timmy
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This is just a heads up to anyone having power issues - in my case problems with a wigwag module on my new Aerodynic LAPD center takedown lights.
I bought the lightbar last week and it was demo'ed to me by the seller before i took delivery. Everything worked great for the demo. When i got it home i opened it up and cleaned it up, rewired it (LAPD had cut the wire bundle 1" from the bottom of the bar), and then tested each function. everything worked except the center takedown lights which i believe were a modification to the bar made by the LAPD technicians; normally there is a speaker in that location. Anyway, the wigwag was very, very fast and the lights didn't really come on full before going switching. it made a rapid "click, click, click, click,..." noise which matched the lights actions. i thought i had done something to the wiring and spent a couple of days trying everything i could to isolate the issue. i finally narrowed it down to the code 3, model 360hf module that does the wigwag function. i found two on ebay that were used and ordered them. i wasn't sure mine module was bad so i continued to troubleshoot until i found the real problem.
I have used a craftsman battery charger in the 50amp "start" mode on all of my other bars as a power source for my bench. i have never had an issue with that. that was the power source i used until i ran out of options during my troubleshooting. i finally decided to try one of the power supplies i use with my other lights on display (amazon, 12vdc 30amp, nice unit) instead of the battery charger. as soon as i switched to that other power source the problem went away. there was something about the 12vdc being provided by my battery charger to the wigwag module that it really didn't like.
So, two things.....
anybody want to buy a code 3 model 360hf wigwag module?
don't assume that all power supplies are equal. power supplies are black magic and the output may not be what you think it is.
hope that saves somebody some time during their troubleshooting.
timmy
I bought the lightbar last week and it was demo'ed to me by the seller before i took delivery. Everything worked great for the demo. When i got it home i opened it up and cleaned it up, rewired it (LAPD had cut the wire bundle 1" from the bottom of the bar), and then tested each function. everything worked except the center takedown lights which i believe were a modification to the bar made by the LAPD technicians; normally there is a speaker in that location. Anyway, the wigwag was very, very fast and the lights didn't really come on full before going switching. it made a rapid "click, click, click, click,..." noise which matched the lights actions. i thought i had done something to the wiring and spent a couple of days trying everything i could to isolate the issue. i finally narrowed it down to the code 3, model 360hf module that does the wigwag function. i found two on ebay that were used and ordered them. i wasn't sure mine module was bad so i continued to troubleshoot until i found the real problem.
I have used a craftsman battery charger in the 50amp "start" mode on all of my other bars as a power source for my bench. i have never had an issue with that. that was the power source i used until i ran out of options during my troubleshooting. i finally decided to try one of the power supplies i use with my other lights on display (amazon, 12vdc 30amp, nice unit) instead of the battery charger. as soon as i switched to that other power source the problem went away. there was something about the 12vdc being provided by my battery charger to the wigwag module that it really didn't like.
So, two things.....
anybody want to buy a code 3 model 360hf wigwag module?
don't assume that all power supplies are equal. power supplies are black magic and the output may not be what you think it is.
hope that saves somebody some time during their troubleshooting.
timmy