I want to run a vintage Federal Signal Twinsonic light bar. I was told I could use something like this.this55 amp would work fine. anyone done this?
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This inverter changes 120 volts to 12 volts its made for campers. Its made to charge the batteries in the camper.it would power the light bar but not on the vehicle!
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Hello Icepuck72!The unit will run your bar, because, as I looked around, I saw that this vintage type will draw between 25 to 35 amps. The Powermax at 55 amps should do the job. Just make sure to respect the colour code when placing the wires into their respect + and - or positive and negative outputs. Yes, this unit does also charge batteries but is primarily a power supply at 12 volts 55 amps. As the other person mentioned, normally, Camper trailers and RV's use this unit. Best of luck, and I'm sure your son will love it. Live well and have a great and healthy summer. Antonio
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hey Icepuck, did this work? Could you do same with a battery charger I am wondering? Im trying to run 12v lights off a generator and trying to find a solution... FF here too and rigging out a response trailer..
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Why not just hook a battery and battery charger to it if your going to NOT have it on a vehicle?
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We went with a 4 Gauge wire kit like this: Rockford RFK4X 4 AWG Complete Amplifier Install Kit . We also added a 1.0 Farad Capacitor which is probably considered old school by today's installation practices, but it works and the punch from the Sub does not cause dimming of the lights and doesn't get hot. It was a great match up and now for over 6 months has performed very well. We also used a 600 Watt Sony Mono Amplifier as it match the spec's for the sub. Mind you, we don't push the sub hard like others may do... This sub and enclosure combo isn't made to do that, but it does give a pretty decent punch when demanded by the music being played. If you want a lot of punch then consider a different sub enclosure We went with a 4 Gauge wire kit like this: Rockford RFK4X 4 AWG Complete Amplifier Install Kit . We also added a 1.0 Farad Capacitor which is probably considered old school by today's installation practices, but it works and the punch from the Sub does not cause dimming of the lights and doesn't get hot. It was a great match up and now for over 6 months has performed very well. We also used a 600 Watt Sony Mono Amplifier as it match the spec's for the sub. Mind you, we don't push the sub hard like others may do... This sub and... » Read More We went with a 4 Gauge wire kit like this: Rockford RFK4X 4 AWG Complete Amplifier Install Kit . We also added a 1.0 Farad Capacitor which is probably considered old school by today's installation practices, but it works and the punch from the Sub does not cause dimming of the lights and doesn't get hot. It was a great match up and now for over 6 months has performed very well. We also used a 600 Watt Sony Mono Amplifier as it match the spec's for the sub. Mind you, we don't push the sub hard like others may do... This sub and enclosure combo isn't made to do that, but it does give a pretty decent punch when demanded by the music being played. If you want a lot of punch then consider a different sub enclosure « Show Less
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I would consider this amp underpowered for your task. Look at its rms power and you should understand why.
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to my experience I would not try because the blinker boards are drifferant they are for the tos 1/350 which I will be starting next here is where I got my light for the 1/350 refit the web sight is treckmodler.com they will hook you up with a pre-wired light kit or a kit you solder yourself the way you want they have a phone I don't know it off the top of my head
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I have 2 amps connected to mine and it works pretty good. my lights stopped flickering.
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The halogen bulb receptacle will accept the LED unit. The question is whether you have enough space to accommodate the other parts, ie. the LED device has a small fan that screws into the back of the LED lamp. you also need space for the ballast. The difference in brilliance is worth the effort. I don't know the amperage but I suspect that it's considerably lower
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Yes. That will work. It's similar to my setup. My amp is connected to my Apple Airport Express using a stereo splitter to two 1/4 inch jacks. You also might want to have a small piece of electrical tape to cover the powered-on LED. It's BRIGHT!
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Depends on if you want to run in series or parallel. I would recommend grounding them independent and using your current 12v "positive" wire to power them. Take the "hot" wire from your current light bar and splice the positive wire from these into it. If you're unsure which one is positive touch both leads to your battery they only work one way.
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They are connected the same way, unless the circuit your current light bar is on can't handle the addt'l 2A per light added, in which case you would need a relay and separate circuit, with the relay energized by the existing light bar circuit assuming you want them energized simultaneously.
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I used the installation kit from Amazon and wired directly to my battery for power. I also used speaker-level inputs since I hooked up to my stock Jeep radio. I can tell you that I don't see any flicker or blink in my lights when the system is on and drawing power. It doesn't seem to pull enough wattage to put a load on my regulator and doesn't require a capacitor. Unless you are installing in something built before '70, I wouldn't be concerned.
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I used this light bar mount I got it from ebay. But I paid like less then 200 for it. http://m.ebay.com/itm/171145008107?nav=RVI&sbk;=1
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Hi if you can work with an HF radio with 100w power, good from these sources no voltage drop by consumption so your 100w solid will of course with variation in SSB. Take into account before connecting measurements with a multimeter set the voltage at 13.8v (not 12V) with various resistance have right next to the LED. I hope to be of your help YY5CMJ 73s
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If using for a turn signal lamp then yes you'll need a resistor. I used them for reverse lights, no need for resistor on that application.
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Make shure their is no a/c bleed over,and that it is d/c12v. Not 12 v a/c. Then you should be ok. Also double check the amps you only need one or two amps to run the lights. Use a fuse!
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That is really based on expected load. Recommend you check what the LED lights are rated, and you can actually od a search for the right gauge to use. I would expect you wouldn't want to pull any more than the fuse is rated. sounds like 20-22 gauge is what is used on the adapter any way so that should work.
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It's a 2 amp draw, and the manufacturer recommends a 5-6 amp fuse. You should be fine. My nav lights are on a five amp fuse too and I've never had any problem. Good luck!
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I am currently using it on a circuit with 2 - 60 watt fluorescent bulbs and 1 - 75 incandescent bulb and it works fine. If it get time, I will try to remove the incandescent to test it with only fluorescent.