How rare is this Whelen option?

[shues]

I went with a buddy tonight to meet with someone to make a trade. My buddy traded a beat-up electric guitar and a nice bass amplifier for a Whelen Edge with an option I had never seen before. In the center of the Edge was an oscillating halogen piercer, which I know is relatively common. The interesting part was that the piercer housing was not black, but blue!


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These were the only pictures I could get of the piercer before he whisked the bar away. Is a colored housing on a piercer common thing, or is this something special?

 

[EmerVehSolutions]

First time I have seen one with a color housing....

 

[TritonBoulder47]

The fact that it's not black is the rare part... The piecer was a fairly common add-on...

 

[unlisted]

Is it simply painted blue, or is it an actual blue translucent like a normal edge lens? (sorta looks translucent in the photo)

 

[EmerVehSolutions]

looks like a actual blue translucent to me.... but hey I'm just sayin

 

[cory y]

According to the whelen build your own program... you can get the halogen sweepy piercer with a housing of any of the 5 colors and the same with each lens.

 

[unlisted]

now that is elightbars sexy :ugeek:

 

[03crownvic]

Those halogen Piercer housings are usually clear and the strobe version is usually black. I have seen colored lenses on both types, but never seen a colored housing for either type.

 

[shues]

The fact that it's not black is the rare part... The piecer was a fairly common add-on...

Yes, that's what I tried to explain above.

Is it simply painted blue, or is it an actual blue translucent like a normal edge lens? (sorta looks translucent in the photo)

Yes, it is the same translucent blue like the rest of the Edge lenses.

According to the whelen build your own program... you can get the halogen sweepy piercer with a housing of any of the 5 colors and the same with each lens.

Can I still get an Edge 9000 from Whelen? If so, can I still order the halogen piercer with a colored housing like this?


Were I a Whelen collector, I would probably snatch the whole bar right up. Is this blue piercer something that one of you Whelen collectors is dying to have?

 

[Doug]

I believe that the colored housing for the PierceAlert was one option, and colored lenses for it were another.


Here's a link to the install manual for the retrofit: http://www.whelen.com/install/130/13062.pdf

 

[shues]

Thanks for the info, Doug! The manual says that the clear housing is part number 02-0362196CCC, which I presume means clear housing, clear lens, clear lens.

 

[cory y]

You can't order the 9000 anymore but you can still get the piercers

 

[JohnMarcson]

You can't order the 9000 anymore but you can still get the piercers

FYI What he's talking about is not a halogen piercer... it's a pierce alert.


Piercer-strobe


PierceAlert-halogen oscillating

 

[JohnMarcson]

Thanks for the info, Doug! The manual says that the clear housing is part number 02-0362196CCC, which I presume means clear housing, clear lens, clear lens.

Yes, their 2004 parts list says to specify housing color and both window colors 02-0362196_ _ _ .


The 2007? catalog lists the entire unit "Pierce Alert Oscillating Halogens WHE-PRM2 _ _ _ . Includes dual oscillating halogen beacons which sweep throughout a 160 degree pattern covering critical angles. Now Available for 9M and 9U series lightbars. Colored lens and/or housings available--ADD $10 ea.


I haven't seen any version of it in years. I was told whelen had discontinued all their oscillating halogen lights due to wire's snapping.

 

[shues]

The halogen piercer in my buddy's bar works as it should, but it does run a little loud.

 

[JohnMarcson]

The halogen piercer in my buddy's bar works as it should, but it does run a little loud.

The way these work (as well as the advantedge osc and the osc modules for the old advantedge flush mounts) involves the wires running up through the reflector. The bulbs are mounted in the reflector and move with it.... the wires have to bend back and forth with each sweep of the light. After a while they break or snap....this is after a decent amount of time, but I consider it a design flaw none the less, which sucks cause I really liked these as an edge option.

 

[cory y]

FYI What he's talking about is not a halogen piercer... it's a pierce alert.


Piercer-strobe


PierceAlert-halogen oscillating

I misspoke I meant piercer series halogen and strobe.

 

[JohnMarcson]

I misspoke I meant piercer series halogen and strobe.[/quote:3os1nvlf]


You can actually get a piercer with halogens in place of strobes, it flashes back and forth.

 

[shues]

I think the oscillating halogen version would be superior to the flashing halogen version.

 

[JohnMarcson]

I think the oscillating halogen version would be superior to the flashing halogen version.

Yeah, the halogen flashing version isn't really anything more than flashing take downs in a special housing with a fresnel lens. OSP had them on their edges. Teh sweep verion's reflectors are kinda small though and are too unrelaible in my opinion.

 

[JohnMarcson]

Here's the product sheet

 

[Doug]

FYI What he's talking about is not a halogen piercer... it's a pierce alert.


Piercer-strobe


PierceAlert-halogen oscillating

Actually, I believe the strobe version is/was the Piercer II - 420 single FPM, as I recall.


Yes technically it was called Piercer "II".... That's not what the confusion is over though....


What I am talking about is when people call a pierce alert a "halogen piercer". There was a halogen version of the piercer it is a totally different thing. It looked just like a piercer II but had 2 halogen 43 series lights that flashed back and forth. The only place I have ever seen the halogen alternating version of the piercer is on Ohio State police cars.... I was told the option has created for them.


Piercer series - stationary 4x3 strobe or halogen


PierceAlert - Oscillating halogen

 

[pdk9]

i too am surprised to see it w/ a blue housing. a custom order by a dept that ordered a bunch of them at the time, perhaps?

 

[JohnMarcson]

i too am surprised to see it w/ a blue housing. a custom order by a dept that ordered a bunch of them at the time, perhaps?

It says they make the housing in all 5 colors..... I wonder if there were ever any made in green...

 

[shues]

Here's the product sheet

You're amazing. Thank you!

 

[Firebasic2004]

I have one of the alternating halogen flashers. It works really well for clearing traffic (almost better than the rest of the bar). Its best use so far is spotting deer that are hiding just behind the brush lines in my neighborhood. *edit* If you want a video I'll see what I can do.