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The Different Types of Police Car Lights Used for Emergency Lighting
| Posted: 04.02.2012 11:33 | |
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You will come across a large variety of police car lights which come good during emergencies. The importance of emergency vehicle lighting cannot be emphasized enough. These lights serve multiple purposes. They help in getting attention of motorists from a long distance away, when there is a traffic redirection or slowing down required, due to a highway wreckage or repair. The emergency lights help in getting attention of other motorists to get a freeway for the emergency vehicle during a crisis, for example, a fire engine rushing on a fire rescue mission or an ambulance carrying a patient in serious condition. Lastly, emergency lights on vehicles can alert people on the road to a possible danger, provoking caution, for example, warning lights mounted on heavy equipment carriers to warn other vehicles to keep a safe distance.
There are several different types of police car lights such as full length light bars, mini bars, standalone strobe light heads, traffic directors and dash lights. Each of these emergency vehicle lights has a different function to play, although all of them are designed to be reliable and extremely effective. These car lights are designed to mount both externally and internally. Most modern car lights come with sufficient encapsulation to make sure that the lights are protected not just from moisture, but also from dust, corrosion and most importantly excessive vibration. For this, car lights usually have Fresnel domes with smooth exteriors. The high quality toughened polycarbonate lenses and domes can be of great use for wide angle optics too.
The police car lights are available in the form of internal light bars, external light bars, both full length and compact models and dash and deck lights. The car lights usually come with a simple circuit and built in flash patterns. The solid state electronics will ensure that there is no need for an external flasher. The reliable flasher patterns can be operated through a Scan Lock mechanism with the help of rotary or slide position pattern selection switches. There are halogen rotatory light bars and light bars with gyratory LED strobe heads. There are light bars with sirens too and light bars that come with a variety of other light heads like alleys lights, flashing takedowns and work lamps. The strobe light heads can be extremely effective to send across highly focussed light beams.
The police car lights come with a variety of flashing patterns. The full length light bars have more than 50 flash patterns including quad bursts, mega flash and triple and double flash patterns that greatly enhance the visibility. There are hideaway lights which are used for covert operations on unmarked vehicles. Slimmer dual stack light bars are available with multi-coloured LED segments or modules for a more powerful signal. There are also LED light heads that can be arranged in a staggered fashion for all round visibility. You can also go for LED light heads which can be mounted inside composite headlamps and tail or brake lights, mounted through 1 inch holes.
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