2 power supplies for different light/strobe makers?

[RCASSIN]

It seems that our police motorcycle has different light manufactures. A mix of Federal Signal and Whelen strobes . Does this mean we will need 2 different power supply makers? Or can we use just one,Federal Signal or Whelen strobe control unit? Thanks, Rob

 

[C17LVFD]

You can use one strobe power supply for both as long as the pins going into the strobes and the power supply are correctly pinned.

Seth

 

[MtnMan]

Strobe wire colors are consistent between manfs, but Federal uses red-white-black pinning, white the rest of the world is red-black-white. Pin swapping is easy if you have the right tool.

On the other hand, you can get used FS strobe supplies for about $10, so running separate supplies just might be the path of least resistance (pun intended).

 

[dmathieu]

A jeweler's flat blade screwdriver will do the trick.