Whelen 9M Edge Strobe Lightbar Help

[zakovermyer]

Just bought this bar, and was looking for some sort of guidance on how to get it running. I looked at the PDF online and it said the bar has (should have?) an internal power supply. Do I need to get an external one or a strobe pack? I tried a battery charger on the red/black wires, and got nothing. I have attached photos of the wires, as well as the bar itself. This bar came with the SVP siren and speaker shown in the first photo. (Removed from an old Ward LaFrance)

 

[bigcat]

It is a 9m. The red and black wires must be hooked up, then attach the trigger wires (the small gauge wires) power. Attach the green, blue, green/black stripe, blue/black stripe, green/white stripe, blue/white stripe to power the strobes (one pair won't be used if it is only eight strobe). White and yellow will do alley lights. I can't remember the colors for takedowns and flashers right now.

 

[MtnMan]

And please don't use a battery charger to power electronics.

 

[twodogs603]

White with black trace activates the takedowns...As previous post said, a battery charger will not supply sufficient juice to power the bar.

 

[zakovermyer]

So the red/black wires hooked up to power, as well as all the little ones? Anything with the un protected wire with the red/black ones?

 

[RBRONKEMA GHTFD]

The bare smaller gauge wire goes to ground. Its the "drain" wire. It helps with radio static for mobile radios and your car stereo, because strobe supplies are such high frequency it can cause havoc on radios.


Fixed it for ya.

 

[zakovermyer]

The bare smaller gauge wire goes to ground. Its the "drain" wire. It helps with radio static for mobile radios and your car stereo, because strobe supplies are such high frequency it can cause havoc on radios.

Fixed it for ya.

Thanks for that... I tried flipping it on my computer, but it said the file could not be saved due to an error with the file or something...

 

[twodogs603]

Have you tried wiring up the lightbar now that its right side up?? :bonk: