So much easier now than when I was a teenager in the 80's. Back then, I bought a traffic signal and a walk/don't walk sign from a local industrial surplus place. Light was obviously incandescent PARs, and sign was all neon. There wasn't a readily available solution, so as a teenage nerd who was solidly into electronic design by then, I designed and built one from scratch. It had all the cycle timing in place to cycle the green traffic and solid walk, then start flashing the walk and switch to the amber traffic/solid don't walk and finally to the red. All of the cycle timing was completely adjustable as well. It was certainly a conversation piece...
I have a room full of traffic lights and walk / dont walk lights and school zone slow flashing lights and 12 inch lens and 8 inch size. And they all work like they are still on the streets with timers working them. My man cave.
I really loved your video on this particular traffic light. You do learn a lot when you're someone who needs to learn from. Not everyone noticed that the light fixture is made of plastic. Therefore you did not need to put the ground wire onto the housing of the light. The other thing I love about the video is knowing that each LED bulb is color coded so you know which wire goes where and then all the whites are white wires. Keep the good work up Traffic Light Doctor.
No sequencers for me! I built up a TS2 Type 1 cabinet years ago, complete with Iteris detection and ped buttons running in my basement. I have been watching your videos for some time, and it's always cool see you guys in the field doing the work. Keep it up! 👍
I love your channel. You annunciate well and explain things well. Please stop saying "go Ahead" so often. Go ahead and send me a traffic light. Thank you!
As an IT guy I can tell you a normal PC/Monitor power cable will also work and someone you know inevitably has a box with like 10 in there. The formal Spec for the US would be C13 to NEMA 5-15P C13 is the connector you plug into your PC/Monitor. Looks like a Rectangle with 2 adjacent corners angled. This is the side you would cut off for this project. NEMA 5-15P is a bog standard US 3 prong power plug. 15=Amps, P = Plug (R=Receptacle) So your Extension cord would officially be NEMA 5-15P to NEMA 5-15R. But my point is don't waste money buying a brand new one. Ask a few friends, ask the IT guys at work, or try your local Goodwill.
My high school calculus teacher had an old traffic signal head wired up in the classroom, but instead of a sequencing board each element was wired to a switch so you manually turned each element off and on (and could have multiple indications on at once). I thought it was the coolest thing! Hadn’t thought about that in a long time, and now makes me want to get my own signal head! Learned something new with this video that those sequence boards even exist (cool that such a device is available relatively inexpensively), so will have to invest in one if I ever do acquire my own signal head!
You obviously did not notice that this light is made of nothing but plastic. Therefore there is no reason for the ground wire. Metal traffic lights need the ground. Not the plastic ones.
Absolutely not obvious, I was here to say the same thing. He also needs to point out that "just these two wires" are live. Bare screws, wire showing... Mr Mancave wants to show his buddies his awesome wiring job, and 7-segment displays, and POOF!
I use that same board to build out lights. For the power, I drill a hole and put a strain relief on it. That way, you cannot pull the power cord out of the board. I also used plastic screws to secure the board to the signal head. Also, If the signal head is aluminum, I ground the case.
That is so cool, I didn't know they made all solid state boards like that for these! I have always wanted one, and finally have a place I could put one.
I had a few of these kinds of controllers. I even had a two way sequencer for my 4-way signal at one point. I'm in the middle of rebuilding my setup and I hope to get it working again with the brand new signals I got from an antique store a couple of years ago. They were surplus from a place in Ohio if I remember right.
l0l we had a traffic light in the lunchroom back in the 80s. if the talking in the lunchroom got loud, the light would turn from green to yellow. if it went red, we had 2 more times to keep it under yellow. if it got red 2 more times, silent lunch!! lol sometimes the "shhhhhh"'es would be loud enough to trigger a red! haha.. the teachers could make it less sensitive but they didn't so we'd have silent lunches a lot... :)
In measuring these at work they were 12 inches, 3 was of course 36 inches. Hope he answers, good question. From the MUTCD Section 4E.02 Size of Vehicular Signal Indications Standard: 01 There shall be three nominal diameter sizes for vehicular signal indications: 4 inches, 8 inches, and 12 inches. 02 Four-inch signal indications shall only be used for bicycle signal faces per Section 4H.07. 03 Twelve-inch signal indications shall be used for all arrow signal indications. 04 Except as provided in Paragraph 5 of this Section, 12-inch signal indications shall be used for all circular signal indications in all new signal faces.
