My updated collection (Updated 01-29 down below)

[MPD 818]

Well since I have had the past 3 weeks off I have finally gotten around to cleaning up and displaying my collection. I am proud of it, everything is hooked up and functional.


First a wide shot as you walk into the garage from outside. This is a garage in a sense that it has a garage door. Other than that it is "my room" with central heat and air, and my workbench in it. Above the garage door is my Strobehawk.





These shelves just got mounted the past week. Left to right top down:


Whelen self contained strobe beacon, Twinsonic 12X, Dietz 7-11 on top of 12X, Whelen self contained beacon.


Federal Fender Mount Fireball (has the dome blackened out at an angle on the back), Dietz "Lollipop Lights" Model 250. These are hooked up to a flasher. Next is FS 175, K&D Model 855 red/blue, FS Beehive Style Glass beacon which is hooked up to the fire alarm box next to it, and then the other Dietz 250.


Mounted to the bottom of the second shelf are my sirens L to R: Smith & Wesson model 800, Federal Signal Director PA15A 1E, North American Signal Company Signal Master, Federal Signal Interceptor 2C, Whelen WS-295, and Tripp Lite Electro Siren.


Bottom Shelf is still a work in progress but right now it holds: FS 173, FS 184, Whelen Pierce Alert, FS Motorized Mirror Light in blue. The siren speaker a FS BP100 NOS is also on the bottom shelf. I put AMP connectors on all the sirens so that I can easily swap the sirens around to the speaker.























Amp connectors from sirens to speaker.








On the other side of the room are my other beacons. L to R: FS Visibar, Motorola Command A Lert, FS Model 14 FS Model 174, MARS Skybolt US ARMY, FS Vitalite, FS Model 15.











I am working on getting videos, but my computer is being exxxxtra slow uploading them. I still have some other beacons and lightbars that are in the works. I will post those as they get done below. Let me know what you think!


Video 1 http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg129/wcrs2346/elightbars/?action=view&current=DSCN0656.mp4


Video 2 http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg129/wcrs2346/elightbars/?action=view&current=DSCN0657.mp4


Video 3 http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg129/wcrs2346/elightbars/?action=view&current=DSCN0658.mp4


Video 4 http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg129/wcrs2346/elightbars/?action=view&current=DSCN0659.mp4


Siren 1 (Smith and Wesson 800) http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg129/wcrs2346/elightbars/?action=view&current=DSCN0660.mp4


Siren 2 (Federal Director 15A Model 1E) http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg129/wcrs2346/elightbars/?action=view&current=DSCN0661.mp4


Siren 3 (North American Signal Co. Signal Master) http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg129/wcrs2346/elightbars/?action=view&current=DSCN0663.mp4


Siren 4 (Whelen WS-295. Swapped to youtube due to quality and upload time)

 

[dmathieu]

Verrrrrry nice!


Dan

 

[CrownVic97]

Looks really good, MPD 818!

 

[toon80]

Sweet stuff you have arranged there! I like how you wired the whole thing. Seems very user-friendly, so to speak ;-)


Good job!

 

[GSPD]

Very nice display! I especially like that you can operate them. That's what I did and wish I had more switches....

 

[MPD 818]

Very nice display! I especially like that you can operate them. That's what I did and wish I had more switches....

Thanks! I wanted each shelf to have its own controls. The top shelf has a 7 switch panel that I made. The middle shelf has a standard 6 switch box. The bottom shelf is going to have an older "vintage" Federal 6 switch box that I bought on ebay (if it will ever get here.)

 

[ERIC6913]

I like it! coming along nicely.

 

[cook2890]

Looking good! Maybe i will find the time and start organizing my small but growing collection!

 

[tnems7]

Very, very nice assembly of lights. Credos for mounting the siren amplifiers too.

 

[ark_firefighter]

What kind of power source are you using to power the lights ? The Twinsonic didn't even flinch when you turned it on.


A + Collection

 

[motorolamaniac]

Wow, that is really looking nice. Great variety of stuff too.

 

[MPD 818]

What kind of power source are you using to power the lights ? The Twinsonic didn't even flinch when you turned it on.

