Whelen Super AdvantEdge saved from thrash

[Thomas1234]

Nice folks at the Animal ambulance updated there old lights to led. I was just in time to save these 2 and a half bars from the thrash, the engineer would have waited one week before he would thrown them all away.

The Super AdvantEdge 5000 light bar is a flush mounted bar, and bigger then the normal AdvantEdge, equipped with 2 rotators and 3 halogen lights. Also the lenses do have a rounded profile. Don't see them often!

 

[WhelenNDealin]

Awesome find! You had some great luck finding those!

 

[jph2]

Nice save! Interesting bars, to be sure. Good for you.

 

[Thomas1234]

Let the cleanup begin!

 

[Thomas1234]

the lenses:

 

[Thomas1234]

Two types of lights (black is the Halogen 600 series) & Two types of rotators: the biggest (whelen) got a metal base, the other has got a plastic base and are very light, brand unknown, maybe also Whelen?

 

[kitn1mcc]

If they updated to LED they could have just rebuilt the bar

 

[Thomas1234]

If they updated to LED they could have just rebuilt the bar

Yes, unless they smashed the sides all the time.

 

[JazzDad]

What's with the balloons in the vehicle? Does it belong to Pennywise?

 

[emtanderson51]

All of the parts in that bar are Whelen including the rotators...

 

[Thomas1234]

@emtanderson51 thanks for the info!

 

[Rene Foppes]

Thomas and I met up last week and we traded some parts with eachother (thanks again ), so now I have in my collection for the first time this Super AdvantEdge Plus lightbar, in parts at this time.

Are there still lenses available for this one? With the 2 frames I now have I would like to make a red/clear setup on 1 of the 2?
Not to hijack this topic Thomas I'll open up a new one myself as well, thanks again for the trade!

 

[Thomas1234]

No problem, @Rene Foppes , (happy with the trade!) there's this site in Ohio, maybe they still sell some lenses...http://www.parrpse.com/product619.html (if you're going to buy some, let me know ;-)

 

[gtpts27]

This site has some stuff. http://www.fixmyambulance.com/category-s/1840.htm I contacted them a few months back and they said they could special order 4000 series lenses (he confirmed that when I questioned him... I didn’t think 4000 were still available). I didn’t end up buying any - so still unsure whether actually true - but perhaps they can do same for 5000 series.

I have a 4000 and 4500 flush mount and have ocassionally seen some 5000 stuff on eBay in my searches for 4000/4500 stuff.

 

[Rene Foppes]

No problem, @Rene Foppes , (happy with the trade!) there's this site in Ohio, maybe they still sell some lenses...http://www.parrpse.com/product619.html (if you're going to buy some, let me know ;-)

Those prices are pretty high for some lenses but it's at least one address where they got the stuff...
I do have the rotators myself, with the larger reflector, the halogen 600 units as well, that will be no problem.