question L.E.D. Amber Warning Beacons

[LoggyDriver]

I've been looking at buying a suitable Mag mounted LED Amber warning light to put on the back of the truck and I've seen this one for sale which looks pretty good.

 

It's called the Redtronic Mega-Flash 360 LED Beacon. It has 18 OSRAM Category 3 LED's in it and has a night dim and programmable flash patterns. 12-30 volts, fully UK manufactured and full 5 year warranty. Expensive, but you get what you pay for.

 

What do you think, has anyone else got one of their light systems?

 

Here's the link,

 

http://www.redtronic.co.uk/Assets/Videos/em196_beacon.swf (Beacon working)

 

http://www.redtronic.co.uk/beacon_led_EM196.html (website)

[N.O.S.]

That is an interesting proposition, LD. I've tried various Zenon discharge beacons and found them quite inferior to the conventional rotating bulb units.

 

These compact LED units look as if they will beat the amps-hungry rotating Halogen bulb units for brightness, and I'm very tempted to try a couple on a work vehicle as the ones fitted are bulky and do get damaged regularly by trees etc. These are nice compact units. Almost twice the cost of a conventional unit blimey, and the rest - just checked prices!! but as you say, probably a case of getting what you pay for!

Edited July 12, 2010 by N.O.S.

[rambo1969]

Ive got 2 led flashing lights on the rear of the landy, fitted them after a transit van came flying up behind when I was on the way to a show. Got them from ebay, £70 I seem to remember.

[cosrec]

Try these guys they are good to deal with and it is always top notch gear at reasonable prices www.red-bhw.com.

[Tony B]

Useful site, I like the tow ball/winch attachment. simple and useful.

[LoggyDriver]

That is an interesting proposition, LD. I've tried various Zenon discharge beacons and found them quite inferior to the conventional rotating bulb units.

 

These compact LED units look as if they will beat the amps-hungry rotating Halogen bulb units for brightness, and I'm very tempted to try a couple on a work vehicle as the ones fitted are bulky and do get damaged regularly by trees etc. These are nice compact units. Almost twice the cost of a conventional unit blimey, and the rest - just checked prices!! but as you say, probably a case of getting what you pay for!

 

 

 

 

They are the same LED's that they fit to the Police, Fire and Ambulance units so they are pretty bright. They are bloody expensive but you get a 5 year warranty and they are supposed to be good for 100,000hrs operation. They are also very small compaired to rotating beacons.

 

I've got a rotating beacon that I accuired form the Army, but I need a fixing point as it's a DIN type unit. I tried it out today and it works a treat, but I like the look of that LED beacon. You could leave that on for hours without the engine running and not run your battery out.

 

 

 

Here is another video of what I'm looking at.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp83_9yZZ6M&feature=player_embedded

Edited July 12, 2010 by LoggyDriver
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[N.O.S.]

..... You could leave that on for hours without the engine running and not run your battery out.

 

Exactly what I was thinking - if you have to abandon a vehicle or it is stuck on the road for a long period before recovery it could be useful. Those rotating beacons pull a big current.

[Jimh]

Only just seen this. I know they are more expensive than the cheapest rotating beacons but they are very low key, reliable, easy to fit and remove and they absorb very little power.

 

Here is one mounted on the offside rear of our Pioneer. Hardly sticks out like a sore thumb.

 

[LoggyDriver]

Only just seen this. I know they are more expensive than the cheapest rotating beacons but they are very low key, reliable, easy to fit and remove and they absorb very little power.

 

Here is one mounted on the offside rear of our Pioneer. Hardly sticks out like a sore thumb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That truck is Pioneer Porn!!!!!!:wow:

 

I'm definitely going to look into buying one, driving along the M4 at Midnight on the M4 with my Mrs behind the MJ driving my Defender on the way back from W&P made the butt cheeks a little twitchy!