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Stampeed Valkyrie
Registrace 1. 08. 2014
Vintage Emergency lighting.. and the occasional Anime themed Pachislo or Pachinko.
Pretty much whatever catches my interest at any given point. The lights shown are a video archive of what I have worked on.
Pretty much whatever catches my interest at any given point. The lights shown are a video archive of what I have worked on.
AeroDynic Model 25EAH Project Update #2
It's up and running, fixed and replaced what it needed and it hums along nicely and quietly.
Flash pattern is a mistake, but i think I like it. I was aiming for an outside in and goofed the timing now its more of a burst.
I can't blame the prior department for pulling the silly alley mirrors on the front. Its pretty clearly impacting the center rotators.
Flash pattern is a mistake, but i think I like it. I was aiming for an outside in and goofed the timing now its more of a burst.
I can't blame the prior department for pulling the silly alley mirrors on the front. Its pretty clearly impacting the center rotators.
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AeroDynic 25EAH Project update
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Making some progress in restoring and repairing the bar. Hoping to wrap this up pretty quickly will post more as it progresses. Happy June folks!
2009 Dodge Charger R/T AWD
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Rando video.. Doing some trouble shooting on an exhaust rattle, found it thanks to this. You'll hear it if you focus.
Federal Interceptor PA-20A's Series 2D and 2E function testing.
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Happy Memorial Day all, in this video I am running through some tests on a pair of PA-20A sirens that I was working on for a friend. Since I recently acquired a CP-25 speaker I figured I would test that out as well.
AeroDynic Model 25 EAH
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Clearing out some of the videos, that I should have posted earlier. This one is a find from the Spring Melt 2024 Fire Show. Overall VG condition, needs a little TLC here and there but a good nearly complete bar. Date on the Motor reads 09/1988, it has a few quirks but who doesn't at 36 years old.. :)
Code3 SD 1st Generation overview
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Another quick overview video of a recent acquisition, and a quick Turkey Day video all in one. Code 3 PSE SD bar, 1st gen in overall pretty good shape. Previous owner did some changes but great condition for a 44 year old lightbar.
Code 3 XL9000 Triple Threat with Select a lert options
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Beautiful bar here folks. Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks to my buddy down in TN showcasing an XL9K he was working on and just wrapped up. A loaded 72" amperage hog of a bar, with stingers and demonstrating the "select a lert" option for rear cutoff.
Code3 PSE Force 4 XL "First Look"
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Interesting recent find, Code 3 PSE Force 4 branded XL5K. Could be a short bar, or Mid length. Outside of the R/B dome combo its pretty loaded including 2 inner Stingers. This one will end up on the back burner a good winter project until I can get around to it.
Code3 PSE Mini SD
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Documenting a recent acquisition. Code 3 PSE Mini SD with XL5K style rotators. Labeled Force 4, which PSE slapped on just about everything at 1 point. Unusual to find it not rebranded Galls which was also the norm for these bars as Galls would label them "Traffic Busters" or some goofy thing. This was the last reiteration of the SD bar, before its eventual discontinuation.
Federal Q2B
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Why don't you sit right down, and let me spin you a tale of a Federal Q2B that I was praying wouldn't take flight while I gave it a shakedown. Spot the Derp moment at the end, when my power pack died.. ;) Federal Q2B no tag, came from an early 80s ALF, was flush mount but was told by previous owner it came from something else. LOUD, headphone warning.
Whelen AdvantEdge
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Nice Recent acquisition, needed to be given a bath and could still use some polish to make it pretty. Whelen AdvantEdge model number reads 425245I with a build date of July of 1998.
Federal Model 14 beacon discussion
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Decided to toss together a quick video covering the run on Model 14 Beacons I have been coming across as of late. Covers some of the variances between releases, and other beacon tomfoolery.
McDonald & Arneson Traffic Master beacon light
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Interesting find here, just putting this one out to document a fairly rare beacon. McDonald and Arneson Traffic Master Model M. Circa 1950's according to what little I could find about them. Very interesting piece of history, the fluting on the glass dome really makes this light a looker.
AeroDynic 24EAH-T For Sale
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08/12/2023 Federal Signal Model 24 EAH-T for sale. I am calling this a project bar, but in all honestly does not really need a whole lot to be 100%. Sale thread can be found here.. elightbars.org/forums/threads/aerodynic-24-eah-t.96896/ I can also be reached via Facebook.
