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Adam's Lights
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Приєднався 11 гру 2011
I am a collector of police, fire, and ambulance lightbars. the majority of my videos are about that. Feel free to browse my collection, comment, and subscribe. Thanks for watching!!!
PLEASE NOTE: None of the bars shown on this site are for sale.
PLEASE NOTE: None of the bars shown on this site are for sale.
Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Streethawk
This video is of my Federal Signal Streethawk. This bar was the first type of Streethawk to hit the market, and came out in 1986. It features 4 rotators, 2 front flashers, and 2 alley lights. These were super popular in the Southeast (You can't watch an episode of COPS from the 80's or 90's without seeing them). Enjoy the video, and thank you for watching!!
**None of the lightbars shown in this video are for sale**
**None of the lightbars shown in this video are for sale**
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Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 MX7000 Custom Flasher
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This video is about my Custom MX7000 Flasher bar. I get a lot of questions about this one. As far as I know, there is no jurisdiction or municipality or department that uses a blue/green combination. For those of you who have been long-time subscribers, you might recognize this bar from some of my 2013 videos. Since then, I have changed the bar around quite a bit. In the 2013 video, the bar was...
Lightbar Highlight: Tomar Heliobe 930L
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This is a short video highlighting my Tomar Heliobe 930L lightbar. Most people are familiar with the 930N strobe version that was released in 1995 (link below for that video). Shortly after that, they released the 930L, which was the LED version of the same bar, using their early-series RECT LED modules. IN this particular bar, some of the modules are full modules (meaning each section is a sin...
Under the Dome: Whelen 8000 CA Spec.
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This video is part of the "Under the Dome" Series. The 'Under the Dome' series is a slight departure from my typical highlight videos, in that we take a deeper look into the inner-workings of the lightbars in question- how they are wired, how they work, and the general nuances of their interiors. The bar featured in this particular video is the Whelen 8000. If you are unfamiliar with the bar, c...
Lightbar Highlight: Lectric Lights Ranger
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This is a video of Lectric Lights Ranger lightbar, that first in the market in 1978. It features two strobe lights, and 4 flashers. The strobe lights are not on a centralized power supply, so their flash pattern is randomized, and not in-sync with each other in any way. This bar has an interesting internal setup for the strobes. While It has the typical cylindrical flutes diffusion like you'd s...
Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Streethawk (All Light Model)
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This is a video of my All-Light Streethawk by Federal Signal, which came onto the market in 1993. This all-light model features a center rotator, rather than the speaker housing that are in typical Streethawk models. It also features two additional lower lights, bringing the total of front flashers to 4, instead of the typical two. On this bar specifically, I decided to create an unusual color ...
Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Jetstrobe
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This video features my Federal Signal Jetstrobe, which made its cop-car debut in 1992. Similar in physicality to the Jetstream, this bar features strobe lights as the primary warning lights, with halogen flashers as supplementary warning lights. This particular bar also had a single white rotator in the middle, but I decided to make that a fixed unit, and turned it into a single Takedown light....
Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 Select Alert- CA Spec
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This bar might be my current "holy grail" lightbar. It is a Code 3 SD, with the CA Spec Select Alert feature, which was introduced around 1982. When strobe and/or LED lightbars started to come on the market, they begin incorporating modes that lit only the back of the lightbar, leaving the front off. This is a standard feature in the lightbars of today, and is used daily around the United State...
Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal JetStream
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This is a video of my Federal Signal Jetstream, which came onto the scene in 1989. This is a VERY simple version of this bar, that features a single motor/gear-driven system for all 4 rotators, and a single flasher in the center section. I decided to alternate the red/amber filters on this one, just to do something different. This is the ONLY Red/Amber bar I have. No Lightbar Shown in This Vide...
Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 MX7000 Relay
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This is the lightbar that started it all for me...the very first light in my collection..... the Code 3 MX7000. I found it on Craigslist one day, and drove from Las Vegas to San Diego to get it. It was my very first lightbar purchase, and i mounted it to the roof of my garage- as can be seen here: ua-cam.com/video/3wVS3m4SM5o/v-deo.html This bar is was my first foray into relay bars (obviously,...
Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Vista CA Spec
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This is my California-Spec Federal Signal Vista, which came onto the market in 1996. As you may have seen in another one of my Vista videos, their unique design was one of the earliest attempts at handling the off-axis 45º intersection warning. This Vista is significantly different from my red/white Vista. While the other one had only flashers and rotators, this bar is packed with flashers, ste...
Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 LP 6000
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This is the LP 6000 lightbar, made by Code 3. This bar entered the market in 1983, and served many departments well. When I received this bar, it was outfitted with takedown and alley lights, which I did not want on this particular bar. I removed them, and flipped the domes around so you have the solid colors. (If you look hard enough, you can see the white flash towards the rear of the bar, as...
SIREN HIGHLIGHT: Federal Signal SmartSirenSM
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A couple of you have requested that I do a demo of my sirens, along with my lightbars. Ironically, out of 40 lights mounted on my wall, only ONE of them has a working siren speaker in it. My Federal Signal SmarSirenSM, the Premium Vision Controller, and the Vision SL Controller all have the exact same interface and amp, and therefore all have the same siren sounds. My speaker (which is housed i...
Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Jetsonic
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This is a quick video of my Federal Signal Jetsonic. This is an independent-motor lightbar, with front and rear flashers, and 4 rotators. I switched the lens covers for the flashers, to create an off-balance color scheme. Federal Signal made 3 major Jet models when it originally came out: -Jetsonic (Sonic, because it has the speaker housing in the middle) -Jetstream (Stream, because of the all-...
Lightbar Highlight: Whelen Model 8000- CA Spec
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If this were MySpace, this bar would be in my Top 8 friends. It is one of the first CA Spec bars that I've ever gotten, and according to people I've spoken to who know a ton about the 80/90/8000 series bars, it's very unusual to see a CA Spec bar in the Model 8000. The Whelen 8000 bar was the first strobe bar I ever saw that has Cruise Lights, and I've loved seeing them in these bars ever since...
Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Arjent
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Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Arjent
Lightbar Highlight: Whelen Edge 9000
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Lightbar Highlight: Whelen Edge 9000
Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 MX7000 Strobe
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Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 MX7000 Strobe
Lightbar Highlight: Whelen Edge Duplex
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Lightbar Highlight: Whelen Edge Duplex
Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Aerodynic- CA Spec
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Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Aerodynic- CA Spec
Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 RX2700 LED
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Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 RX2700 LED
Lightbar Highlight: Tomar Heliobe 930N
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Lightbar Highlight: Tomar Heliobe 930N
Lightbar Highlight: Whelen Edge 9000 HPD
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Lightbar Highlight: Whelen Edge 9000 HPD
Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 MX7000 D Tech
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Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 MX7000 D Tech
Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 Force 4 XL
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Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 Force 4 XL
Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Twinsonic
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Lightbar Highlight: Federal Signal Twinsonic
Lightbar Highlight: Whelen Edge 9000- Chicago PD
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Lightbar Highlight: Whelen Edge 9000- Chicago PD
Can you tell me how you got your lights to flash on that first stop sign at the top I got one dislike it
I think its a california spec bar
Have you tried any purple combonation with green,amber,red, or blue?
I do have a bar that is Purple, Amber, and Blue. You can check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/A-Z1dGYk7Kg/v-deo.htmlsi=lLGq4e9JQalZ05X_ Thanks for Watching!
2004 2007 ic bus
Thanks for watching!
Hi Adam. Do you know of any CPD Whelen Edge light bars that are available or for sale? I’m going to be starting a restoration in about a month and will need a complete light bar set up for this Crown Vic. Thanks in advance!
Not that I know of. I've had this one for a while.
Probably would have gotten better results with the Dtechs had they just slowed down the rotating speed just a little bit in order to get the lighting effects.
Completely agreed.
I have a question can you make a video of how to make the system and add a stop arm like the ones on the front off the bus
Do you mean a crossing arm? I don't have one of those, but they are wired the exact same way as the stop signs, assuming they are electric and not air-controlled.
