Video of one of our ambulances

[acala91]

I'm going to preface this with this; I absolutely love the truck, very smooth, quiet and powerful but I absolutely despise the lighting on it.

Equipment is as follows:

Whelen 900 LED on the front of the box R - R/W - W - R/W - R

Whelen 500 series 5mm in the grill

Whelen LIN3 for intersection

Whelen 900 strobe on the sides of the box

Whelen 900 LED on the rear of the box - uppers are R - A - R, lowers are R/W :hopeless:

Whelen 295HFS2 siren

CPI speakers x2

Nothing is synced except for the strobes. All the LEDs are set to single flash 150, at night it basically looks like all the LED 900s are steady burned because there is hardly any off time. It's just one pink, blinding blob, and don't just me started on the clear to the rear. Whoever thought that was a good idea needs a swift kick in the balls. :duh:

The chassis is a 2012 Ford F-350, the box is a remanned Wheeled Coach Type 1 box.

Link VVVV

Coastal 201 Lighting - YouTube

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Lose the split fail!

 

[acala91]

I know! I am a sync whore and this thing just makes me want to vomit!

 

[tjayfire17]

Whoever spec'd that ambo needs a lesson on syncing lights.


Here's our ambulance:

 

[acala91]

Whoever spec'd that ambo needs a lesson on syncing lights.


Here's our ambulance:

Nice rig, the lighting looks great.

 

[tsquale]

The 4-ways are the most effective lights on the whole truck! :duh:

 

[dmathieu]

This is a perfect example of side by side colored and clear lenses, and re-enforces why I prefer colored lenses over clear.


Nice ambulance though.

 

[jsearles]

Lose the split fail!

agreed

 

[NJEMT]

Is adding a flasher to 900 series lights an expensive option for ambulances. it seems that not many people opt for it. my department has Hortons and the 900 are all synced and not split.

 

[Eric1249]

I think the lighting is great and very effective. J/K

 

[acala91]

Is adding a flasher to 900 series lights an expensive option for ambulances. it seems that not many people opt for it. my department has Hortons and the 900 are all synced and not split.

I'm not sure but I doubt it. I think it has to do with most people responsible for specing new vehicles not knowing their ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to emergency vehicle lighting.

 

[Skip Goulet]

Whoever spec'd that ambo needs a lesson on syncing lights.


Here's our ambulance:

Well.....you can see EM1 with no problem, but I just don't like all the clear...you need some red and blue in there, too.

 

[RyanZ71]

That Chevy Top Kick/Kodiak or whatever they call their Heavy Duty chassis looks very nice, but anyway to alternate those grill lights? They would certainly be more effective with a left side flash - right side flash pattern instead of all 4 flashing at the same time.

 

[pdk9]

Whoever spec-ed coastal's ambos has some serious A.D.D....5 mm 500's, lin3's, strobes, etc!?!?

Whoever spec'd that ambo needs a lesson on syncing lights.


Here's our ambulance:

Except for the chassis choice, I'm in love with that!

 

[acala91]

Whoever spec-ed coastal's ambos has some serious A.D.D....5 mm 500's, lin3's, strobes, etc!?!?

Yeah, I have no idea what they were thinking. If I had any say in it they would be a lot different and for the better. I work on one of our vanbulances in a few days that has a wonderful lighting package. I will snap some pictures and a video of that one and post it up.