JDM PatLite KW 12
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Overview of an interesting JDM Patlite beacon. I love the purple color, and figured a video was in order.
Whelen Liberty LFL SX series function testing
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Whelen Liberty LFL SX series function testing
Federal Signal BeaconRay 176A Matching Set
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Federal Signal BeaconRay 176A Matching Set
Squad 51's lightbar
Too much downtime between flashes. Federal should've done a much better job of staggering them.
I just bought one of these today…my first slot machine. Thanks for the video! Super helpful.
Gotta love the aerodynics. My personal favourite is probably the whelen edge 9000. I'm a big fan of strobes!
Those domes remind me of rimgales ltd in backdraft.
Reminds me when I was with the fire dept
Very nice light
I had one on my police car in the early 90’s (full size) and loved it!
Vectors were good bars, the Vision series had some issues, like catching fire.. but Federal worked out most the bugs.
What do you use to clean or sand the lenses?
Depends on how bad they are, in short order.. wash and use magic eraser. Inspect. Start with 800 Grit, wetsand. Move upto 1000.. repeat, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000. The finer you sand the better the results after a polish. Typically Novus for polish.. start with 3, then 2. Buff. Hit with a good coat of Autowax as the last step.
i "grew up" with the 2E sound, the best IMO.
Thank you Valkyrie for another great and informative video! I love your passion about old stuff and I can certainly relate to it (-:
Thanks for the feedback, the biggest hurdle on this will be the domes.
Are you on any of the Facebook lighting groups? Just curious.
I am. pretty easy to find between facebook and elightbars.
God I love the lower pitch of the 2D
Pancake light...lube gears sound better. Early 80's cool light in great shape.
Like the 2 E that's what a siren should sound like... Got a smith &wesson model 800 if like to trade.. Nothing like the interceptor had 2D but thru years has disappeared ?
Looking forward to the end result.
I feel like cherry jello all of a sudden.
I grew up in Western Europe. We only had two colour beacons, amber or blue. I had never seen a red beacon before until I came to North America at age 15. I was mesmerized by the red flashes. 😅
Bro.... there are several locations that I should be seeing things flashing from...... and I am not LOL
Lmao valid. I am looking for a push bar for it.
Man, that first one sounds great. I love that manual.
Outside my general wheelhouse but yea I agree.
Hello, do you have any module mounting brackets for a jetstrobe mini with LED technology?
If you have vacuum tubes, you might need to shunt those extra connections in some way. When vacuum tubes were used, Motorola microphones had hangup boxes with a green and black wire protruding from it. When you took the microphone off the hangup box, it would allow the transmit tubes to come on. They would turn off when you hang up the microphone for longevity. Also, typically, A PA Microphone isn't the Motorola one. Those are typically for the two way radios and the PA has a separate microphone. Likely something plastic that had the FS logo or name on it. Also, depending on configurations, different connections could be required for the PA function, which allows the radio to receive over the P.A. so they could hear calls back then, as they didn't have portable radios. There would also typically be separate speakers for the P.A. so that the siren and PA can work independently of the other, if that makes sense. Hangup box for Motorola Microphones Showing here: www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/maxtrac/max-mikes/hang-up-box.jpg
I had a very similar bar years ago. Mine had red lenses with clear end caps. Where the takedown are, I had stingers with clear cutouts on the front, and amber cutouts on the rear over white bulb flashers
Very cool!
Back in the day, I had a Code3 XL. My version was all sealed beam, 4 dual bulb rotators and the two cut outs on the front were for Stingers. Mine was all red, and I swapped out the end caps to clear to serve as intersection sweeps. I loved that old bar.
The sealed beam versions were the XL9K series. I prefer the sealed beam versions of the SD and XL bar over the newer XL5K or Force 4 bars.
Just acquired one of these on a wrecker bed I have but I have no idea how to run it
Pretty basic. 12V+ to trigger different functions. Make sure to fuse your 12v+ as a precaution.
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This bar is still sitting on the rack.. lol never did get around to the new domes..
I'm curious as to why both front alley mirrors are missing. Seems like it was intentional to increase foward warning.
Exactly the bar I’m looking for, with the exception of candy cane domes and no alleys. Let me know what you’re thinking of if you let it go
hit me up on FB or elightbars.org same username.
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Old school, but great and efficient 😊 Would still make the job with a TS100 speaker and a PA300 Siren.
