AZ DOT Recycles Solar Flashers from School Zone to Fire Station

TEMPE, AZ - 11/01/2011 - Golden Valley, Arizona is a suburb of Kingman. Several years ago, AZ DOT purchased flashers for a school in the area where a fatal accident had occurred. The flashing beacons were no longer needed at the school so the local fire station asked if they could use them along the same highway.

Solar Traffic Controls was able to offer an affordable conversion package to allow the change. Software in the STC-01 time clock was changed to accept a digital input as a trigger for the flashing beacons. The unit was reconfigured with a radio receiver, self-test function, and antenna kit to convert the system to meet the specifications of an XSR series flashing beacon system

The flashing beacons were also outfitted with a clear confirmation beacon strobe so the fire truck driver could ascertain if the systems were active. Activation at this time is done using handheld transmitters installed in each of the vehicles. Future plans are to add a wall mount transmitter. More at www.solar-traffic-controls.com/pdf_datasheets/STC80FSXTAC.pdf.

All work, including the ladder-climbing, was done on site in Golden Valley by STC President Joe Wise. Access to the poles was furnished by the fire department via a Pierce ladder truck.

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For more information about the XSR series:
www.solar-traffic-controls.com/pdf_datasheets/XR_SR_XSR.pdf.