Roto Ray 4000W LED Traffic Clearing Light (spinning fire truck tcl whelen par 46 rotoray roto-ray)

Never mounted red-red-white Roto Ray 4000W. This is the current model with the Whelen par 46 LED bulbs. The camera auto-adjust dims the bulbs' brightness quite a bit in the video but I toggle the focus a few times to change the intensity of light captured by the camera. While I prefer the slower speed and overall look of the halogen models, the increased brightness of the 4000 and 4000W makes them noticeably more visible on the road.

[@dgoldblatt633]

I bet if you leave it on long enough it will open up a wormhole to another dimension.

[@grassman9622]

That or start somebody into a seizure

[@xiaospetsnaz5809]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@fluffymacaw933]

Its gotta spin way faster

[@Jay-jj5zk]

Lol that would be cool if it did

[@CorekBleedingHollow]

Neat, I like those spinning lights in front of some fire trucks. Really catches my attention like a young kid

[@JohCraLights]

They're definitely unique. I like the halogen ones best just bc they spin a but slower... but the LED ones are bright.

[@steelswarfs]

Wow! The indirect video really shows the power of this!

[@figfire]

It’s the strangest emergency light I’ve ever seen!

[@JohCraLights]

Yes. There's nothing else like them. If you live somewhere they are common (mid-Atlantic), a fire truck looks incomplete without one, but, if you live elsewhere, they're definitely odd looking.

[@LionSynEscanor]

Check out the Mars lights as well. They do a figure 8

[@andrewd.conard5088]

These are very popular in Virginia and Washington D.C. area. I'd never seen one before in Florida or Ohio.

[@theincrediblefox]

@@JohCraLights Can you tell me what the deal is with them? They seem so odd to me. I'm form Germany and they don exist at all here. Is there a specific reason why these are fitted, like are they especially effective at getting peoples attention or is there a history or tradition behind them?

[@TheCarson116]

@@theincrediblefox Sorry to be a year late but Roto-Rays were fitted to US fire trucks decades ago & since then a lot of departments haven't stopped doing so even with their brand-new apparatus (though the Roto-Ray itself has been through a few producers over the years). So yeah, it's tradition mostly (however not all departments utilize them).

[@chrispetterson2644]

That looks very modern...on an open-cab 1934 Ahrens-Fox.

[@JohCraLights]

Yeah that would call for a Buckeye Roto-Ray

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

Can the speed be adjusted, or is it fixed? Seems a bit too fast in my opinion. It would look much better at a slower speed.

[@JohCraLights]

Fixed. The motors they use now are faster than they used to be.

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

@@JohCraLights I remember seeing a video a while ago of a very old fire truck with one of these and you're right. It did spin a LOT slower than this one did. I prefer the slower speed.

[@JohCraLights]

That was likely a Buckeye Roto-Ray, the predecessor to the contemporary ones. They spin very slowly. The earlier versions of the modern Roto Rays spin slower than the above (which is the newest version) but faster than the Buckeyes. That version is my favorite. Here's an example: th-cam.com/video/AiHN9KVdwz4/w-d-xo.html

[@luicalibre6665]

Older versions were halogen bulbs which drew most of the amperage thus causing the motor to rotate slower.

[@wigwagstudios2474]

This would be an awesome club light

[@psirvent8]

Wow that's bright !
I have a 100W LED that is equivalent to a 500W halogen bulb.
Does that mean that 4000W of LED is equivalent to 20.000W of halogen ?

[@JohCraLights]

4000W is just the model number of the Roto Ray. Bulbs are very bright but they aren't especially high powered.

[@lightbar_and_beacon_collector]

F*cking awsome man!!

[@canalluisb122]

Muito legal seu vídeo,parabéns

[@ep-ou7sc]

Man if i didn't put the Chicago slrs on the roof of my engine id trade them for this lol

[@paulesposito972]

Are you running that off a battery or did you get a transformer of some kind?

[@JohCraLights]

12V power supply. Something like this: www.amazon.com/dp/B09B3M84GD

[@NC_Firebuff]

Can I buy it

[@BURNINGRYZEN112]

SOBRANG LIWANAG NG ROTO-RAY LED. ANG LAKAS!

[@samtovar2447]

Nice!

[@halcyonzenith4411]

"Sorry, didn't see your lights"

[@JohCraLights]

They're bright!

[@BURNINGRYZEN112]

@@JohCraLights There Super Bright!

[@winstonthepunk9705]

It sounds like washing machine

[@adamjensen6376]

So that how old videos were played back then all flashy

[@jacobsmith6355]

Where did you buy it at?

[@TommyJensen-pl8qz]

it's nice but it just breaks and is hard to maintain

[@isaackwon2030]

Sounds like an airplane

[@stapletonethan8903]

Where did you get one of these at???

[@JohCraLights]

This one came from a surplus auction. They pop up from time to time in the usual places for used stuff (ebay, fb, etc)

[@downtheshedwithjason]

you don't really get the effect of the blue on camera, does it look just red in person? thanks for demo by the way. response lights do it for me lol

[@JohCraLights]

Bulbs are red-red-white. There isn't any blue.

[@downtheshedwithjason]

@@JohCraLightsok looked blue lol

[@comradecracker447]

I just don’t get it.

[@sethpotter9592]

How many seizures will occur with this one.

[@JohCraLights]

Some drooling but no seizures yet

[@donovanmason6355]

Question where do you get these roto rays at #JohCraLights

[@JohCraLights]

Above from a surplus sale

[@BURNINGRYZEN112]

USED FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NORTH YANKEE BRANDWEER 112, & NORTH YANKEE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE FEUERWEHR 112.

[@YACW]

wov

[@Jsuttar]

😢

[@JohCraLights]

I've intentionally kept the cats away when I filmed Roto Ray videos. Too dangerous.

[@Jsuttar]

@@JohCraLights they’d try to chase the white one 😂

[@jeremytessier192]

Why is it so loud