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Any idea how I can remove some window tint without scraping away my rear defroster?

I'm wiring up my first set of Whelen strobes (not LED). I have four options - Single, Double, Comet, or Action. Single and Double are pretty easy to figure out. What are Comet and Action, though? When I Google it I get flash patterns within single LED heads and I am working with vintage...

We went hopping around a few thrift stores, antique malls, and indoor flea market type businesses today. I'm not sure why I did it, but I got on all fours and looked in the bottom shelf in a seller's area. I saw a hunk of black metal that felt heavy enough to be lead. It was tagged $20. When...

Making some custom cables to rub from the driver to strobe heads. What's the minimum gauge of wire I should be using? Standard 12v Whelen equipment.

Putting this I to one of our brush trucks. Does anyone have info on the wiring for the rear connectors? The + and - screws are obvious. I just gotta know where I connect the speaker.

Can someone explain to me, exactly how strobes (not LED) work? The way I think, is a capacitor gets involved and then steps up the voltage. When it is at the right point, a trigger charge somehow fires it off. I mean that's the best vision I have. I'd like way more detail though. Maybe also...

Another flawless transaction! Thank you for another great deal, philyumpshus!

So right now, I have a 10-segment arrowstik on the rear and an MX7000 on the front of the roof. I have halogen flashers on the front bumper. I can go two ways on the sides, and this is where I need votes. Option 1 would be four Weldon 7" round incandescent flashers. I have 3 red and 1 blue...

So I've never heard of one of these before, until I spotted one on the workbench at a substation. Right now, the Chief's Truck just has a mini bar, so I'm gonna ask him if I can put this back into service on there instead. Is there anything good or bad I should know about this unit before I...

I picked up another MX7000 to stick on my van. While doing my standard take-down, I noticed something weird. At each end of the unit, there is a spare dome clip tucked away. Did they come like this or was this someone's resourcefulness at work?

I am looking at building a multiple beacon bar. It is gonna be one-of-a-kind, so I can't see trying to buy an original used bar and making my beacons fit. I'm just going to build it from scratch. I am figuring about 47" long. How tall/deep should I go? Is there an advantage of using square...

I was inspired by another member's custom Mars bar in the Frankenstein thread, so I decided to retro-fit my Sireno beacon. I thought it would be neat to show an LED bulb and an incandescent bulb spinning together, so I took video of it. I left my dome off so the aging on it wouldn't influence...

Has a thread like this been started yet? Aside from a bit of green on a command vehicle, you really don't see much green or purple out there. I am thinking that it would be fun to have a common thread where we could post pics/vids of green and purple warning lights in their unique service...

Current project is a Code 3 Arrowstik (or could be Narrowstik). It has a thicker black wire for a common ground. There are 6 positive wires for the heads as follows: 1-2-2-3-3-4-4-5-5-6. As you see, the ends are not paired like the inner heads are. It's much like the standard 8-head on the...

I had never seen anything like a Whelen 64 before this. These are epic! Thank you for a worry free transaction!

Bought a pair of strobes from philyumpshus. Shipped fast, packaged great, and gave me a tracking number right away. Awesome deal!

I paired up a Federal Firebeam that I got on eBay (red) with one from a member here (blue) and put them in the back window of my Mustang. Don't you love when they are perfectly out of sync? I mean every say 5 - 10 flashes you go from a cycle of flashing at the same time, to evenly spaced...

I am not hung up on brand, though I think Federal made the most popular ones. I am looking for an oscillating blue halogen light. I don't want LEDs, 360 degree spin, flash, or strobe. I just want that halogen beam to stay on forward and bounce around like it is bored. I don't need NIB. I...

WARNING: GRAPHIC 2ND DEGREE BURN PIC IS ATTACHED TO THIS POST! I was burning away some weeds yesterday evening. There was barely any breeze and it was overcast enough for the sun to not roast me. Everything was going fine, and then it happened - the wind picked up and changed direction at...

I've had this Jetstream sitting in the shed for about a year. I decided to set it on top of my broken down Pontiac to see what it looked like up there. Damn, I'd say it looks perfect. Too bad the car is permanently 10-7. :( (I didn't put this under installs because it is not installed.)

Bought a Federal Firebeam from Phoenix_Rising. Super fast shipping. Thanx a bunch!

(I'm not 100% on the year of this vehicle, but the back is what I am posting about anyway.) We got this rig in from another department. When we got it, all it had visible from the rear was ONE flashing red Dietz light, and it was on the curb side rather than the traffic side. Today, I took a...

Anyone here ever make their own chevrons? I finished the van today, though one chunk peeled up while removing the masking (will touch that up by hand later this week). Also, I didn't mask the bumper or the body outside of the doors because these areas are both scheduled for re-painting and...

I found this well worn lot on eBay. It is said to be from a 1979 Chevy Bus. They are very well worn, but I still see potential in them. The lack of moving parts makes them so restorable. They wanted $77.26 shipped, but I got them to take an even $50 shipped. I've recently learned that to...

Another flawless transaction. When buying from Pete L, it is always shipped out fast and gets here fast. Buying from this member is literally worry free!

Has anyone put together a list of common arrow control boxes and their features/workings? # of lights that can be controlled? + or - switched? LED, Halogen, both, or something between? External trigger? I am thinking that this kind of info, all in one place, could be great for building custom...

I was at a Wildfire Fighting class at my Fire Dept today. Other departments were invited, and some came from Monticello-Placitas Volunteer Fire Dept. I thought we were running some pretty old rigs, but their firefighters showed up in the beauty pictured below. I would call that a Federal...

Today I brought home a chromed 100 watt Fed Sig siren speaker, a pair of surface mount lights, a pair of mini light bars, and an amber arrow. The surface mount lights are one red and one blue. Manufacturer unknown, but would be great on the back of a van or truck's tailgate. I am guessing...

I was wondering if anyone here has made split domes. I'm thinking that if you wanted to split colors with colored domes you could cut two different colored domes in half and reassemble them so a different color is showing in the back than from the front. I know the thought of cutting a dome is...