Tower Light

[Sporkupine]

Don't forget that the lamps are designed to be on solid or flash using a circuit that doesn't simply turn on and off the voltage, but quickly dims and brightens it as it turns on and off. Simply turning on and off will cause the expensive bulb (especially when you include the cost of labor to change it) to fail much more quickly.

OOOOhhhhh...I didn't even think of that. Well, an option would be to replace the sockets with standard household jobbers and run 150W el-cheapo buck store bulbs in it...after all, it's the housing and lens that are the neat parts.

It's a testament to how cool your new light is that we're all over-analyzing this for you

 

[tonsoffun]

Hahahaha thats crazy! I never thought they were that big!

 

[vinzep491]

You know what this means, don't ya?

It's almost like a sign from above...


You MUST built yourself a tower now.

 

[cgriggs]

Hahahaha thats crazy! I never thought they were that big!

me either, I was shocked. I have pictures of the new beacons that went on the tower. Will post when I get them.

 

[vinzep491]

It'll definitly make a good conversation piece, too.

 

[KX5MOT]

I have one of these red beacons too, very cool. You can get adapters to convert the sockets to standard medium base lamps.

I also have a couple of the white strobes used on towers. People keep saying I should put one on the tower in my back yard but my I don't think neighbors would be able to sleep at night.

 

[crayon]

I have one of these red beacons too, very cool. You can get adapters to convert the sockets to standard medium base lamps.

I also have a couple of the white strobes used on towers. People keep saying I should put one on the tower in my back yard but my I don't think neighbors would be able to sleep at night.

You never cease to amaze me with the stuff you have.

 

[kb0nly]

One local ham here has one of those, along with two of the smaller side marker lights you see on commercial towers, he took a section of Rohn 45G tower and made it into like a beacon light in his front yard, the big one on top and the two smaller ones off to each side. I had a picture of it somewhere will have to try and find that.