem. I was looking through my catalogs and realized that stuff I once considered new is now "collectable". kinda like when you see you first car driving around with vintage/show plates. |
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RadioTech
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| Is the mars mechanical a rebranded federal "Q" ? |
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cmb56
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| Posted: Tue 12-Aug-2008 20:29 Post subject: Re: |
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| el taco grande wrote: |
so tri lite was still putting out these lights in the mid 90's? they seem a bit vintage even in the mid 90's. when did mars make the move from illinois to florida?
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When Mars moved from Chicago to Naples, FL I do not exactly know but it should be somewhere in the late '60s or early '70s.
Tri-Lite in Chicago took over the warning lights from Trippe around 1988 and about the same time they bought Mars and moved it to Chicago.
I think Mars was located in Xenia, OH for a very short time before they moved to Chicago.
The Tri-Lite equipment are still available but only the SW1, SW2 and the TB8 (888) from the Mars range of equipment are still available.
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Model 12
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| Posted: Tue 12-Aug-2008 20:36 Post subject: |
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| Is it me, or does the SRR Satellite look like a Code 3 DashLaser? |
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cmb56
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| RadioTech wrote: |
| Is the mars mechanical a rebranded federal "Q" ? |
No. It look similar in design but do not have the same quality as the Federal Q siren. |
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cmb56
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| Is it me, or does the SRR Satellite look like a Code 3 DashLaser? |
It is. |
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CFD125
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Hey, that's my Avatar 
Welcome to eLb. |
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Model 12
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| Posted: Tue 12-Aug-2008 20:54 Post subject: Re: |
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Hey, that's my Avatar
Welcome to eLb. |
CTS' are nice, aren't they? Mine is only a Model 12, but the one pictured belongs to a friend of mine.
Thanks. |
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Richard P
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| Posted: Tue 12-Aug-2008 22:09 Post subject: Re: |
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| Model 12 wrote: |
| Is it me, or does the SRR Satellite look like a Code 3 DashLaser? |
if you also look at the parabolic rotator from the minibar, its a lp6000 rotator |
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police-jimmy
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| Posted: Wed 13-Aug-2008 08:10 Post subject: |
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very nice scans, thanks John.
I don't see my mini Mars in the doc.... does this make mine older or newer ??
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Mike - Tac 2
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| Posted: Wed 13-Aug-2008 10:01 Post subject: Re: |
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| RadioTech wrote: |
| Is the mars mechanical a rebranded federal "Q" ? |
No. It look similar in design but do not have the same quality as the Federal Q siren. |
They are both good quality sirens. The Mars Commander is a direct drive siren and the Q is a coaster.
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Robert W.
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| Posted: Wed 13-Aug-2008 10:52 Post subject: Re: |
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| RadioTech wrote: |
| Is the mars mechanical a rebranded federal "Q" ? |
No. It look similar in design but do not have the same quality as the Federal Q siren. |
They are both good quality sirens. The Mars Commander is a direct drive siren and the Q is a coaster.
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How does that effect reliability.
I wish someone had a video of one of the 54" bars with 4 rotators and 2 "888" lights |
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John Marcson
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| Posted: Wed 13-Aug-2008 11:54 Post subject: Re: |
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very nice scans, thanks John.
I don't see my mini Mars in the doc.... does this make mine older or newer ??
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Slightly older. It came between the aurora Borealis and the spectra bars. |
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police-jimmy
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Robert W.
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| Sort of.. Was hoping to see what the all in one bar looked like. I do like the chicago bars, water company around here uses a modern Whelen version here with the speaker backwards (still don't know what it is used for). |
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police-jimmy
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ahh well, I tried 
I doubt anyone here has a loaded one like that but who knows.... |
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Robert W.
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Exactly why I asked.. I have not seen what the loaded models looked like, so I was hoping, but not holding my breath.
I also wish the Commander siren was still sold. I feel bad having all Whelen stuff, then we get buy a Q for apparatus. Well I am sure a lot of departments actually do that, and because most of the manufacturers are not associated with a single company, they don't care. Heck, we buy Akron Brass stuff and don't put a single Weldon light on the truck. |
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Model 12
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| Posted: Wed 13-Aug-2008 19:06 Post subject: Re: |
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| Sort of.. Was hoping to see what the all in one bar looked like. I do like the chicago bars, water company around here uses a modern Whelen version here with the speaker backwards (still don't know what it is used for). |
Probably for radio rebroadcast for the guys when they are out of the truck. |
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cmb56
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| Posted: Wed 13-Aug-2008 23:27 Post subject: Re: |
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| RadioTech wrote: |
| Is the mars mechanical a rebranded federal "Q" ? |
No. It look similar in design but do not have the same quality as the Federal Q siren. |
They are both good quality sirens. The Mars Commander is a direct drive siren and the Q is a coaster.
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Mike.
It is depending of what we mean with the word quality.
It is as you said, the Federal Q is a coaster siren and the Mars Commander is a direct drive siren.
The motor of the Q has more power than the Mars Commander and the brake of the Commander is glued to the stator.
Than we had the price and they was more or less equal. About 10% less on the Mars Commander.
You got more for the money with the Federal Q. |
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