If you Re going to be doing red/ amber you can get trio light for some red/amber/with white override for illumination I know sound Off makes on and there are like 2 others that you special order but a trio production light in those colors Sound off would be your choice , you could call Erik a at Tri state PSE IN Ohio he deals alot in those colors and the knockoff import stuff ,I wanna say axistech milky make a knock off , even if you did two of each F,R that would give you both your colors plus illumination , they rest could easily be single color stl type modules ,there are companies that make batteries that fit in water bottle cages , as well as magic ship that makes batteries you can strap to the frame .
All is not lost ,if the customer doesnt buy it ,if you were to buy 2 or 4 decent trios for all colors , there are communities on Facebook that people are always looking for red/amber/ white to outfitters vehicles for security , so any decent lights you buy you can flip and resell to recoup some of the money ? ( i havent seen a big security guard element here but you can try here as well) .
I'll keep this in mind if we go this route. If nothing else, I figure the light heads can be re-purposed to one or two of our fleet vehicles on construction sites.
I'm going to echo and clarify some points mentioned already...12-16 lightheads is a EXTREMELY overload for a bike set up. Assuming 2 per side, you're looking at a realistic max of 8 lightheads. Additionally, if you have the option to choose, please don't use STL. With very few exceptions, their products are trash, and the warranty is hit-or-miss. If they have the money to spend on 12-16 modules, re-do the build with higher quality, lower quantity.
I've assumed the client simply wanted us to be ultra visible. Right now, I'm just focusing on getting a max of 4 lights going, with the total package of head/tail light, vest, etc. If they need more lighting than 4 lightheads plus head/tail light, then we can discuss from there. I am going to get different lights. Given what you folks have said, STL seems to be on the same level as those $30 grill lights from ebay - the ones where you get like 8 light heads plus a cheap controller. I'll steer clear.
I would eco what the other members wrote above. I operated one of our Rescue Squad Bicycles with a full response package (mostly used for parades and summer events). We had a very effective package on the bikes, and they were divided into two areas with two different batteries.
1) Standard lighting- rechargeable battery that went to a head light mounted on the handlebars with high and low beam, and a flashing/steady burn tail light mounted to a rack behind the seat.
2) Emergency lights/Siren- Had its own rechargeable battery (not sure of run time, but always lasted us an 8 hour shift with moderate responses). 20-40 watt siren (I can't remember off hand and will ask next time I'm in), 1 Red/Blue dual head light on the handlebars with wide angle lenses, and 3 dual head lights on the back rack behind the seat. One facing rear, and the other two facing either side. The rack itself contained bags that could either fold up to a very compact size, or expand out to carry our trauma bags, AED's, and O2 supplies.
With these 4 dual head lights, we were able to clear traffic effectively in town and at events. At night I wish we could dim the rear lights down, as they were almost too bright, especially once we were dismounted.
I think we can ignore the siren, as this is more for HOA parking enforcement, but it sounds like the overall lighting package is what we're shooting for right now. Would you be able to obtain any other info about the setup?
For our rack bag, I assumed to be putting the battery (or batteries, as the case may be) in there, and holding some citation books, and a few odd ends (tire kit, spare tube, pump, etc. maybe a first aid kit).
For siren it was probably a 30 watt Whelen has current model WSSC30 or WSSCPA30 (Adds pa function ) but its been around as different models for years , i rode an EMS 3 wheeler back in the day ( yup i said 3 , they were state of the art back then, now there outlawed to history),recently Feniex came out with the Titan ,it's $10 bucks cheaper , for $10 bucks i am those are it unless you get you get one of the going with the industry leader and not a copy cat .product. In decent full function sirens
With less than 100 watts unless you get one of the junky Piezo electric things ,they sound like bad bug zappers to me .
I don't think we need a siren. I
really don't need these guys going code 3 on me, or giving them a loud speaker. I know they would do
something that would cause me no end of grief. But that's cool to know, thanks.