I'm interested in the Eagle EF-70 Pretimed Heavy Duty Controller. I have one and want it to work properly. Very good review. Always learn something useful from your videos.
Very cool! Are the keys the same as the Gamewell fire alarm keys? I spoke to a traffic engineer in our town and he was nice enough to explain everything in the newer systems they use. They do component level repairs in house too. Is the small light bulb at 4:00 just so you can see what you are doing in the dark?
Will Phoneman The keys for this cabinet are not the same as I have in my Gamewell fire alarm box. This key for the cabinet looks more like a "skeleton key". The light bulb serves two functions..the one you mention and for a small amount of heat for the box in the wintertime. Many times just having a bulb in a cabinet keeps the moving parts from "sticking". Thanks for watching and your comments Will!
Signalfan Ok, mine is a skeleton key too. was apparently used by the NYPD on their old call boxes. Looks very similar to the one you use. Here's mine: s981.photobucket.com/user/telxonmaster1/media/IMG_0487_zpslz7jki7m.jpg.html Great vid as always!
If you are talking about the newer standard of flashing a left turn arrow, these old electro-mechanical controllers cannot do that because the technology wasn't invented yet. I suppose there's a "hack" for it, but it's kind of pointless due the nature of these older controllers. Modern TS2 Type 2 systems allow the flashing left arrow which utilizes a protected turn phase (green arrow on say phase 1) and an overlap for the flashing yellow arrow, yellow arrow, and red arrow (or ball). For older TS1 standards you can swap some of the wires around and use the logical PED CLEARANCE (which was never really used) as the flashing driver, but I never got that to wok on my own system (PED CLEARANCE is not a visible indication like DONT WALK is).
Nice controller. I just bought one of these online yesterday and when I get home from vacation I'm going to try and get it running. Its been sitting in a barn for years so who knows what problems I may encounter with it (wiring or otherwise).
I like the video I used to have a traffic light myself and I used to see what an inside looked like because the police didn't shut the control door tight and I used to through them on flash everyday
Excellent video! I am planning on purchasing one of these for my signal collection.
I always enjoy this video!
I'm interested in the Eagle EF-70 Pretimed Heavy Duty Controller. I have one and want it to work properly. Very good review. Always learn something useful from your videos.
KERCHUNK! So satisfying!
These are still in operation on the square in Paris, Tennessee. Exact same sounds. What years would this model have been manufactured?
Very cool! Are the keys the same as the Gamewell fire alarm keys? I spoke to a traffic engineer in our town and he was nice enough to explain everything in the newer systems they use. They do component level repairs in house too. Is the small light bulb at 4:00 just so you can see what you are doing in the dark?
Will Phoneman The keys for this cabinet are not the same as I have in my Gamewell fire alarm box. This key for the cabinet looks more like a "skeleton key". The light bulb serves two functions..the one you mention and for a small amount of heat for the box in the wintertime. Many times just having a bulb in a cabinet keeps the moving parts from "sticking". Thanks for watching and your comments Will!
Signalfan
Ok, mine is a skeleton key too. was apparently used by the NYPD on their old call boxes. Looks very similar to the one you use. Here's mine: s981.photobucket.com/user/telxonmaster1/media/IMG_0487_zpslz7jki7m.jpg.html
Great vid as always!
Do you know how the flashing yellow is implemented ? Is it using one of those flasher relays as in old cars (with bimetallic switch) ?
If you are talking about the newer standard of flashing a left turn arrow, these old electro-mechanical controllers cannot do that because the technology wasn't invented yet. I suppose there's a "hack" for it, but it's kind of pointless due the nature of these older controllers.
Modern TS2 Type 2 systems allow the flashing left arrow which utilizes a protected turn phase (green arrow on say phase 1) and an overlap for the flashing yellow arrow, yellow arrow, and red arrow (or ball). For older TS1 standards you can swap some of the wires around and use the logical PED CLEARANCE (which was never really used) as the flashing driver, but I never got that to wok on my own system (PED CLEARANCE is not a visible indication like DONT WALK is).
Does anyone know how I can locate an EF-70 Pre-timed Heavy Duty Controller Manual? Please let me know.
Nice controller. I just bought one of these online yesterday and when I get home from vacation I'm going to try and get it running. Its been sitting in a barn for years so who knows what problems I may encounter with it (wiring or otherwise).
I like the video I used to have a traffic light myself and I used to see what an inside looked like because the police didn't shut the control door tight and I used to through them on flash everyday
hi John... very interesting info... thanks for sharing ... vinny