Thread: Whelen Century Lightbar

New Offering from Whelen:

Whelen Engineering - Lightbars, Mini - Century™ AE Series Mini Lightbars

Found some better pics cruising online:

it interesting looking.

Looks like the same idea as the Justice but with Tir6 style

I kinda like the looks of this!

That middle one would make a great vol. fire light if you could get R/W/R or B/W/B.

modern mini 6000

I like it!

Dan

I want one.

Any info on pricing?

Originally Posted by CACBAND

Any info on pricing?

Lightbars, Mini
Century™ AE Series Mini Lightbars
Century™ AE Series Amber Super-LED® Mini Lightbars with Aluminum Base
MC11PA Mini Century Lightbar 11" with Permanent Mount (Amber) 319.00
MC11MA Mini Century Lightbar 11" with Magnet Mount (Amber) 342.00
MC11SA Mini Century Lightbar 11" with Stud Mount (Amber) 342.00
MC16PA Mini Century Lightbar 16" with Permanent Mount (Amber) 359.00
MC16MA Mini Century Lightbar 16" with Magnet Mount (Amber) 382.00
MC16VA Mini Century Lightbar 16" with Vacuum/Magnet Mount (Amber) 411.00
MC16SA Mini Century Lightbar 16" with Stud Mount (Amber) 382.00
MC23PA Mini Century Lightbar 23" with Permanent Mount (Amber) 529.00
MC23MA Mini Century Lightbar 23" with Magnet Mount (Amber) 552.00
MC23VA Mini Century Lightbar 23" with Vacuum/Magnet Mount (Amber) 581.00
MC23SA Mini Century Lightbar 23" with Stud Mount (Amber) 552.00

list prices Whelen

So take 40% off list and you get retail...

From what I understand from talking with distributors, these have really been available for bid situations outfitting fleets and whatnot. I guess that they are having a hard time getting their hands on them for small scale/retail situation.

Anyways, I agree a multicolor option would be a GREAT addition for the volunterr market

The design makes a lot of sense with LIN style on the corners and TIR style facing front and back. Looks a lot more sensible than the responder LED bars.

Drum roll please...

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The Whelen Mini-Century Lightbar. Details will be posted soon.

Available in 11, 16 and 23inches. Only amber at this time. Magnetic or Permanentmounts are availble.

Whelen.com Listing
Strobes N' More Listing


Additional Photos: (top 2 photos from Strobes N' More, bottom 2 from Whelen Eng)
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i think they brought this up in another forum. anybody remember??

Originally Posted by ff_coddington

i think they brought this up in another forum. anybody remember??

Yeah, my apologies... Just found it. Posted 5 days ago and couldn't find anything when I looked.

Whelen Century Lightbar

I'm not a fan of the grey plastic dome clips being so visible under the dome. I'm still waiting for the Super Liberty. Think of a bar that looks like a liberty with 1/2 the height using LINZ6 Modules.

Neat looking bar. Might buy one for myself to use at my other job.

Anyone got a video yet?

I think it looks pretty cool but kinda expensive for a basic model.

It's on my possible purchase list this spring..

Originally Posted by STT Installer

It's on my possible purchase list this spring..

Same here, if I can find more information on them. That 23 inch bar would satisfy all of the requirements for my job and get the DOT inspector off my butt for having the wrong size light. Not many other manufacturers out there produce a mini light bar that is more than 16 inches long. The clear outer dome would be nice so I don't have a clearly visible amber bar on the roof while I'm riding around....

Anyone have some insight on what the modules are built up on here? Almost look like the corners are LIN3s or even LIN4s, not a lot of diodes based on the limited photos from Whelen. Inboard modules look similar to the SPECTIR economy dash light..

Originally Posted by LED

I'm not a fan of the grey plastic dome clips being so visible under the dome. I'm still waiting for the Super Liberty. Think of a bar that looks like a liberty with 1/2 the height using LINZ6 Modules.

Is that in development, or just a wishful thinking kinda thing? I think that would be a kick-ass lightbar!!!!!!

Preliminary Mini Century AE Flash Patterns:

Signal Alert 75
Comet Flash 75
Double Flash 75
Single Flash 75
ComAlert 75
LongBurst 75
PingPong 75
SingleFlash 90
SingleFlash 120
SingleFlash 300
DoubleFlash 150
ComAlert 150
ActionFlash 50
ActionFlash 150
ModuFlash
ActionScan

Mount for permanent use is 1/4" hardware, Stud Mount is 3/8" hardware.

Recommended fuses:
11" - 5 amp
16" - 10 amp
23" - 15 amp

Based on the 125% sizing, this would put the 23" at 12 amps peak draw (all modules lit), 16" at 8 amps and the 11" at 4 amps. The addition of 2 modules to the 16" versus the 11" and 2 more modules in the 23" versus the 16" implies the peak amp draw of the inboard TIR-style modules is not necessarily linear at 2 amps per module, otherwise an 8 inboard module 23" bar would draw closer to 16 amps peak.

3 wire power cable - power, ground and ScanLock pattern selection.

Thanks W for the details

Whelen posted the prelimary product sheet today... Century AE possibly=Century Amber Economy?

Originally Posted by LED

I'm still waiting for the Super Liberty. Think of a bar that looks like a liberty with 1/2 the height using LINZ6 Modules.

I'm surprised there has been only one comment regarding this post. SirenNet made a passing remark about forthcoming Whelen lightbars several months ago, and I haven't heard anything concrete since then. Taking into account the attention paid to updating the Liberty Series, and the lack thereof paid to the Freedom Series, I was anticipating an update to the latter using M-Series modules.

How well has the Justice been selling? I really don't hear much about it, as the Liberty appears to be the default choice when it comes to purchasing Whelen lightbars. A bar even thinner than the Liberty would be interesting to see. I didn't realize the LINZ6 modules are compliant for use as corner lightheads.

Any more info about this?

16 amps?!?!?! really? Thats the same amp draw as a 4 rotator lightbar! and thats true 360 degree coverage.
Have we got to the point of bright LEDs that they are the same amp draw has halogen? halogen even melts the snow off the light so you dont have to keep cleaning it! ill take halogen still

I like that it's set up with linear technology on the intersection area where you need it most, and that the TIR optics are facing straight forward. Much more effective in my opinion.

This bar is brand new and has never been offered in a bid. Will only be available in Amber for starters and unsure on other colors at this time. We are expecting bars second week of this month. They are very bright and have an aluminum base with plastic dome. Really a great product brand new from the ground up.

Originally Posted by Strobesnmore

This bar is brand new and has never been offered in a bid. Will only be available in Amber for starters and unsure on other colors at this time. We are expecting bars second week of this month. They are very bright and have an aluminum base with plastic dome. Really a great product brand new from the ground up.

Louis - when can we plan on seeing the amber bar with clear dome available?