Whelen Century Elite Series Lightbar

[Kevin K.]

Whelen Engineering - Lightbars - Century™ Elite Series Super-LED® Lightbars


Saw this posted on the official website last week. There doesn't appear to be a product sheet available yet. Bar lengths available in 44" and 50". The corner modules appear to be identical to those found in the amber-market version. Uses LR11 modules for alley and takedown lights. Directional modules are LIN12 heads. Traffic Advisors can be specified as well (eight TIR modules for the 44" and five LIN12 modules for the 50").


I'm not sure where the Century Elite fits in the overall scheme of things for Whelen. From a cost standpoint, it appears to be slotted beneath the Justice. Based on that, I'm assuming Whelen is marketing this as an entry-level lightbar for the emergency-warning market.


Anybody have additional info on this?

 

[Station 3]

Looks like a standard liberty with very minimal LED heads?

 

[FreshDave04]

It's definitely an entry level light bar. List price is $868.00 for the 44" and $944.00 for the 50", respectively. Those packages/base bars consist of 4 corners and 4 warning modules.


Additional options include:

• Individual LIN12 modules (amber/red/blue/white) - List: $149.00/ea
  
• 8 TIR lamp amber super LED Traffic Advisor (44" model only) - List: $528.00
  
• 5 linear LED lamp Super-LED Traffic Advisor (50" model only) - List: $745.00
  
• 2 LR11 Super-LED Take Down Lights - List: $109.00
  
• 2 LR11 Super-LED Alley Lights - List: $109.00
  

 

[JohnMarcson]

The mini version came out recently........ looks like a responder and a justice had a baby..


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....it has the same dome tabs as the mini version....


Whelen Engineering - Lightbars, Mini - Century™ Series Mini Lightbars


I'd like to see an Advantedge-esque lower light pod option.

 

[firedude]

There doesn't appear to be a product sheet available yet.

Product sheet is now available: http://www.whelen.com/pb/Automotive/ProductSheets/Lightbars/Century_Elite_Series_Lightbar.pdf











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[Wattco - Brent]

A lot for the money...very bright for the price...

 

[Kevin K.]

I'm not really digging the Century Elite. I understand its purpose, though. Isn't there another lightbar forthcoming from Whelen? I seem to recall a previous post suggesting that bar built around the ION lightheads was in the pipeline. Is that still happening?

 

[JohnMarcson]

I can't shake the feeling that NFPA minimum spec builders across the country are whiting out the "ion" in "Centurion" and replacing it with "y" to make "Century"

 

[razr777]

Hmm wonder if i can mix and max the light pods to work on my 23" mini century and add those ally pods?

 

[emtanderson51]

We have one on display. It is a great bar built on an extruded aluminum frame with compression fit domes. The inboard modules are extremely bright. The only thing I don't like about the bar is the width. It is identical to the mimi bar at roughly 6". Bright dependable bar for the money though.

 

[firedude]

Anyone have any good photos of a century installed?

 

[got_yogurt]

Good photos? Nope... Have this video though, century recently won a bid for bars for our force. Haven't seen one in person, as soon as our post garage found out the century won they placed a large order for legends while they still could... but other provinces are starting to rock them now.


It would appear ours are coming with CON-3 heads inboard, probably as a further cost saving measure. I think we pay $600 a bar.

 

[got_yogurt]

This is the only photo I've been able to find, and its the larger truck bar on an explorer. I'm going to miss our legends.

 

[MEVS06]

This is the only photo I've been able to find, and its the larger truck bar on an explorer. I'm going to miss our legends.

I would also be disappointed.