I used to wire industrial controls for food processors in the Bay Area. I wired controls for Mother's Cookies, Bloomer's Chocolates, Kellogg's, Cal. Peanut, etc. We used PLC's and relay boards on DIN rails. So that sequencer is really DIY friendly. You should see my Halloween props that use Pneumatics, sounds, lights controlled with Arduinos... I have a few videos posted on my channel.
Dad built me a miniature version of one using standard colored flood lamps back in the day, complete with a walk/don't walk box attached to the bottom (which also held all the time delay relays and other wiring). At 16, not knowing any better, I thought I'd "update" it from thermal relays and octals to 555 based, and ruined it.. Always wanted a real one to replace it with, but never knew how to find them.
I been wishing to have one. And I hope you pick me. Due I have a disability that I have. And I’m not really good at electric work. I do follow you on here. Plus on instagram and TikTok. You sure do a very incredible job. I’ll continue to keep watching you.
I had a collection of runway lights, taxi lights, and other lights from our local airport and turned them into desk lamps and sold them. Paid for my first year of college, but I've always wanted to have a traffic light for my man cave.
That is so cool, going to have to see if my town will sell old ones and or wait and see if I can win one from the TLD. :) Thanks for all you show and do for us. Keep up the great work and be safe.
okay the title was very misleading... making me and I'm certain many others think this video was about "getting a working traffic light" not "get your traffic light working".
Always wanted a traffic light, or train crossing light. Good deal on the sequencer, that will help alot if I ever get one. This would definitely go into the garage. Maybe make a parking depth indicator out of it.
I remember when traffic lights used to be just red and green. Now we have yellow. Hope can aquire one in the near future. Just one of those childhood dreams 😁
Man-alive! I would love to win one. I've wanted a real working street light since I was a kid and they had one on Silver Spoons. I would add this to my office and I know people would love it. I hope I get a chance to win this. I love this channel!!!
I don't know if anybody posted this. I assume that is led? Older one's used bulbs Traffic light bulbs. Every once in a while I'll run into a group of them NOS in a thrift store. Years ago when they was replacing the only traffic light in town with a new light. I came back from a service call and asked them about what happened to the old lights. They hauled them off to the landfill. Probably a good thing. As pointed out below. They can be very large.
Didn't know those sequence boards were on Amazon. I bought one years ago for an old light I have, one of these days I'd like to get an all black signal.
New Subscriber and love your videos, more of educational information on traffic lights always wanted to know how they function since I was little.... Keep up the good educational videos 💯 (Oh and I would love to add an additional light to my super man cave)
Interesting being a former electrician here in the Uk, it still nags me, white for Nu and black for line (live). Our non harmonised colours, black was our Nu! I guess boards like that exist for Uk lights. Thinking about it, I could always drive them with an Esp32 or Arduino microcontroller.
Is there a board that could be used with the older incandescent traffic lights provided bulbs for those are available or do the LEDs do a good job of simulating the turn on and turn off of incandescents?
Are the intersections you work on networked? I talked to a the guy working on an intersection one morning, they had a few miles of this road all networked in a loop and back to their office, transit preemption and loop and camera detection. Unfortunately there's about 3 intersections with a different authority operating signals so coordination is tricky.
I found a light in the Platte River and brought it to drivers ed at Littleton High School. I got a cheap 8-track player with the four indicator lights add some aluminum tape and made a timing wheel out of the 8-track that cycled the three lights. Returning from Germany I had my stereo answer my telephone with a glass Reed switch by the Bell and using a calculator relay on the timer with auto rewind and auto reverse tape player with the time and temperature number recorded on the greeting so it would call time and temperature when the dial tone came back before hanged up and rewound. Naturally, my sister had to steal everything I brought home from 4 years in Germany. My stereo automatically called roxanne, my RTD bus driver and she paid my phone bill. RTD wouldn't hire me because I scored too high on the aptitude test so I was fortunate God provided me with a job at Yellow Cab when the lion at the first cash register at McDonald's was a line for applications. 1982.
I learned that you give away lights 🤣 also that while I follow you on Facebook and have been watching your videos on here recently I wasn't subscribed 😮. Also where's the fun in wiring that up unplugged 😂😂😂
You should put affiliate links to the amazon board in your description. Make a few cents on a couple sales and get us to the same product shown in the video.
A good tip for a cheep and often free power cord is to use an IEC cord from a computer. I use them to wire my EXIT signs. only drawback is they are 16AWG instead of 14AWG, but for this application it will not be an issue.
