To all of you EMS/Fire types out there..............any of you have any experience with alternate flashing headlight wiring/relays? I've just gotten back into running EMS after a 10 year hiatus and would like to add some emergency lights to the jeep. I am also thinking of upgrading to the Daniel Stern headlights in the near future...............don't know if these would be compatable with the alternating thing.

Anyy thoughts?

 

No experience with the alternate flashing relays, but be careful on this overly programmed JK. There's been some subtle-stupid stuff that happens when upgrading headlights and getting outside certain power ranges and such. The Daniel Sterns seem to be doing fine though. Good luck.

 

Alternating lights may be good, but I want to see a rotating beacon on a pole like the old MP jeeps used to have. That would be cool.

 

Nope, just a Whelen Slimlighter in the windsheild for me...alternating headlights are illegal in NJ for POVs.

 

the alternating headlight thing would be called wig-wags. usually just a flsher wired inline with the headlights, but they can get pretty model specific. as far as lights go I have always been a fan of hide a way strobe systems if you dont mind putting holes in your headlights. I dont know that I would mess with the wig-wags on these jeeps as they basicly change the current that the light gets, with the canbus system that might cause some weirdness. If you want more info on the strobes PM me, Im a volunteer firefighter and have some lights I need to clear out.

 

I've got strobes drilled into the headlights and tailights for snowplowing. Wired independently of the Jeeps wiring. They work great. Not sure if they would work with the Daniel Stern Headlights.

 

L.E.D's

 

They do make LED hide-aways now, but they still dont reflect as much light as the traditional strobe.

As far as the wig-wags...first would be to determine which type of headlight switching the Jeep has, positive or negative, and that will determine which kit to buy (if the kit doesn't cover both) and more importantly, which directions to follow on the install. Most bigger names (IE Whelen) hasn't had much luck with their flashers and Chrysler vehicles...many Dodge/Chrysler vehicles computers won't accept the flasher relay and will short stuff out, so you may be SOL. You could go a different route and run the flasher independently of the headlight system if you have say KC lights. This is just as simple an install, depending on how your KC lights were installed (usually positive switching) you will buy whatever flasher unit is needed. I think with the big round headlights we have, a wig-wag flasher would look sweet though.

As far as the strobes are concerned, you have to run power to a power supply and then to each individual light housing which you'll have to drill a 1" hole in each housing for the strobe grommets. I would love to throw my strobes back on my Jeep for trail rides/shows, but don't want to have wires running all over my rig since I don't have carpet to hide them.

On my old POV (Chevy Colorado) I was running a Whelen 60W/6 outlet hide-away system, TIR6 Grille Lights, and Dual Talons on the front and rear deck along with a full siren/PA and switch panel for all. All these lights are now sitting in a freakin box in the garage mocking me while I work on the Jeep.

 

Guys, what's a POV?

 

Privately Owned Vehicle or Privately Operated Vehicle

versus

GOV - Government Owned/Operated Vehicle