Lightbar Highlight: Code 3 Select Alert- CA Spec
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This bar might be my current "holy grail" lightbar. It is a Code 3 SD, with the CA Spec Select Alert feature, which was introduced around 1982. When strobe and/or LED lightbars started to come on the market, they begin incorporating modes that lit only the back of the lightbar, leaving the front off. This is a standard feature in the lightbars of today, and is used daily around the United States. The Select Alert model of the Code 3 SD was the EARLY precursor to that idea. Essentially, the bar is built so that the rotator motors and the bulbs themselves are wired separately. When the mode was activated, the rotators would turn their typical 360º, however the lightbulbs would only illuminate when facing the rear, then go off again as they spun towards the front... and then repeat with each revolution. This was an EXTREMELY innovative idea at the time, and made the rival, the FedSig CTS, look under-engineered.
This particular bar has the Select Alert option on both sides of the bar, and are independently wired, so you can choose to have the amber only to the rear, or amber/blue combination. The wiring of this bar also allows for what I humorously call "Cruise Mode", in that all of the lamps can be turned on, without the rotators moving. I don't believe this would have ever been used this way in real-life applications, but it's a cool feature for the collection. In addition to the Select Alert and full rotating features, this bar has a nice, GIANT steady red lamp.
I'm still having a hard time figuring out where this bar is from. It has the markings "CAG", along with a inventory control number, that has been etched into the bar in a couple different locations. I have yet to figure out what "CAG" might stand for, although I am assuming "California _____ _______ ".
*No Lightbar Shown in This Video is For Sale*
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Holy crap! You definitely hit a jackpot with this bar. Revolutionary technology for its time and a CA spec? That’s a keeper for sure.
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
I agree, it's an awesome bar for sure! Thanks for watching!!
Never seen this light bar before but I going need to find one for my collection now
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
Good luck, they are pretty hard to come by. The are certainly worth the wait. Funny enough, I bought this one, and then stored it in a box for a couple years before I even pulled it out to look at it!
@thelightbarcollector8173
3 жыл бұрын
@@AdamsLights do you need a special controller to control that bar or can you run it off just the wires and still do that
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
@@thelightbarcollector8173 regular controller. I use the same SW300 switch box for this bar as I do everything else.
That steady burn!!
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
It's f**cking huge!!!
I’m hyped to see more
@AdamsLights
7 ай бұрын
I've got more! Unfortunately, I just don't have a place to mount them :(
WOW!! Amazingly bar! Just... wow!
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! I agree!!
Twin Sonic on Steroids! Love love love that bar!! George from South Carolina
@AdamsLights
Жыл бұрын
Yep! thanks for watching!
I knew about the Code 3 SD2000/SD4000 but not this awesome treasure!
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it's a rarity indeed!
That is definitely a bad ass light bar!
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I totally agree!!
I like your police light bar on bottom
@AdamsLights
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Out of all the lightbars/single domes I've ever used, the Code 3 SD's were my favorite, followed by the Federal Twinsonic's. Liked them better than even the Whelen LED's I ended my career using. The SD's would've been better though if they had placed a 3rd bulb on the inside rotator. I've seen some others with a 3rd bulb but am unsure if this was sold that way or the owners added it. Also saw one person had modified his so the right side (facing) rotated counter-clockwise and the left side clockwise.
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
I love the SD's too! The reason that the outer rotators had 3 bulbs and the inner ones had 2, was to create a more randomized flash pattern. 3-and-3 would have been fairly symmetrical, while a 3-and-2 set provides more uneven flashes, which helps reduce the "off time".
@joed9491
3 жыл бұрын
@@AdamsLights - Which ones had 3 bulbs? the only ones I saw, unless modified were 2 and 2 though the 2 on the inside were right after each other. This is the style I've always seen and used myself. Even the Federal Streethawk's gave more flashes on the inside rotators by making them spin faster than the outside. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hoipj7ueoc3UdtY.html
Indiana State Police had this feature back in the 90's with their Jet Sonic bars.
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
Sort of.... Some Jetsonic bars had a "Smart" feature, which essentially stopped the rotators from rotating, and forced them into a rear-only flash mode. Very similar concept, except the Jetsonic came about 5 years later than the SD bar.
It's like Code 3's version of the Twinsonic, but with more...
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
pretty much, yep!
@chpman2013
3 жыл бұрын
@@AdamsLights would love to see the rear of the lightbar and it's functions.
Way ahead of it's time I want that advantedge
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
It definitely was ahead of it's time! Yeah, the AdvantEdge is another one of my favorite bars. In case you missed the video on that bar, here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4WTwZKjad2rpso.html
That. Is. Amazing. A Facebook comment brought me here
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the channel! Feel free to look around!
Decent!
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Decent is exactly what I was shooting for!
I have a CA spec that I’m cleaning up, trying to find a wiring diagram or at least what wires do what because it’s not working
@AdamsLights
Жыл бұрын
Connect the big black wire to your negative post on your battery (or power supply). Then, start touching 1 wire at a time to the positive terminal until you find out what each one does. It'll take you 10 minutes, and you'll have it down.
Me again lol. Can the passenger side have a front and rear flashers as well ? I think it would look awesome if it had 2 rear amber flashers and 2 front flashers or 1 flash/1 steady burn
@AdamsLights
2 жыл бұрын
Could it? yes. But that wasn't the spec at the time.
Question. What type of switching would be used for this type of bar ?
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Sam! Honestly, it doesn't really matter! I believe there are 6 functions, so any switchbox that has 6 switches, and you are good to go. My entire collection is switched using a couple dozen Federal Signal SW300 boxes. Check out my Playlist called "Lightbar Collection Wiring", and you can see how my switches are set up. Thanks for watching!!
Tenho uma pequena coleção aqui no Brasil, alguém com algum modelo para a venda?
@AdamsLights
Жыл бұрын
I don't sell, sorry.
If you were a cop what lightbar would you put on your cruiser if you were a cop it doesn’t matter what time era but you have to pick one
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
Federal Signal Valor.
what type of battery voltage is best for making a typical light bar work please?
@AdamsLights
2 жыл бұрын
Voltage? 12v... same as a typical car battery. In order to make them operate outside of a vehicle (like my collection), you have to have a power inverter, that transforms the 120v AC power in your home, to 12v DC power that the lights need to operate.
@steveblackwell6371
2 жыл бұрын
@@AdamsLights ive got a light bar just like your one in this clip,ive had it for 5 years and still havent seen it work ,ive got a mate whos a police officer hear in new zealand and hes gonna get one of those batteries and hopfully will get it to work . :)
By any chance do collect sirens
@AdamsLights
3 жыл бұрын
Not really. If you look through my videos, there is ONE video about the siren I have, but that's it.
WAIT... those red lights were amber!!?? WHAT?
@TheFurryBus
Жыл бұрын
ALSO: I would like to point out the fact that one of the lights are not rotating.
@AdamsLights
Жыл бұрын
It's not supposed to... it's the California steady-red.
@AdamsLights
Жыл бұрын
Amber towards the rear... red on the front.
Change the theme song to CHiPS
@AdamsLights
2 жыл бұрын
No thank you.