@@jovetj I get confused and look it up sometimes.Most of the time when I cut an IEC cord it is black/white/green, but I do get the EU colors sometimes.
I've got an 8 inch light that was used to indicate a railroad crossing ahead was occupied, converted to a regular lamp from an incandescent traffic light bulb. Turns my whole living room orange
i have an old yellow incandescent light i've touched up twice. started to try and control it with wifi relays which didn't have a strong enough signal so now it's sitting dark. really want some of those LED arrays.
You probably want to connect the ground wire to the case of the light if it is metal - better to have the circuit breaker blow than get electrocuted if a wire slips off a terminal.
How do you change it from the arrow to a straight dot? How can one make a portable light with manual control over WiFi? How do you make one slaved to Volunteer Fire Dependent Siren controllers? What about experimental aircraft association can they use a couple of traffic lights especially during air adventure! They spend alot of time with kids!
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I've wanted my own traffic light ever since I was a child, watching Mister Rogers on PBS. His set had one that usually flashed yellow.
Memories...
Yes! That's the exact reason why I wanted one. I bought one off of ebay years ago and have it set up in my home gym.
@@Travelinmatt1976 Same here! I have one in my living room and one on my garage. All because of Mr Rogers!
He demonstrated it once, I watched his show with no kids around early ASMR.
same reason I wanted one!
So much easier now than when I was a teenager in the 80's. Back then, I bought a traffic signal and a walk/don't walk sign from a local industrial surplus place. Light was obviously incandescent PARs, and sign was all neon. There wasn't a readily available solution, so as a teenage nerd who was solidly into electronic design by then, I designed and built one from scratch. It had all the cycle timing in place to cycle the green traffic and solid walk, then start flashing the walk and switch to the amber traffic/solid don't walk and finally to the red. All of the cycle timing was completely adjustable as well. It was certainly a conversation piece...
I have a room full of traffic lights and walk / dont walk lights and school zone slow flashing lights and 12 inch lens and 8 inch size. And they all work like they are still on the streets with timers working them. My man cave.
Using a raspberry pi to time the lights?
@@Skitter302i also have a setup with signals, mine all run off an Arduino Uno with a relay card
@@Skitter302 probably
Sounds like a Man Palace
@@jovetj as someone who also has a lot of signs and signals: yes. Yes it is.
I need a few of these to set up in the parking lot at work.
Good video, I just wasn't expecting to be yelled at the entire time 😂
I can’t help it! 🤣
At least he wasn't holding the microphone lol
@@Trafficlightdoctorwhere do we get the lights them selves?
@@Trafficlightdoctor You're used to "yelling" over the noise of vehicular traffic, right? 😁
@@jovetj yes! Loud traffic and our equipment and trucks are very loud! And I think it adds a little passion to the video! 😁
I really loved your video on this particular traffic light. You do learn a lot when you're someone who needs to learn from.
Not everyone noticed that the light fixture is made of plastic. Therefore you did not need to put the ground wire onto the housing of the light.
The other thing I love about the video is knowing that each LED bulb is color coded so you know which wire goes where and then all the whites are white wires. Keep the good work up Traffic Light Doctor.
0:20 "And obvious, a _traffic light!"_
_Thinking quickly, Dave constructed a megaphone using a squirrel, some string, and a megaphone._
🤣🤣
Always wanted a signal. Glad to know there's a cheap way to get them functional!
No sequencers for me! I built up a TS2 Type 1 cabinet years ago, complete with Iteris detection and ped buttons running in my basement. I have been watching your videos for some time, and it's always cool see you guys in the field doing the work. Keep it up! 👍
I love your channel. You annunciate well and explain things well. Please stop saying "go Ahead" so often. Go ahead and send me a traffic light. Thank you!
As an IT guy I can tell you a normal PC/Monitor power cable will also work and someone you know inevitably has a box with like 10 in there.
The formal Spec for the US would be C13 to NEMA 5-15P
C13 is the connector you plug into your PC/Monitor. Looks like a Rectangle with 2 adjacent corners angled. This is the side you would cut off for this project.
NEMA 5-15P is a bog standard US 3 prong power plug. 15=Amps, P = Plug (R=Receptacle)
So your Extension cord would officially be NEMA 5-15P to NEMA 5-15R.
But my point is don't waste money buying a brand new one.
Ask a few friends, ask the IT guys at work, or try your local Goodwill.
I just enjoy this channel, it’s very entertaining and informative. Maybe a show on all those sensors on light poles.
