Possibility of converting a Whelen TA836A from 8 to 6 head traffic advisor?

[Watermelons are cool]

Does anyone here know if it'd be possible to remove the end lamps of a Whelen TA836A and made it work as a 6 head unit? I wouldn' t be using the Traffic Advisor as much as rear led flashers, so I was thinking of just putting 2 500 LIN4's in the ends and run them of an external flasher like the ULF28.

 

[firebuff17]

100% possible. Just takes some careful measuring and cutting. Then rewire the harness as needed.

 

[cabunty]

Does it use an internal flasher? If yes I wonder if there would be a "gap" or extra long pause in signal? I think they are quick but can't remember for sure.

You definitely could do all of this with led and a smartlogic flasher as you can pick and choose how many heads are in the housing and flash your ends with it also.

 

[Watermelons are cool]

Does it use an internal flasher? If yes I wonder if there would be a "gap" or extra long pause in signal? I think they are quick but can't remember for sure.

You definitely could do all of this with led and a smartlogic flasher as you can pick and choose how many heads are in the housing and flash your ends with it also.

AFAIK, the 836 is flashed with the external 9-Pin connecter with a TA controller. For how little I'd use TA, I don't see much sense in upgrading one to LED.

 

[cabunty]

AFAIK, the 836 is flashed with the external 9-Pin connecter with a TA controller. For how little I'd use TA, I don't see much sense in upgrading one to LED.

Agreed. We stopped getting them as a separate unit because we used them...but the public has no idea what they mean...decades after they became a thing.