Five Impressive Aspects Of A Feature Packed Mini Lightbar

By Author: Sunil Punjabi
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A mini lightbar is an excellent option when you have a smaller emergency vehicle or when your budget is not big enough to afford a full length light bar. Mini light bars are small in size, but there is no compromise certainly in terms of the performance they deliver or the value they bring to your emergency lighting requirements. A very impressive aspect of these light bars is the number of light heads which are packed into a compact space. For example, a 16 inch mini bar, with a width of 10 inches and height of less than 4 inches can have as many 8 – 12 LED modules or light heads, grouped into 2, 3 or even 4 different segments. In some cases, these segments are in different colors too, like red, amber and blue, giving you an additional advantage when it comes to flash patterns. It makes replacement and repair easy too, as each of the LED modules can be accessed independently.

Another impressive aspect of the mini lightbar is the mounting flexibility that it offers. Mini bars because of their smaller size provide more options when it comes to mounting. You can go for temporary mounting solution with magnets. ...
... You can also use permanent mounting solutions like 2 inch brackets and suction cups. Mini light bars are also impressive because of their resiliency to adverse weather conditions and heavy duty handling. They usually come with ABS or extruded aluminum housing which provides corrosion resistance. The aluminum housings are nickel plated in some cases for additional protection. The lighting elements also have encapsulation in the form of domes which prevent degradation due to UV. Some mini bars have sealed O-ring or compression gaskets which provide resistance to moisture.

One of the aspects that makes a mini lightbar very useful is the number of built in flash patterns it has. Most high quality mini bars have at least a dozen flash patterns which can be easily selected and operated through a push button or slide position, pattern selection switch. The effectiveness of the flash patterns is more in spite of the smaller size of the mini bars particularly because of the multi colored segments. Mini bars use clear, polycarbonate lenses for diffusing the beams to provide greater coverage. At the same time, the lenses are virtually undetectable when the lights are not turned on, making these bars ideal for concealed installation during covert operations.

A mini lightbar is also highly effective because of the portability it offers. The kit includes couple of shielded power cables, mounting equipment and a power supply battery, along with spare optical elements and LEDs. But mini bars can easily be switched from one vehicle to another depending on the requirement. The aerodynamically styled mini bars, designed as per standard recommendations are well secured against short circuiting or voltage spikes, lending an added advantage to the customers. As an icing on the cake, LED mini bars are cost effective too because of the LEDs which are rated to operate for more than 100,000 hours.

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