What's the difference in these Whelen traffic advisors?

[JohnFireFan]

What's the difference in these Whelen Traffic Advisors?

1) TAM83RR - Traffic Advisor™, TIR3™, Super-LED®

2) TAD8RR - Dominator™ Traffic Advisor™, TIR3™ Super-LED® Low Profile

Both have end red flashers but what's the main difference?

 

[OVERKILL]

a tam stick is typically a 9 wire version which requires a controller where as a tad or dominator series is a smart stick and has internal control and can be used by powering up a few leads

 

[tvsjr]

Overkill is correct. I have a TAM83 on my truck, because I wanted the ability to do custom patterns (via custom programming of the Cencom Red). The Dominator model is the "two-wire" version. They look identical externally, and use the same lightheads.

 

[JohnFireFan]

Does the Dominator version turn on the end flashers automatically? or is there a separate trigger wire for the ends? I spent a ton of money on a SOS UltraLite 12 all amber with red tips only to find out the entire bar comes on whenever I turn on the red tips, it made the amber flash as well.

 

[tvsjr]

A little Googling would answer your question: http://www.whelen.com/install/138/13899.pdf

Yes, there is a separate wire for the end flashers. You lose the ability to do low-power.

 

[JohnFireFan]

A little Googling would answer your question: http://www.whelen.com/install/138/13899.pdf

Yes, there is a separate wire for the end flashers. You lose the ability to do low-power.

After reading the manual which wires controls the traffic advisor flasher? Not the left, right or center out arrow but the actual warning on the arrow portion.

 

[sgzwach]

After reading the manual which wires controls the traffic advisor flasher? Not the left, right or center out arrow but the actual warning on the arrow portion.

I believe applying power to the red wire will make the TA flash. If you apply power to any, or both, of the directional wires (Blue/Green) they will override the warning pattern. The end flashers operate independently, so at any time applying power to the orange wire you can flash the end modules.

 

[tvsjr]

^^ Correct.

 

[JohnFireFan]

^^ Correct.

Wouldn't happen to have a video of yours would you?

 

[tvsjr]

Mine is the TAM83, not the Dominator version... so it has specific wires for each lighthead, driven by my Cencom Red.

 

[SO Brite Lighting]

Your SOS Ultralite should be able to be set to a particular mode so only the ends flash without the amber. Call SOS tech help or the vendor.

 

[JohnFireFan]

Your SOS Ultralite should be able to be set to a particular mode so only the ends flash without the amber. Call SOS tech help or the vendor.

I called SOS after I installed it and wired it up. They stated the one with independent end flashers is a slightly different model. I can't recall the different model number cause it was so long ago but there is a difference. 

 

[Hochberger]

Which one cuts through rear window tint better? TAM or TAD? or same?