Discovery Science Channel - How It's Made - Lightbars

[topflight]

So.... Has anyone seen it or have a video link?

 

[Wattco - Brent]

It was on last night


The episode it was on the title said nothing about lightbars - it covered shredders and a few other items...


Looks like it might be repeating on Sci channel tonight..

 

[lagunagrande]

I watched it last night.. Wasn't as good as I thought it would be :cry:

 

[TNFF412N]

i caught the rear of the lightbar part and it was ok...... looking for when it reruns.....

 

[cory y]

looks like they were building the TXDPS liberty.... with 8 of the lr11 takedowns.

 

[Doug]

I DVRed it. It (the show, not the actual building process) was actually a bit more technical than I thought it would be.

 

[Jman423]

http://elightbars.org/forums/video/liberty.html

 

[FreshDave04]

Well, that was..... a let down. :hopeless:

 

[Fast LT1]

I thought it was interesting, could have been more thorough though! And i wonder who the heck ordered that bar with so many take downs? Is DPS running liberties now?

 

[RL1]

Thanks for posting it.

 

[cory y]

I thought it was interesting, could have been more thorough though! And i wonder who the heck ordered that bar with so many take downs? Is DPS running liberties now?

yeah the TXDPS is running liberties

 

[rwo978]

Needs more takedowns. :thumbsup:

 

[txfirefighter23]

Txdps has had dual takedowns on mx7000's, Freedoms, and now the libertys. Before the mx7000's i do not know a thing. I know alot of the DPS cars did not have spotlights so might be related to that.

 

[cory y]

and the WALL of white light is flippin awesome...

 

[Outsider]

I did a search but could not come up with anything, so if this is a repost please delete.


Did anyone happen to catch, "How It's Made" last Friday night? They ran a segment on lightbars, and featured the Whelen Liberty, from the Whelen facility in Charlestown, NH. I've been away, and now back and surprised there is no chatter about it. It was an informative segment and some great shots of the New England demo Charger.

 

[Jman423]

http://www.elightbars.org/forums/showthread.php?8226-the-building-of-the-whelen-liberty

 

[signal12]

wasnt that great

 

[911]

not what i thought for sure

 

[kitn1mcc]

not a bad video

 

[Jman423]

yeah the TXDPS is running liberties

Are those DUO bars?

 

[gman021]

Anyone know how to watch this online?

 

[cory y]

Are those DUO bars?

no...


the corners are the 18 diode models and the rears are the split arrows

 

[Jman423]

no...
the corners are the 18 diode models and the rears are the split arrows

I see. The corners are what made me ask.

 

[911]

go to the original thread for it, in off topic, and its hosted via this website !!!

 

[gman021]

go to the original thread for it, in off topic, and its hosted via this website !!!

I went there and didn't see the vid!?!


I FOUND IT!

 

[toon80]

Everybody are not lightbar geeks like us. I think they did a good job for the average Joe looking at it...

 

[grfd711]

Pretty decent IMO. As said before, this was geared towards the general public, not lighting gear queers.

 

[andrewsim]

I can't find it... Link?

 

[Jman423]

http://elightbars.org/forums/video/liberty.html

There is the video link.

 

[andrewsim]

Thank you very much sir

 

[BigDogg795]

Did anybody else notice that it looks like they used strobe edge's at the wrap up of the segment?

 

[FedSigFan]

Pretty cool, thanks for posting the video. I could watch How It's Made for hours!

 

[jonny521]

when did this episode actually air??

 

[Jman423]

February 4th @ 9PM ET. It was not labeled correctly though, especially in DVR's.

 

[TritonBoulder47]

I tried viewing the link in this thread, but it didn't work...

 

[jonny521]

damn i missed it but i saw it on the link that was posted bumms me out a little bit was looking forward to seeing it on my tv not computer :bonk:

 

[ffjwhite]

HOLY CRAP. 8 LR11 Take downs? Have more TD power than warning color. I was also disappointed. I was looking more oh the assembly of the I/O Board and the LEDs. I already knew about everything from having taking mine apart before.

 

[Doug]

Did anybody else notice that it looks like they used strobe edge's at the wrap up of the segment?

Yup, I noticed that. All 3 of the bars, as I recall, were strobe.


I'd be curious what corporate Whelen has to say about that segment - are they happy with the results? If they could change it, what would they change, etc.

 

[nerdly_dood]

Yup, I noticed that. All 3 of the bars, as I recall, were strobe.

I'd be curious what corporate Whelen has to say about that segment - are they happy with the results? If they could change it, what would they change, etc.

It's to show the other options they have available - they had a mini Justice, as well as what appeared to be a midsize Justice with blue lenses.

 

[truckingeskimo]

That show always sucked. I watched many time in dissapointment