temporary yellow strobe options

[Soundguy]

I need some ideas for a yellow flasher / strobe or rotating lamp I can put on my truck and use for limited situations.

many times at night I'll be packing up gear from work,loading off a curb, and then driving back to the office to unload.

I always use hazards.. but sometimes i'm on a site with other construction vehicles, and having a lil extra visibility for my truck, when it is stopped / with trailer on would be nice.

hazards and all side markers work.. have dot reflective tape on rear / side of trailer.. as well as marker lamps.. etc.

would like to find some temp lamp I can just whip out and go.. perhaps a mag or suction cup mount.

any of these bat powered? led?

that would be the best option.. high brite led bat powered stronbe.. no wires.. slap it on.. load and go.. etc.

otherwise I will have to tap some power.. perhaps off the spare 7 pin in the rear of the truck. I have one in the bed, and one at the rear hitch, for bumper pull setup or gn/5th wheel....

options / opinions?

thanks

soundguy

 

[boomer1025]

Go see an International Truck Dealer I believe they have some on sale or can order you some.

 

[grsthegreat]

I got a Whelen LED emerg light for the tractor and they come with magnetic and/or rubber suction mounts with 15' cigarette lighter plugs.

EBAY also has 1000's of rotating or LED style mag mount lights anywhere from $10 - $1,000

LED Beacon Clear/Amber Safety Strobe Magnet Mount Truck | eBay

 

[Soundguy]

hmm.. may have to check the truck stop at the interstate.. ...

 

[JB4310]

I have a few of those, All of them are magnetic and just plug into the 12 volt outlet (cig lighter)
I have one double wide on my truck that stays all the time, the wire is plugged in the outlet and has a switch right on the plug. I also have a smaller one on the tractor rops.

You can get one for as little as 30 bucks or the sky is the limit on the high side.

Check out these from aw direct, check out how much some of them cost!!

Beacons-Warning


These are the pricey ones,
Full Size Lightbars

JB

 

[grsthegreat]

I really like my light on the tractor. I went with LED cause the circuit i tied into was only 10 amps and included the cig lighter. I hooked mine onto a rocker switch instead of the cig lighter though. All wiring is hidden that way, except for the wire outside. This wire is a 3 pronged trailer flat plug for easy removal come summer.. For a temp situation i wouldn't have cared.

 

[Soundguy]

i'd want one that doesn't need to plug into the cab.. I don't wany doors or windows open.. or wires shut in doors.. will eed to be battery powered.. or something I can hookup to a dummy 7 pin and plug into my spare trailer socket..

 

[JB4310]

i'd want one that doesn't need to plug into the cab.. I don't wany doors or windows open.. or wires shut in doors.. will eed to be battery powered.. or something I can hookup to a dummy 7 pin and plug into my spare trailer socket..[/quote]

You could do that, you wont find a battery powered (wireless) one that is any good.

I've had mine in the weather strip of my door for years with no problem. Are you planning on leaving the light and wire on and connected all the time.

If so, might as well hard wire to a switch in the cab. if just temporary use just use the cig lighter.

JB

 

[Soundguy]

just temp use.. but the wire thru the door jamb just looks boogery to me..

if I can jimmy it to a trailer socket though.. I'm fine with that...

 

[JB4310]

just temp use.. but the wire thru the door jamb just looks boogery to me..

if I can jimmy it to a trailer socket though.. I'm fine with that...

I've got a quad cab and have the wire come down thru one of the back doors, down behind the weather strip and under the seat to the center console, can't even see the wire. The wires are usually long enough for this.

I don't use mine that often, but comes in handy sometimes, like backing out into a busy street. The only problem is most people do not respect yellow warning lights as much as you might hope for. They have become desensitized, with so many out there.

JB

 

[Soundguy]

too busy texting..

 

[jeffsw6]

I don't use mine that often, but comes in handy sometimes, like backing out into a busy street.

I want one of those "beep beep beep" things for backing up trailers. I haven't really looked into it yet but I'm guessing it's not hard to do.

 

[Soundguy]

not hard at all.. we use them at work.. single wire job with a mounting screw for ground.. mounts at rear tail lamp for power pickup with reverse lamps..

 

[JB4310]

I want one of those "beep beep beep" things for backing up trailers. I haven't really looked into it yet but I'm guessing it's not hard to do.

I've got one but that's only good for warning pedestrians, not vehicle traffic.

People have become pretty desensitized to them as well.

JB

 

[dodge man]

We use rotating beacons at work that use a cigaratte lighter plug in and just shut it in the door jamb. It doesn't look great, but I bet we have been doing that for 20 years and it doesn't hurt a thing. For my personal use, I've got a strobe that I can mount on my truck or on the ROPS of my Kubota.

 

[Whatswrong]

I have an interesting story about using one,I had pulled a 50' grainloader over 250 miles most of the way in dark I was within 10 miles of home in some traffic if 3 vehicles on the road at ounce counts ,I was probably going 40mph at most when a WhiteTailed Deer charged me as I slowed and veird away from him he hit my passenger door ripped the mirror off and kept going and I was in the opposite ditch by the time I got stopped between 2 coulees.

 

[crashz]

Soundguy,

I have used them for years while snowplowing and recently on an airport project. All of them are the magnetic base and cig lighter power cord. I run them through the passenger side door weather stripping with no ill effect.

The cheapo rotators (wolo and other "house" brands) work pretty well, but they don't last long, especially bouncing around in the truck tool box. I bought a Wolo brand LED that has lasted the longest so far, but has less light output and is barely even visible during the day. That was a problem on the airport, as we were required to have flashing beacons on all vehciles while onsight. Mine was on, but even when looking directly at it from a reasonable distance, it was barely noticable. Night time use is acceptable, but not brillant.

The good thing about all the LED lights is that it does not draw much power. Had a couple conventional rotators that burnt out my power plug/ cig lighter as the aged.

All of these would be very easy to adapt to a 7 pin trailer plug. I've done that with additional back up lights to stakes for the stake pockets in my truck. That way I could install/remove them quickly for plowing and not have them mounted permantently.

 

[Soundguy]

makes em harder to steal too.. if they are removeable..

 

[mjw357]

makes em harder to steal too.. if they are removeable..

Unless, of course, you forget to remove it.

You could easily use the running light power for the beacon. The one that grsthegreat shows in his post is top of the line (that's kick ***) and only draws about 5A.

 

[Soundguy]

good point.. headlamp / running lamp line will be a good source of power