Fender-mounted Whelen dome-shaped LED strobes greatly enhance a pickup's side visibility in bad weather.
Put down masking tape to hold mark and to keep the drill bit from chipping paint.
Drill pilot hole, then use 1-inch hole saw to cut mounting hole in fender.
Insert the wire and Vertex self-contained control module into fender.
Snap plastic retaining ring (arrow) to chrome bezel to hold LED lighthead.
Place foam gasket on lighthead to seal water out of mounting hole.
Use touch-up paint to seal bare metal edge of body to prevent rust.
Place Vertex assembly into position adn use self-tapping screws supplied with light to attach to the fender.
Use 4-wire flat trailer wire to connect multiple strobes. Wiring is simple and amp load is negligible.
Finished install looks factory. Compact size makes them almost invisible until you turn them on.
Whelen Vertex side-mounted LED strobes give work trucks another level of visibility when in inclement weather
Side visibility is a critical aspect of work trucks and job site safety. Good strobes, well-placed, take on an even greater role when rain, fog, or snow limit visibility.
Most contractors and utility company fleet managers only think about having roof-top and front/rear strobes.
But another mounting location can also be of great help: on the truck’s front side corners.
A good strobe for that application is the Vertex Series Super-LED hemispheric LED light head (#VTX609) from Whelen Engineering.
Only 7/8″ in height, it’s perfect for most work truck applications where size and intensity are critically important.
We found these Vertex LED strobes are ideal for placing on the fenders just rear of the headlight assembly.
The self-contained strobe unit uses an in-line combination lamp driver/flasher so there’s no need to wire into a remote-mounted control unit.
Just wire in a ground and a hot lead to a switch and you’re ready to go. A third lead synches two or more lightheads, and the fourth wire changes the pattern.
This new self-contained Whelen Vertex LED Hide-A-Way strobe unit requires only a 1″-diameter hole to mount.
Vertex LED strobe is blindingly bright — just what you need for optimum side visibility.
So if you want to maximize fleet pickup visibility and crew safety, these new dome-shaped Whelen lightheads are tough to beat.