@@AdamsLights but can you make a video of how to make the system
@@AdamsLights adam
I used several of them and the one I liked the best was the Code 3 SD with the Federal Twin Sonic coming in 2nd. Used the Smith and Wesson too but didn't care for it. Obvious they didn't get a cop to help with the design for those rectangular headlight bulbs took up unnecessary space that could've been used to spread out the rotators and better position the mirrors which I would've put a diamond shaped one in between and would not have offset them.
Thanks for watching!
Love the all blue light bar
Thanks!
Sirens what do the different signals mean?
What do you mean?
Random question: on the back of the SMC Safety Swing Arm, there are three wires, a red, a white, and a blue. How would I go about wiring one to a simple two position (on off) switch. Red is Hot, white is? And blue is? I have the SMC with Strobe flashers.
If I remember correctly, the white is the neutral, the red extends the arm, and the blue retracts the arm.
What is the lightbar below the jet sonic
It is a Rotan Winglux.
Best light bar ever
Simple but effective!
C’mon man, let us hear those relays clicking and those motors whirring!
Oh I have that video too....just search my page for it :)
Whelen Edges xenon strobes with halogen alley and flashers are my favorite. Those are what I grew up on and saw mostly during my childhood in the 2000’s Whelen Edge 9000.
Me too! Both my local city and county PD's have 9000 strobes. A sound you can never forget....
@@AdamsLights do they still use them any there? I saw an ambulance with xenon strobes a month ago and was shocked, because that’s the first time I’ve seen them on an emergency vehicle in 8 years or so. They’re super bright too even with the red filter, maybe even brighter than LED, it just doesn’t seem to send the light as physically far, for some reason. And can you still find xenon strobes online or anything?
It looks like Czech "Tesla AZD-530" lightbar.
nice!
Thanks for your video! How can I contact you?
Didn't you just? :)
@@AdamsLights Yup, but maybe not this way) I have a pretty long question about acquisition vector or vision. Maybe you can help me. Can I send you an email or smth?
REAL MEN USE HALOGEN (AND ROTATORS)
*grunts*
Hi I am working on a project for resorting a lightbar any tips and tricks you would recommend?
check out my other videos, I did a whole series on how to power it all up.
@@AdamsLights thanks!
IM THE 200TH LIKER
Congrats!
Do you know where I can find a manual for the wiring diagram 😊
No, sorry- I got mine figured out by trial and error.
Those Are Pretty Cool Yeah
Thanks!
The lights and sign was always my favorite part of driving a school bus.love your set up and collection. My favorite sign were the white ones from the 4 light system
Mine too!
Would you believe to this day in 2024 , I still know where there's a set of red and clear. On top of the fire truck looks like band new and work great. Deep in the mountains in north carolina... Sit in the firehouse bet it hadn't been out five times in the last ten years...
Volly?
That has too be the most bad ass mx7000 I have ever seen I would love too build one like that but amber green
Ha, Thanks!
How come it makes that chirping noise as the strobes flash?
It's actually the capacitor charging up, right before it releases the power load to activate the light. After the light flashes, the capacitor re-charges, and thus, the constant chirping sound you hear.
How come the "wig-wag lights" one makes a chirping noise as the lights flash?
I answered this in your other comment, but that only happens with strobe lights, due to their capacitors charging. Incandescent and LED lights do not operate that way, which is why the don't make a noise.
Early LAPD had the BIG alley lights flashing during code 3 runs
Yep, they had those made special, so that you could still send the light flashing out of the end of the lightbar.
I have two of those stop signs on the bus I ride: The one on the top right, and the one on the bottom left.
Cool!
Chattanooga Police had these on a bunch of their cars
Its probably the loudest lightbar Ive ever heard.
Is from 1967?
Possibly! The lightbar itself came out in 1963, so it's very likely it was still in operation in '67.
@@AdamsLights Well, how are you these days?
Hey there, I'm getting around to a Streethawk project and i like the flashing takedown lights... are you using LEDs or halogen for them? TIA!
Both! The white outer lights are Halogen, but the colored inner lights are LED bulbs... both on the same flasher.
@@AdamsLights It's a mini one, so just the two outer ones...I was thinking about running a Galls headlight flasher i have laying around... it's a higher speed iirc.
ua-cam.com/video/wo8zLGz2rfY/v-deo.htmlsi=zZNB6vL0iD7Dt5r2 Air one?
