LED Hideaway "dummy modules"
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Sparky_911
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Thats a good question. JC Whitney used to have some, but they were accent lights and not any good for warning. Most of the LAWs now are designed as direct replacements for old strobe technology so they incorporate the power supply/flasher with the head. About the only "steady burn" option is to pick up ones that offer steady as a pattern and connect to an external flasher. Feniex cannons have that feature, not sure about the Code 3 hide a blast or the Whelen Vertex.
bluestinger90
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Whelen vertex has a steady burn pattern that is compatible with external flashes at full intensity.
Right. Can you get the Feneix Cannons that are the dumbed down version still? Seems like the second generation of those have too many modes and BS for what I'm looking for. Basically wanting to set two tail light strobes to simply blink just like your regular flashers, without having to jeopardize turn signal use. They'd go in the reverse lights I'm'a thinking.
StEaLtH2
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Sparky_911
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You might be able to find a pair of used Cannons here on ELB, (not sure what color(s) you seek but I have a pair of used amber in the shop) or maybe some NIB old stock somewhere, but I doubt it.
Just to clarify, are you looking to use these as replacement heads for stop/turn/tail, or backup lights, or as just additional warning/hazard?
Just to clarify, are you looking to use these as replacement heads for stop/turn/tail, or backup lights, or as just additional warning/hazard?
bluestinger90
Member
Don't the newer cannons have issues with external flashers? I can remember a thread being posted here recently, but I cannot find it.
Perhaps member fever can help you. Private message him, unless he shows up here.
http://elightbars.org/forums/members/fever.19221/
Perhaps member fever can help you. Private message him, unless he shows up here.
http://elightbars.org/forums/members/fever.19221/
Ideally, I'd like red.
If they were just red, they would be additional warning, however if I were to get red/white's, I'd consider putting them in place of the factory reverse lights...
Sparky_911
Supporting Donor
I remember seeing something as well, I think it was on someone's install thread, no idea which one.
Ah, I get it now. I did the reverse light thing, worked great, didn't even have to mod the factory hole (there is 2nd head in old strobe hole). Good luck in your hunt....
Eric1249
Member
I tried to connect the mew 3 mode Cannons to a ULF44 and it did not work. The older 2 mode will work with an external flasher. But I have heard of people using the 3 mode as replacement of their turn signals.
Carlos SpicyWeiner
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We have been able to use the 3 mode cannons with an external flasher but I've never used a whelen flasher with it. We had it on a slow pattern and it worked fine.
That being said for what it sounds like you want, you won't need an external flasher or dummy device. Most dummy devices arn't cheaper than the normal ones anyways (or at least they are moving that direction price wise now).
That being said for what it sounds like you want, you won't need an external flasher or dummy device. Most dummy devices arn't cheaper than the normal ones anyways (or at least they are moving that direction price wise now).
Sorry for dredging up an old thread, but this comment, above, confused me. It seems like most of the time you all say the Cannons do not like to play with external flashers, but here you mentioned that they *have* successfully worked with some flasher, (pre-dating the new Feniex-brand external unit, which appears to offer only the too-fast patterns already programmed into the Cannon). Can the three-mode Cannon360 be set to steady-burn, be hooked to another manufacturer's flasher -ERM, Whelen, ShoMe, etc- and be made to sync with other lights that are also connected to that flasher? If so, may I ask which flashers will work on a pattern -maybe a double-or triple slow flash?- slower than Feniex seems to offer on their products, please.
I would like to add to, not replace, my OEM taillights with Cannons, as supplemental S/T/T lights available in bad weather -fog, heavy rain- like some European cars have, where a flip of a dashboard switch turns on brighter S/T/T lighting. I would also like to sync them with a pair of MicroPulse 12s on the deck, everything flashing simultaneously. Can this be done, and if so, which flasher(s) will work?
Thanks very much for clarifying this for me, and for any advice you can offer on how to make this set-up work.
Eric1249
Member
I tried to connect the 3 mode cannons to a Whelen ULF44. I like the triple flash or signal alert. It didn't work. I did not try slower patterns. I ended up using two mode Cannons on an external flasher.