New Additions, pics added--pair of RV-15's

[Lt.214]

I have 2 new additions to the collection.


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They have somewhat of an identity crisis. The domes are DZ series or Dietz, and the internals look like those in a Dietz 7-11, American Bosh Motors with a 1979 date on them.


They have ID plates attached to the retaining rings, but they were "etched" and not stamped. The tags are faded, unreadable. As I began to clean the chrome, some of the etching became barely readable, and it was marked as a Smith and Wesson light. Model number was unreadable as well as a partial SAE number.


So if anyone could help clarify their identity, that would be great!


Chris

 

[MIKET2]

Awesome 7-11's, like the blue domes! :shock:

 

[dmathieu]

Must have been made by Dietz and rebadged for Smith & Wesson. Everything I can see says Dietz 7-11.


Dan

 

[stansdds]

Interesting find. S&W marketed the L-20 (two bulb) and L-24 (four bulb) beacons, but the ones I've seen were made by Signal-Stat. S&W did sell the Dietz Omni-Chief bar as their 7700, so it is possible that Dietz also made 7-11's for S&W.

 

[cmb56]

Interesting find. S&W marketed the L-20 (two bulb) and L-24 (four bulb) beacons, but the ones I've seen were made by Signal-Stat.

They where Yankee beacons.


I have never seen any Signal-Stat relabled to S&W.


Same goes with these lights, they are the first Diets 7-11 I see that has been sold as S&W.


Odd because the S&W 236 and 436 started so sell about this time.


They probably had a gap between the Yankee beacons and their own beacons that they needed to fill.

 

[Lt.214]

Thanks for all the help. I guess they are the red headed step children of that time. They had alot of paint and some kind of overspray on them. I have cleaned them both up at this point( only the right one in the pic had been cleaned at the time of posting) replaced both retaining ring screws, and added a length of wire to one of them as somehwere in its life the power wire was cut short, and someone merely added 2 longer lenghts of wire to the short power wire and taped them together inside the light with what looked like old masking tape! :roll:It was dried out and breaking down. I'm surprised it never caught fire.


Chris

 

[kadetklapp]

Nice find. Mount those puppies to a cross bar and make use of 'em!

 

[Lt.214]

A cross bar may be in their future for display. Without locating red domes for them that's all they will be is display lights.


At least for fire/ems use here in ohio.


Chris.

 

[tnems7]

Note:


Maybe you can find some red domes from Federal 184 beacons. They should interchange nicely with the Dietz four-beam beacons.


We used to exhange clear Dietz domes with our Federal 184s. And, another member verified my statements in an earlier entry I made on ELB.

 

[stansdds]

Deitz 211/711 and Federal 184 domes are the same diameter and share the same mounting lip size, but the Federal domes have the stepped top unlike the Dietz domes.

 

[Lt.214]

Thanks for the info, I will have to look into that. I also have some info on a Ladder that is going in for refurb, which has 2 Dietz Hill lights on the cab, 1 red and 1 clear with red/clear PAr 36's. So with any luck, I may be expanding my Dietz light numbers!!


Chris

 

[Lt.214]

Also, the part number on the blue domes of these lights are 77-212. Does anyone know if they would be the older lighter blue Dietz domes or the later darker SAE color that cmb56 referenced in the Dietz Beacon thread?


I am not very versed in Dietz lights as I usually stick to federal, but now that I have these 2 Dietz beacons plus my 911-56 bar I aquired earlier this year(also in all blue), I am expanding manufactors I guess :lol: .


Chris

 

[Lt.214]

Updated pics,


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Domes cleaned and polished. Chrome cleaned of all the overspray that was on it.


Nice lights, not sure what I need with 2 of them though :lol:

 

[kadetklapp]

PM sent.

 

[Lt.214]

I seem to be getting lights in pairs now,


Unity RV-15's





Chrome is good shape and they both work. 1 dome looks like the retaining band for the bulb came loose and rubbed the inside though


Chris

 

[dmathieu]

I was watching those. NICE! I have one NOS in red. Nice lights. You get the advantages of sealed beam in a small package.


Dan