This was simpler than I expected! Thank you for sharing!
My high school calculus teacher had an old traffic signal head wired up in the classroom, but instead of a sequencing board each element was wired to a switch so you manually turned each element off and on (and could have multiple indications on at once). I thought it was the coolest thing! Hadn’t thought about that in a long time, and now makes me want to get my own signal head! Learned something new with this video that those sequence boards even exist (cool that such a device is available relatively inexpensively), so will have to invest in one if I ever do acquire my own signal head!
Need to hook up that ground wire. This is to make sure that you, do not burn down the house. Love the video!!
You obviously did not notice that this light is made of nothing but plastic. Therefore there is no reason for the ground wire. Metal traffic lights need the ground. Not the plastic ones.
What is he going to connect that ground wire to? The housing is plastic and the control board only has a line and neutral connection.
Absolutely not obvious, I was here to say the same thing.
He also needs to point out that "just these two wires" are live. Bare screws, wire showing... Mr Mancave wants to show his buddies his awesome wiring job, and 7-segment displays, and POOF!
I'm sure it is UL Listed
I WANT ONE! I build O-Scale version traffic lights for my model city.
I use that same board to build out lights. For the power, I drill a hole and put a strain relief on it. That way, you cannot pull the power cord out of the board. I also used plastic screws to secure the board to the signal head. Also, If the signal head is aluminum, I ground the case.
That is so cool, I didn't know they made all solid state boards like that for these! I have always wanted one, and finally have a place I could put one.
It would be absolutely awesome to have a traffic light! I have wanted one ever since I was a kid.
This is so cool and inspiring. I'm always looking forward to watching your videos. Absolutely great work!!
I have a vintage 1960's traffic light that was used in Downtown Chicago. I have mine up and working like it's in the wild.
Never thought about having a traffic signal in my room, nor did I realize it wasn’t as complex as I thought. Cool!
I did not realize this was that easy! Time to figure out where I can get one of these from.
I had a few of these kinds of controllers. I even had a two way sequencer for my 4-way signal at one point. I'm in the middle of rebuilding my setup and I hope to get it working again with the brand new signals I got from an antique store a couple of years ago. They were surplus from a place in Ohio if I remember right.
l0l we had a traffic light in the lunchroom back in the 80s. if the talking in the lunchroom got loud, the light would turn from green to yellow. if it went red, we had 2 more times to keep it under yellow. if it got red 2 more times, silent lunch!! lol sometimes the "shhhhhh"'es would be loud enough to trigger a red! haha.. the teachers could make it less sensitive but they didn't so we'd have silent lunches a lot... :)
Yoooo I want a traffic light. Randomly discovered this channel and I’ve been binge watching 😂.
same here a month after you...
Very cool! Just curious, what are the dimensions of that light? They always look small on the post but up close they must be pretty big.
In measuring these at work they were 12 inches, 3 was of course 36 inches. Hope he answers, good question.
From the MUTCD
Section 4E.02 Size of Vehicular Signal Indications
Standard:
01 There shall be three nominal diameter sizes for vehicular signal indications: 4 inches, 8 inches,
and 12 inches.
02 Four-inch signal indications shall only be used for bicycle signal faces per Section 4H.07.
03 Twelve-inch signal indications shall be used for all arrow signal indications.
04 Except as provided in Paragraph 5 of this Section, 12-inch signal indications shall be used for all
circular signal indications in all new signal faces.
I used to wire industrial controls for food processors in the Bay Area. I wired controls for Mother's Cookies, Bloomer's Chocolates, Kellogg's, Cal. Peanut, etc. We used PLC's and relay boards on DIN rails. So that sequencer is really DIY friendly. You should see my Halloween props that use Pneumatics, sounds, lights controlled with Arduinos... I have a few videos posted on my channel.
It's always cool to see stuff like this. I love learning about the world about stuff that happens and everyday life in the city. And what have you.
Awesome!! Thank you for sharing. Now all I have to do is get a traffic light. 😊
Dad built me a miniature version of one using standard colored flood lamps back in the day, complete with a walk/don't walk box attached to the bottom (which also held all the time delay relays and other wiring).
At 16, not knowing any better, I thought I'd "update" it from thermal relays and octals to 555 based, and ruined it..
Always wanted a real one to replace it with, but never knew how to find them.
