Hey y'all. Hope you're enjoying time with friends and family, getting great deals on sales, or both.
Got a quick query about something my evil scientist brain came up with.
As many of you who have followed my path of discovery know, I've been working on full duo B/A lights for my F150 for a while. Finally, after being told "buy once, cry once" by the folks here, I sucked it up, bought a Cantrol and got the system up and running - at least the lights I can afford to own LOL. My homebrew ILB has 6 Whelen 500 duos and 2 MR TD's run off a CANEM16, and works great.
Right now on each side of the cap I have 2 500 duos and an MR Alley Light in cut-down TA housings (5 outputs each, each on their own cable run). I have an Abrams Blue/Amber 6 light stick in the rear window that uses 3 outputs (LA,RA and Warn). It works well, but it only warns in blue.
I just picked up enough 500 duo heads to populate another TA837 8-head housing I got for a steal to replace the Abrams in the back, which would allow me to have more effective warning patterns as well as TA function. My plan was to run a CANEM16 expansion module to run and power the rear bar.
The problem is while I've been busy being broke, Whelen has stepped away from the Cantrol/WECAN lines and focused on Core.
While I'd jump to Core in a second just for DVI, if I could afford it, I wouldn't be DIY'ing this install. The prices for CANEMs have gone through the roof as availability has plummeted.
But there are still a bunch of Liberty I/O brain boards around... which got me thinking.. If I used a Liberty Duo I/O board, I could run all the cap light from the board, like this:
All I would have to do is run a power feed and WECAN cable to my Cantrol... but I'm worried about the fragility of the board. I though about getting extensions for the various connectors and potting it in the correct silicone or epoxy (sorry, Home Depot, not today), or maybe mounting it into a bushed/cushioned housing.
Your thoughts?
Got a quick query about something my evil scientist brain came up with.
As many of you who have followed my path of discovery know, I've been working on full duo B/A lights for my F150 for a while. Finally, after being told "buy once, cry once" by the folks here, I sucked it up, bought a Cantrol and got the system up and running - at least the lights I can afford to own LOL. My homebrew ILB has 6 Whelen 500 duos and 2 MR TD's run off a CANEM16, and works great.
Right now on each side of the cap I have 2 500 duos and an MR Alley Light in cut-down TA housings (5 outputs each, each on their own cable run). I have an Abrams Blue/Amber 6 light stick in the rear window that uses 3 outputs (LA,RA and Warn). It works well, but it only warns in blue.
I just picked up enough 500 duo heads to populate another TA837 8-head housing I got for a steal to replace the Abrams in the back, which would allow me to have more effective warning patterns as well as TA function. My plan was to run a CANEM16 expansion module to run and power the rear bar.
The problem is while I've been busy being broke, Whelen has stepped away from the Cantrol/WECAN lines and focused on Core.
While I'd jump to Core in a second just for DVI, if I could afford it, I wouldn't be DIY'ing this install. The prices for CANEMs have gone through the roof as availability has plummeted.
But there are still a bunch of Liberty I/O brain boards around... which got me thinking.. If I used a Liberty Duo I/O board, I could run all the cap light from the board, like this:
All I would have to do is run a power feed and WECAN cable to my Cantrol... but I'm worried about the fragility of the board. I though about getting extensions for the various connectors and potting it in the correct silicone or epoxy (sorry, Home Depot, not today), or maybe mounting it into a bushed/cushioned housing.
Your thoughts?