Couldnt really say somthing hi
Hello, and thanks for stopping by!
ur missing 1 ur missing the round one that goes on the front of a firetruck 🚒
Ha! I actually made the decision to only colelct full sized lightbars, and no teardrops, bubble lights, etc.
@@AdamsLights K
What model street hawk is this, i am also lookong for one in all blue but am compeltely failing...
I don't remember. There are a couple of Streethawk-specific Facebook Groups you should check out.
My favourite! Thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Steady now, way too much coffee. I picked up two bars some time ago, and I thought they were both the same. I just spent a few days working on one of them, a Vector bar. I needed a couple of bulbs so I went out to my shop and climbed into the rafters to rob a couple off the other bar. I pulled the cover off the end pod and noticed it was a smart pod. I excitedly jumped up to the next step on the ladder so I could see the label. It's a vision bar. Oh boy. When I pull this down on Monday I think I'm gonna have some questions.
ok. And I don't drink coffee.
Okay just shaky. So I pulled the vision bar down. Bad news. The data cable was cut, and all the wires were stripped. I would bet that some moron has applied 12 volts to every data lead. I don't have anything to control this bar, so I won't be able to check it out any time soon. Enjoyed your video. Thanks.
Love your bar In the UK blue is always on the outside red in the middle
It sure is!
Very cool
Thank you!
I bet those aren't cheap...would you mind to tell how much one of these goes for in the U.S ? A thousand dollars , 3 thousand ? 10 thousand ? 200 bucks ?... I have absolutely no idea about commercial value of those things...the are beatiful
Thanks for watching! Honestly, it really depends on the bar. The ones that were more common and are easily found, go for cheap.... sometimes you can even find them for free. More rare ones can be a couple thousand dollars. I've spent anywhere from $40 to about $800 on a single bar, but sometimes they go for much more.
@@AdamsLights cool to know that...thanks for saying. I bet it takes a lot of work to keep them mint like yours as well. Nice
9:38 caprices...so cool...thanks for maintaining history my friend
Glad you enjoyed it
@@AdamsLights yes a lot. For the sake of analog lights and rotators, not necessarily cops btw, the good ones, yes for sure but a lot of them have used those light bars against its own citizens without reason ( to say the least ) and each and everyone one of these pieces have its own histories and stories...just to let registered...thx again
A whole lot of nostalgia for me in the Federal Signal Twin Sonic bars. I worked at Federal Sign and Signal in Blue Island, IL, during the summer of 1975. The country was coming out of the oil shortage of 1974 and I spent most of my time filling backorders for replacement lenses (acrylic and polycarbonate) as they became available in quantity again. My free time was spent watching the repairmen working on broken light bars, gumdrop lights and mechanical sirens.
That's awesome!! You were a a part of history!
@@AdamsLights A small part. You have a nice collection. Thanks for keeping them going.
were do you buy or get your bars because im looking at buying a federal signal jetstream for my truck lol
There are a ton of resources.... Craigslist, eBay, Government Auction sites, about about 200 different Facebook Group dedicated to lightbar enthusiasts.
I made a lightbar collection in minecraft
Everybody got their thing :)
When is lightbar collection volume 3 coming out im very exited
When I get more space to hang all of the new bars :)
@@AdamsLights i would like an estimated year pls
Never saw a LL bar before though I burned through every LL beacon attached to the forklift fleet.
They were very rare, and didn't last long..... used primarily in Texas, with few other locations nationwide.
@@AdamsLights There was this old Clark forklift among the then newer Toyotas that had a North American rotator on it. Saw that over the LL’s. Really helped in the dark spaces because the bosses demanded everyone ship and receive at full throttle. Don’t know how many people got injured before it was finally slowed down.
Can you do the lightbar above the MX7000? I’ve never seen that one before.
Ugh...I wish. I'm still waiting to get the appropriate controller for this one, so I can show off all of it's functions. Stay tuned!!!
The sound of the flashing 🦀
Like 50 clocks :)
Pls show us the 90H lightbar
In due time....