Whelen 8000 w/ colored "flying saucer" optics - Update 1/6/13

[JohnMarcson]

Just got this.... it really needs a second clear dome in my opinion... The internal optics are plastic "flying saucer" style. I have seen colored filters inside 8000 bars before, but never colored internal spreader it's self....


The bar I just got......


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This is the type of colored internal optics I have seen before.... a colored cylinder around the flying saucer.....


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[HillRock]

That is cool, I too have never seen that before...

 

[dmathieu]

Ohhhh.....Niiice.


I've never seen that before, even in a catalog!


Dan

 

[JohnMarcson]

Ohhhh.....Niiice.
I've never seen that before, even in a catalog!


Dan

Me neither..... had no idea such a thing even existed. The red filter was under the red dome so I had no idea it was there until I took the bar apart to clean it! I literally said "F---- YEAH!" so loud my wife came to investigate...

 

[ryan]

I have a set of those mirrors in stock. $30 shipped and mine are nice!!!

 

[toon80]

I WAS not a fan of the Whelen 8000 but it's starting to grow on me!


Nice Star Trek box, btw

 

[motorolamaniac]

Very cool find.

 

[fireball3]

Great find john! sweet


Cyril

 

[Sarge619]

Always liked those "pre-Edge" 8000's. Had a nice shape to them, loved the staggered rows of rectangular openings for the siren speaker. I had never seen the "guts" of an 8000, especially the "UFO" optics. Very cool. Nice find.

 

[rick h.]

nice lightbar

 

[kitn1mcc]

thats super old school

 

[ford-dealer]

Me neither..... had no idea such a thing even existed. The red filter was under the red dome so I had no idea it was there until I took the bar apart to clean it! I literally said "F---- YEAH!" so loud my wife came to investigate...

Thanks John! That right there made my night!

 

[Hoser]

Very Nice. My county SO used to run those bars in blue, cant find one around here.........

 

[emtanderson51]

OMG.........if you only knew.....I've seen that before and you don't want to know where they are. Just think though...instead of 3 in existence there is only 1. Nice suprise find......its my turn now..

 

[stansdds]

Never seen that before!

 

[KMG365]

Sweet!

 

[911caddy]

I too have recently aquired some Whelen 8000 parts (lenses and filters) from a friend. I was puzzled how the two red and blue filters that came with the lenses attached to the 8000 metal base.. Now it make sense. It's a UFO that holds them in place! Thanks for sharing those awesome pictures!!


I too will soon be running a re-lamped clear and red domed 8000!!

 

[Tristar]

I'm curious about the cascade mirrors...I understand their purpose with halogen or sealed beam rotators, but what purpose does the cascade feature serve with a strobe (as opposed to one continuous mirror)?

 

[toon80]

I'm curious about the cascade mirrors...I understand their purpose with halogen or sealed beam rotators, but what purpose does the cascade feature serve with a strobe (as opposed to one continuous mirror)?

I think one continuous mirror would just give one thin reflected "line of sight" for the whole mirrored area, (probably in the middle of the mirror if you were standing directly in front of the car). Cascade mirrors, though, not being equally angled from one another, gives a long big flash that takes advantage of the biggest possible footprint to be reflected.

 

[flahotrod]

That is cool, I too have never seen that before...

New to me, too.


Quite nice, John!

 

[Tristar]

I think one continuous mirror would just give one thin reflected "line of sight" for the whole mirrored area, (probably in the middle of the mirror if you were standing directly in front of the car). Cascade mirrors, though, not being equally angled from one another, gives a long big flash that takes advantage of the biggest possible footprint to be reflected.

Now it makes sense, thank you.

 

[toon80]

I stumbled across this picture and thought I'd share it for the Whelen fans:


http://www.annapolis.gov/Libraries/Images_-_Police/vintagecars.sflb.ashx

 

[dmathieu]

Thanks!

 

[plybeep68]

Them are neat looking lightbars!! They werent that popular in my area, i will have to attempt to get one in the future

 

[kitn1mcc]

those cars look slick setup like that

 

[Pimp]

Thanks John! That right there made my night!

I'm late joining the party but... MINE TOO! It put a huge smile on my face.





I have ONE clear one of these "beehive" optics if anyone wants to buy it! I have tons of parts for these bars, John... I could definitely arrange a Free + Shipping box of extra parts for you if interested. Just PM or email me.

 

[Mustang302]

Thanks for sharing John I'm an 8000 junkie like u

 

[JohnMarcson]

Here is my newly arrived 8028 next to my 8002. Notice the two different takes on internal filters.

 

[ford-dealer]

I am glad you got it!


Is the Power supply good?

 

[JohnMarcson]

I am glad you got it!

Is the Power supply good?

Yeah, it works great.

 

[lotsofbars]

Yeah, it works great.

Vids or it's trashed.

 

[JohnMarcson]

Vids or it's trashed.

I don't have a camera that catches old double flashes well... maybe a wav file of the wine from the caps?

 

[stansdds]

Very few consumer grade video cameras adequately capture strobes.

 

[lotsofbars]

I don't have a camera that catches old double flashes well... maybe a wav file of the wine from the caps?

Take a video anyway because a few flashes are better than no flashes? I'm just really psyched to see a weird configuration like this.

 

[JohnMarcson]

Ok, here is a video.. it obviously only catches some of the flashes, but you get the idea. The colored flying saucer appears to be a truer red than the cylinder red filter, but that bar also has a clear par 46 strobe next to it so it's not a fair comparison.

 

[Linecapt]

My red and blue edge 8000, with take downs, front and rear center strobes, corner strobes and cruise lights. Double flash only.

 

[tsquale]

My red and blue edge 8000, with take downs, front and rear center strobes, corner strobes and cruise lights. Double flash only.

SCHAWEET!

 

[KMG365]

I want an 8000 now!

 

[OWSLICHT]

Should any one be interested, i have the guts of an Whelen 8000 lightbar complete with the flying saucer strobes and 4 directional PAR46 strobes in amber, complete with brackets.


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