I'm a new member from across the pond.
I'm currently using a 4 head strobe system on my bike. (2 Blue grill lights facing forward and 2 clear hide away's
in my position lights which are angled out about 45 degrees.) The lights are primarily used when blocking
intersections during parades and the like. Normally not for your typical emergency response.
The above system works okay for that.
Since the power supply does need a fair bit of space and the bike has equipment added constantly,
I'm contemplating on adding / switching to led's. (Mostly because these draw less power and need less space.)
I consider the Whelen TIR3's to be my best option for this.
The thing is that I've fallen for Whelen's "action flash" pattern. (3 Or 4 quad flashes followed by 6 single bursts.)
The 3-wire version had that, but isn't able to sync multiple heads i.e. alternate between pairs. The 4-wire version
(syncable) doesn't have this pattern anymore. I'm also unable to find any diagrams explaining the Signalalert and
Commalert patterns on the net, to see if these would be an alternative.
After contacting Whelen's customer support I still haven't had my questions answered. Their only reply was :
"If it doesn't have the pattern, use a different head." I followed up on this, asking if there was an external
led flasher available containing this pattern. They replied:"You can't connect a flasher to a flasher. This will
not work."
I shouldn't have to tell them that, when using an external flasher, the led-heads need to bein steady burn mode.
(Sorry for ranting.)Would any of you using / knowing the TIR3's be able to answer some of these questions ?
Sorry for the long post. Thanks for the help !
p.s. How do the TIR3's compare to the Nova Bulls ?
