What voltage/current does a traffic light use? ** Now with Pics

[lukatmyshu]

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[OutHouse]

get a two wire extention cord, cut off the female end, slice the wire from the light to the cord, plug into a outlet and run.

 

[RossMAN]

LOL you have a city traffic light sitting in your apartment?

Pics?

 

[glen]

Pics?

 

[Desslok]

Originally posted by: lukatmyshu
So there was a storm a while ago, and a traffic light fell onto the street. One of my friends picked it up and now it's sitting in our apartment. There are four wires coming out of it ... I am assuming that one is ground, and the other three are for Red, Yellow, and Green .... I was wondering if anyone knew what the current/voltage required for a traffic light is? Also, if one of the bulbs is broken where can we get a new one? Anybody have one of these hooked up in their places?

Call up the city you stole it from and ask if they have any spare bulbs.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Desslok

Originally posted by: lukatmyshu
So there was a storm a while ago, and a traffic light fell onto the street. One of my friends picked it up and now it's sitting in our apartment. There are four wires coming out of it ... I am assuming that one is ground, and the other three are for Red, Yellow, and Green .... I was wondering if anyone knew what the current/voltage required for a traffic light is? Also, if one of the bulbs is broken where can we get a new one? Anybody have one of these hooked up in their places?

Call up the city you stole it from and ask if they have any spare bulbs.

hahaha!

I have a feeling this thread isn't going to last too long.

 

[bmacd]

i saw them installing new lights in a major interesection on my way to work and these things were huge. The man looked to be about my height (6foot) and the light was as tall as he was off the ground to his head. These things must be sooo heavy and i never realized how big they really were up there.

-=bmacd=-

 

[lukatmyshu]

It is pretty enormous. maybe 5 feet tall and weighs about 20-30 pounds. I'll get some pics up in a few hours when I get back home. Pretty dented from it's fall

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: lukatmyshu
It is pretty enormous. maybe 5 feet tall and weighs about 20-30 pounds. I'll get some pics up in a few hours when I get back home. Pretty dented from it's fall

that's awesome!

-=bmacd=-

 

[GTaudiophile]

Too much! The state should conserve energy by eliminating all stoplights...and speed limits...

 

[lukatmyshu]

Originally posted by: Citrix
get a two wire extention cord, cut off the female end, slice the wire from the light to the cord, plug into a outlet and run.

For a second i was actually about to try it (shows my reliance on advice from ATOTers ... then I noticed the last word.

 

[glen]

About $300
http://trafficlights.com/polysigs.htm

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: lukatmyshu

Originally posted by: Citrix
get a two wire extention cord, cut off the female end, slice the wire from the light to the cord, plug into a outlet and <STRONG>run</STRONG>.

For a second i was actually about to try it (shows my reliance on advice from ATOTers ... then I noticed the last word.

actually, the run was just a disclaimer. He's not too far off from how to do it. Thay may very well be the correct way to wire it in assuming it runs off 110 volts

-=bmacd=-

 

[glen]

Check the link I left.
They also sell the parts you need to make the light work.

 

[lukatmyshu]

Originally posted by: glen
Check the link I left. They also sell the parts you need to make the light work.

Thanks for the link ... also I posted some pics.
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/lukatmyshu/1.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/lukatmyshu/2.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/lukatmyshu/4.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/lukatmyshu/3.jpg

One of the bulbs is broken so we may only get two of the three lights working ... by the way isn't it weird how the green light is pretty much blue?

 

[lukatmyshu]

the website you provided said that they take 120Volts so I guess it would be possible to just plug it into an outlet ... I thought that the power lines were all at a higher voltage and were stepped-down when they got into the house. So why would the traffic light be made to work on a household voltage?