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It's bizarre honestly. I can't figure out why they made that choice. I know it's not an official standard, but Left plus Right equals Center Out is darn near the default for "non-control box based" traffic advisors. This doesn't really bother me since I am using it for a display, but if I were...

I threw together a quick video about what made the strobe vista so bad in my opinion.

Strobe hawks are an interesting thing because they essentially kept the 8000 series design long past when light bars made out of two 360° strobes were obsolete. I think right when they first came out they might have been relevant, but for some reason they were offered long after the standard in...

Well Im not going to tell you what YOUR holy grail bar should be, that's a preference. As far a the prices offered by collectors, I can't say I have heard of a higher offer on a Whelen bar than a 6000. The 6000 has a giant dome that can't be made from any other bar or part. The domes cracked...

When set up well and in good condition, they were great; basically an edge bar with lower options and halogen options. The rotators needing to be redesigned 3 times didn't help their popularity, but also I think people looking for rotator bars wanted (and had) other options. If you wanted an...

There is a set of three 6000s NOS in an undisclosed place.. 1 oscillating, 1 loaded strobe, and one base model. An offer of over $10k was declined. They may not have been prolific or extremely effective (not that any early strobe were), but to a Whelen collector they are basically a holy grail.

I'm not counting bars that started out as one thing and then got new guts.... so the various bars Federal filled with different LEDs aren't being considered. Bars with multiple versions launch are fair game. I'm going to say the strobe version of the Vista was one of, if not the worst, "modern"...

There were three basic generations of rotators for this bar, this looks like the second or deep dish. Within the first two generations, there were two different styles of brushes that made contact with the rotating assembly in order to power the bulb. The last generation rotator had a stationary...

I'm going to resurrect this old thread to add a small complaint I have. Most traffic advisors are set up such that the left and right arrow activated together makes a center out pattern. In that case, usually the warning flash is its own wire. On this flasher in order to get center out you have...

Let me know a price .....

I would have to confirm by catalogs, but I think the advantage last appeared in the 1999 main catalog, the 2000-2001 NFPA catalog, and then a mini version with the "lighthouse" style rotabeam rotators was offered by Austin/Amber division until 2002. The Centurion was in the next catalog in both...

What are you asking for the blue highlighter dome?

I can't find it right now but somewhere in my files I have both the product sheet and the install sheet for these as well as some catalogs... Let me go digging

PM me I might have a home for them ...

I'm interested

In the 90s Whelen was engineering strobe technology and always seemed a bit behind on halogen. Their modular directional footprint for their bars made them ready to take on LEDs quickly though. On the flip side Federal and Code 3 were always putting out strobe products to compete with Whelen...

When this video gets done uploading it is my loaded Centurion

The centurion basically replaced the advantage (in combination with the delta) and also filled the void for a large footprint rotator bar. They were very common on base model ambulances and fire apparatus. They were commonly extremely under populated/optioned, with some of the NFPA models having...

I'm looking for a few Max beam strobes, in a good condition as possible. The lens color doesn't really matter and I would also be okay with ones without lenses. I ultimately need four to six of these but two would be a huge help.

I would be curious what exactly is trade marked about that flash pattern. Comet flash (quad flash) isn't really a Whelen exclusive anymore. Is quad then single still a copyrightable thing? I know copy right law is terrible and nuanced, it is possible that it isn't protected at this point... The...

Everyone fudges their db ratings a bit, there is no standard for testing at least as far as ads are concerned. I wouldn't really put much stock in db ratings, they were obtained under circumstances ideal for testing that product. 100w 11ohms isn't going to be that much different from speaker to...

I guess trying "different cables" does not help if they aren't "different" and happen to be non data cables. I thought we had exhausted the cable being the issue....thanks for the update... It just goes to show that you can't assume trying multiples of a part rules that part out as the problem

Siren speakers are generally "slim line" or "full bell". Slim line are not much thicker than the driver and generally the driver mounts backwards and the body of the speaker is the "cone", or there is a specific integral driver built into the body. Basically every company has a slim line...

I would try connecting it to just the laptop with no vehicle power to read it. The USB will not power it aside from reading or updating. You may need to install firmware up reset it. Unhooking from vehicle power takes it into a kind of "safe mode".

While they look very similar the responder filters changed between the ones using advantage rotators and the ball bearing ones. I have some ball bearing ones, no advantedge ones.

I'm going to guess shipping will be the main cost, I can't get them in a reasonable sized box, although they are light-ish. I was looking for $20 each or $35 for both plus shipping if I remember correctly.

6 amps @12 v.... This is going to be a little pricey once you add a battery a d charger, but I like the simple durable style...

What are you running off of it? I.E minimum spec. ..

At $225 if @Vt_BTFD doesn't take it I will