A + Collection

I am using an Astron 50 Amp supply. You cant tell it in the video but the Twinsonic is actually on 2 switches and I flipped on about a half second before the other just because of the power draw. If I cut both switches on at once it freaks out the power supply. Switch one is the lights on one side and the motor, switch two is the other side lights. I am working on a Code 3 XL bar with 4 rotators and 2 Stingers in it that I am going to have to break up into 2 different switches because trying to run it all at once overloads the power supply.

 

[Wailer]

Good collection. In my opinion, the prize is the PA20A 2C. I've got one too, and to me the late 1960s PA15As and PA20As are the best sounding electronic sirens ever made.

 

[rick h.]

great looking collection

 

[MPD 818]

Finally got all the videos uploaded. Thanks for the input everyone.

 

[toon80]

Dude, your blue steady-burn with to automated visor is the coolest thing I've seen here in a while. Really cool!

 

[MPD 818]

All videos uploaded, siren videos included (just for you Wailer)

 

[crescentstar69]

Great collection and nicely displayed!

 

[motorolamaniac]

Wicked cool videos, thats a collection to be proud of.

 

[MPD 818]

Ok so I got my NOS Federal Visibeam Searchlight in today. Was trying to think of somewhere to put it and decided on the garage door rail would work. I had to make my own cable for it, but I am pleased with the results.

 

[CrownVic97]

Sweet videos of the sirens and Visibeam, dude! Hopefully when I have my own home one day, I can rig up all my lights to my power supply and show them off in all their glory :lol: .

 

[MPD 818]

So got up this morning and decided to mount my Force 4 lightbar, 4 rotators with 2 Stingers. I am not sure if this lightbar is going to stay here or not, but for now it looks pretty good where it is. I also included a pic of my switchbox for the bottom shelf that came in yesterday.

 

[GSPD]

Cool stuff...lots to play with! I like the Visibeam...


Time to break out the lawn chair, turn 'em all on, open a beer and think about placing the next light!

 

[FedSigFan]

Super cool collection! Dangit now I have to get a Visibeam!

 

[fireball3]

very nice collection!, MPD 818

 

[MPD 818]

Just got done with my latest project. This Model 17 was given to me along with a box of working lights I bought off craigslist earlier in the year. As you can see it was in very poor shape, and I was not even sure if it would work or be salvageable. It cleaned up pretty good. I still need to do some polishing on the skirt and a few other places.. I may just end up getting it re-chromed. I bought a NOS dome for it and that alone makes a world of difference. I am needing one of the metal tabs that hold the bulbs into the bulb holders. If anyone has one they would like to sell please let me know.

 

[JohnMarcson]

So got up this morning and decided to mount my Force 4 lightbar, 4 rotators with 2 Stingers. I am not sure if this lightbar is going to stay here or not, but for now it looks pretty good where it is. I also included a pic of my switchbox for the bottom shelf that came in yesterday.

Those aren't stingers. Stingers are a sealed beam with 2 motors that go up and down. Those are stingrays, open reflector multifunction rotator/oscillators

 

[MPD 818]

Those aren't stingers. Stingers are a sealed beam with 2 motors that go up and down. Those are stingrays, open reflector multifunction rotator/oscillators

Opps. I was just going by what was on the control box inside the light bar. Thanks for the correction.

 

[JohnMarcson]

Opps. I was just going by what was on the control box inside the light bar. Thanks for the correction.

Cool bar though.... the XL had the option for stingrays, stingers or oscilasers.... and at one brief point also oscillating lights similar to the ones from the flush mount intensity. You could make one heck of a traffic clearing bar..... you could have made a bar with stingers, stingrays, oscilasers and "sweeps"....... oscillating heaven!

 

[dmathieu]

Good work!!


Dan

 

[Jordan_TCFD]

It looks great. Very nice setup. Next time I'm up that way I'll have to stop in and see the collection for real, if you don't mind. Is that the 185 that you got from me?


What did you do with the Vector I traded too? Didn't see it, so just wondering.


Jordan,TCFD