I know this video is a tad old and the market has changed, but what is a good approximate value for a nypd aerotwin? I don’t want to go looking for one and be way low or way high. If anyone knows it’ll be you
1st condition is everything, 2nd AeroDynics are commanding a premium. 3rd department specific Aero bars like NYPD, LAPD.. etc are only going to go up in value. With that said NYPD bars aren't exactly hard to find. Sight unseen I would put a faily large range on value.. $500-$1K+ Higher price would require minimal to no reconditioning and domes would need to be VG to Excellent. Domes can make or break the value of the bar since they are no longer obtainable. Lower price point also assumes the bar is complete and not missing anything. And as always YMMV.
Time to bring back an old topic, those black bears live to shrink, at least in the 25 I just got, they all shrunk. I’m hoping to find replacements of some kind for them
bears? I am assuming you mean gears? You can find people who 3D printed them. Along with the center bulkhead.
@@stampeedvalkyrieyes, gears lol. I’ve found some but they’re hard to get a hold of to talk to. And the ones that come up on shapeways are old links. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen you in some of the fb groups but I for the life of me can’t remember for sure.
Theres one in pasadena ca at pasadena antique warehouse. It works off cards and they count balls for prizes.
Awesome, Old School🚨
What controls the patterns a car i bought has one of these bars and it only has the left and right traffic advisor the take downs and ally lights and then the three options on the slider. but there isn’t any cruise lights. I want to fix it up to sell to my fire chief but i’m not really sure how these work.
Look up the model of your bar and see if you can find a wiring guide, this is an LFL SX series bar and going by memory certain wires activated certain functions so long as 12V+ was applied to both the trigger wire and the primary power wire. These wires change depending on which bar you have so what might be correct for this might not work for you.
4 lamp is mint, and no noise, great speed
I acquired one of these recently. I’m looking to wire it up for station alert lighting (more decorative than functional) and I’m searching for the specs. Do you know the wattage of this light?
Hey, When i wire all Lamps (End Lamps, Alley Lamps and Rotators) it only lights the Takedown and rotators function. How can i activate the flash function and disable the takedown?
Sounds like you'll need to check your wiring. Each function is on its own circuit, get a meter out and determine what was hooked up where. These bars electrically are really basic.
@@stampeedvalkyrie thanks for your answer. The flashing makes this Flash Box on the bracket right? Can it be broken?
possibly I need more information to be precise. Make it easy on yourself and test each circuit 1 at a time, this will narrow down where your problem lies. Flashers can be replaced, and found pretty easily.
Can you show the wiring, how you got them to light up
First thing I did was lookup the installation manual from whelen. This gave me the direction of what wire activated what function. Black was ground, everything else activated specific lightheads, alleys or takedowns. Or changed the flash pattern. Combining multiple wires together allows you to light the whole bar.
Extremely odd question. Is it a bad idea to mount upside down? This could be an awesome way to display in my room.
Might make awkward for servicing. But to my knowledge nothing stopping it.
I didn’t know this company did that, I’m only really familiar with Smith & Wesson because firearms manufacturing
“she’s a beaute Clark”!
Great content and very informative. I also have a 24EAH-T. Any advice on displaying as far as power supply. What size power inverter would you recommend?
I have an 50amp solid state power supply, that I typically use in the shop. With the Aeros the Halogen bulb Cold Amp Surge on start can quickly go past that.
@@stampeedvalkyrie thanks for the info. Again, very informative!
We had them when I was an MP at Ft. Bragg. Still my favorite I ever used, over the Federal Twinsonics. Still, they could've been better from the company by adding another bulb to the inside rotator.
PSE did allow that as an option, you typically see these on the Select Alert optioned bars. If you go through my video, I have done this myself on a few bars.
I had this and decided to "change" the flash pattern. For those who don't know how the bar works, there are literally a gear for every light and a gear between each light. So when the motor turns the first gear, the other 20 gears turn. So what I did, I moved and rotated every other light to a different direction making m my "own" pattern. It was pretty cool and the only one with it
Housing for the lamps in 2s are different
correct, the changes between the A2 and the A3 series is where this takes place.
This brings back alot of memories
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I’d love to see that at night!
Had a blue Sho Me with a mirror for it.
I want a store to sell these lights. Please respond, and thank you for your distinguished channel
Several companies made this type of flashing beacon, all are relatively uncommon. This specific light is probably so rare since its from the 40s/50s.