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Safety Lights

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:03 pm
by Kezza
Hey Guys,

Im sick of being nearly clobbered working on the side of the road, I do alot of SAR work so am often pulling off the road at night and my truck is not under lit. I have 6 spotlights facing sideways and forwards to light up big areas.

I was looking at getting a set of these, prefer amber but what I was wondering is, When I am pulled off the road, for instance, helping a friend with a tire at night, can I use these as warning lights. Cant seem to find much on the Land Transport website about it

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =589058537

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:52 pm
by jonossiksilvia
U should be fine if amber. Prob get done if u do red or blue lights. End of day amber is the universal hazard colour and just but any one who parks on road doing work has them.

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:57 pm
by kbushnz
I think you are allowed to use orange flashing lights.. (service vehicle)
Red and blue are for emergency services only..

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:10 pm
by tweake
stick with a single flashing amber warning lamp.
i've had some close calls with idiots flooding the road with work lights and blinding drivers as they come around the corner.

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:18 pm
by Kezza
Yeah thats what I was thinking. Problem is nobody in NZ seems to stock any at a reasonable price. Generally with my lights ill rarely ever use all at once, normally just 1 or 2 on the side im working unless im in a park or something I want to light the whole area

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 11:27 pm
by mudlva
capital civic in penrose sell the basic heligen rotating light for around $65.00

personally I think that isn't to bad when you consider being taken out by some clown who isn't paying attention to there driving

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 6:37 am
by wjw

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:37 am
by T-Boon
http://ledworld.co.nz/index.php?dispatc ... t_id=30340

I have some of the above as indicators, they are pretty extreme when both the spot and indicator are on.

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:52 am
by petefj40
T-Boon wrote:http://ledworld.co.nz/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30340

I have some of the above as indicators, they are pretty extreme when both the spot and indicator are on.


The price is coming down.
You can always trust wjw to find the cheapest deals though.
How come a 6-8 week wait Bill?

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:29 am
by wjw
petefj40 wrote:
T-Boon wrote:http://ledworld.co.nz/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30340

I have some of the above as indicators, they are pretty extreme when both the spot and indicator are on.


The price is coming down.
You can always trust wjw to find the cheapest deals though.
How come a 6-8 week wait Bill?


They come on the slow boat from china, no guaranteed delivery, so my cables that were due latest yesterday have just been refunded and I'll order some more expensive ones with gauranteed delivery

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:34 am
by wjw
T-Boon wrote:http://ledworld.co.nz/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30340

I have some of the above as indicators, they are pretty extreme when both the spot and indicator are on.


thats a good price, closest I could find:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-Spot-Light- ... 53f732403a

although I bumped into this:

http://www.dhgate.com/240-led-car-auto- ... ml#s1-46-1

Re: Safety Lights

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 7:56 pm
by Kezza
cheers for the help guys, managed to find a set on aliexpress for $26USD so they are inbound