I never thought of trying to buy traffic lights from the city, thanks
I been wishing to have one. And I hope you pick me. Due I have a disability that I have. And I’m not really good at electric work. I do follow you on here. Plus on instagram and TikTok. You sure do a very incredible job. I’ll continue to keep watching you.
I had a collection of runway lights, taxi lights, and other lights from our local airport and turned them into desk lamps and sold them. Paid for my first year of college, but I've always wanted to have a traffic light for my man cave.
That is so cool, going to have to see if my town will sell old ones and or wait and see if I can win one from the TLD. :) Thanks for all you show and do for us. Keep up the great work and be safe.
okay the title was very misleading... making me and I'm certain many others think this video was about "getting a working traffic light" not "get your traffic light working".
That's so funny that it's not obvious it comes working. Do it yourself, like "making" a room liveable.
He does state how to obtain them like a minute or so in.
Always wanted a traffic light, or train crossing light. Good deal on the sequencer, that will help alot if I ever get one.
This would definitely go into the garage. Maybe make a parking depth indicator out of it.
I'd love to add a traffic light and an old neon walk/don't walk sign to my shop or basement. They would go a long way to add atmosphere!
I’ve got a couple 2 light construction zone stop lights. Been trying to find a green arrow lens for it..thank you for the video!
I remember when traffic lights used to be just red and green. Now we have yellow. Hope can aquire one in the near future. Just one of those childhood dreams 😁
I thought you would have to do some soldering glad it's much simpler than I expected
Just found your channel and subscribed. Love seeing this all set up. How did you get into this line of work? Also I would love a traffic light!
I didn't realize until exactly this moment that I REQUIRE a traffic light in my home
Mr. Rogers had one that was addressable, he demonstrated it once and said it either blink or stay on. Early ASMR
How much would a traffic light cost? I kno they're expensive but older ones, how much would you think they would cost?
It’s a great seeing how these things work the things you see day to day and think noting about
Man-alive! I would love to win one. I've wanted a real working street light since I was a kid and they had one on Silver Spoons. I would add this to my office and I know people would love it. I hope I get a chance to win this. I love this channel!!!
There's always eBay.
I don't know if anybody posted this. I assume that is led? Older one's used bulbs Traffic light bulbs. Every once in a while I'll run into a group of them NOS in a thrift store. Years ago when they was replacing the only traffic light in town with a new light. I came back from a service call and asked them about what happened to the old lights. They hauled them off to the landfill. Probably a good thing. As pointed out below. They can be very large.
Didn't know those sequence boards were on Amazon. I bought one years ago for an old light I have, one of these days I'd like to get an all black signal.
New Subscriber and love your videos, more of educational information on traffic lights always wanted to know how they function since I was little.... Keep up the good educational videos 💯
(Oh and I would love to add an additional light to my super man cave)
I think it's time I create my own custom board. Got to have custom signaling timing!
I learned how huge those things actually are sitting next to you! really cool.
The large light lenses (like those arrows) are a great gauge of size: They are each 12 inches in diameter.
Interesting being a former electrician here in the Uk, it still nags me, white for Nu and black for line (live). Our non harmonised colours, black was our Nu! I guess boards like that exist for Uk lights. Thinking about it, I could always drive them with an Esp32 or Arduino microcontroller.
Is there a board that could be used with the older incandescent traffic lights provided bulbs for those are available or do the LEDs do a good job of simulating the turn on and turn off of incandescents?
Are the intersections you work on networked? I talked to a the guy working on an intersection one morning, they had a few miles of this road all networked in a loop and back to their office, transit preemption and loop and camera detection. Unfortunately there's about 3 intersections with a different authority operating signals so coordination is tricky.
Gonna save this and see where I can get one myself. Always wanted stuff like this and railroad signs too,
I miss those days when my dad worked for the city of Gulfport traffic department!!!
Totally rad! Would look killer mounted on my shop wall!
I found a light in the Platte River and brought it to drivers ed at Littleton High School. I got a cheap 8-track player with the four indicator lights add some aluminum tape and made a timing wheel out of the 8-track that cycled the three lights.
Returning from Germany I had my stereo answer my telephone with a glass Reed switch by the Bell and using a calculator relay on the timer with auto rewind and auto reverse tape player with the time and temperature number recorded on the greeting so it would call time and temperature when the dial tone came back before hanged up and rewound. Naturally, my sister had to steal everything I brought home from 4 years in Germany. My stereo automatically called roxanne, my RTD bus driver and she paid my phone bill. RTD wouldn't hire me because I scored too high on the aptitude test so I was fortunate God provided me with a job at Yellow Cab when the lion at the first cash register at McDonald's was a line for applications. 1982.
I have 2 old crouse hinds 12 8 8 traffic lights absolutely love them would like a newer signal though
I learned that you give away lights 🤣 also that while I follow you on Facebook and have been watching your videos on here recently I wasn't subscribed 😮. Also where's the fun in wiring that up unplugged 😂😂😂
Damn man, what's happening in the photo on the wall? 😅
You should put affiliate links to the amazon board in your description. Make a few cents on a couple sales and get us to the same product shown in the video.
Learned a lot about these! Thank you!
Not a traffic light tech, but wouldn’t it be a good idea to connect the ground of the extension cord to the housing of the traffic light?
Very cool. New subscriber here. Need to find one of these lights for my son’s room!
This how I wired mines up! Replaced all leds too.
I'll make an "Am I Busy" light so my wife knows when I'm working and when I'm not lol
Good luck with that!
@@macmedic892 Guaranteed I can make it work, not guaranteed she'll care lmao
I’ve seen these boards on Amazon. Do the LEDs in the traffic lights run off of 110v AC?
Awesome, so cool to see a tutorial on this! Definitely something that's not readily available, otherwise.... It would be cool to win one too! Thanks!
Where can I buy a red 12" led ball from? Have one out at our firehouse and haven't been able to find one.
thanks for the info about the sequence board.
I’ve always wanted to get a traffic light. What’s the best way to acquire one?
I would use the field terminal block and attach separate wires from the field terminal block to the sequencer.
Me too.
A good tip for a cheep and often free power cord is to use an IEC cord from a computer. I use them to wire my EXIT signs. only drawback is they are 16AWG instead of 14AWG, but for this application it will not be an issue.
The IEC color code could be different, and confusing to those not familiar. Brown, Blue, Green/Yellow versus Black, White, and Green.
@@jovetj I get confused and look it up sometimes.Most of the time when I cut an IEC cord it is black/white/green, but I do get the EU colors sometimes.
New subscriber. Awesome videos...I always wanted one but with 2 functions active. (red, yellow, green, yellow arrow, green arrow)!! 💯💪🏾😎
Thats awesome to see how easy this was to do! Thanks
So where can you get a traffic light? Was hoping to have that answer. Been looking for what seems like years to find one.
I want a traffic light for my garage so bad! That plus a proximity sensor and it’ll make a great warning indicator
Very fun video to watch. Hopefully you will consider the "give away" you mentioned. Cheers!
I thought there would be like a whole bunch of coding, but now i know! Thanks!
I’d totally come get a traffic light from you. I’m over in Louisiana.
I really enjoyed this video would love to own one of those now I know how to rig one up thank you for making this video
It’d be so cool to have one of these in my garage.
Love your videos! I’d also love to have a traffic light!
Nice I always learn something new watching.
Do you have a video explaining why some lights might have more than 3 lights. I dont see them a lot, but whenever i have, i never see the 4th one lit.
Gonna call my city to see if they have old traffic lights. Cool project
I've got an 8 inch light that was used to indicate a railroad crossing ahead was occupied, converted to a regular lamp from an incandescent traffic light bulb. Turns my whole living room orange
One thing I would add to this is you really should connect the ground wire to the metal chassis of the signal. Other than that, great video!
No metal on his signal, but if you had a metal signal, then yes.
i have an old yellow incandescent light i've touched up twice. started to try and control it with wifi relays which didn't have a strong enough signal so now it's sitting dark. really want some of those LED arrays.
You probably want to connect the ground wire to the case of the light if it is metal - better to have the circuit breaker blow than get electrocuted if a wire slips off a terminal.
I really love traffic lights, I have one in my room, I would love to have more
Nice. I still got my dutch cycle traffic light as well just need to wire it up
Darn. I thought you were gonna tell me how to acquire a traffic light that functions. Oh well. Guess I'll have to figure that part out on my own.
Once again awesome 👏🏻 thanks man!
I have about a dozen traffic and pedestrian signals, most are in storage but if I move out soon, I will get them out.
Informative to know how traffic signals work
How do you change it from the arrow to a straight dot? How can one make a portable light with manual control over WiFi? How do you make one slaved to Volunteer Fire Dependent Siren controllers? What about experimental aircraft association can they use a couple of traffic lights especially during air adventure! They spend alot of time with kids!
I have a traffic light, but now I need some sound dampening material to cover the constant crashing noise outside.