walk/no walk flashing sign

[chslighttech]

Heres the deal. I have this walk no walk street sign. Its one of the ones that are put up on streetlight poles with the red hand and the blue person walking which usually blinks whichever one it is on. I found this sign and both of the lights were wired into one cable and when you plug that in they both go one. I am going to rewire them so that each light is one its own switch. But the problem is that i need it so that when i flip the switch on whichever light i turned on will blink. I need to find something that will cut the current on and off so that it will blink but I dont know what i need to look for. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

[CHScrew]

I did this same thing. I went to "Big Lots" department store and bought some Christmas lights that were on sale. They have this little 2X2X2 box that had buttons on it so the lights blinked in different patterns. I just wired the box into the cable. It worked fine.

Hope this helps.

~Ray

[AVGuyAndy]

How many amps do the lights pull, and I assume 120v?

[chslighttech]

120 volts and 100 watt bulbs so doing the math it would be .83 for each individual light and theres only two.

[AVGuyAndy]

Yeah, I would definately try to find those christmas lights with the control box.

[sound_nerd]

If you have a simple "dj" chase controller sitting around you can program that to the speed you want.

[Mayhem]

Do you have enough channels on your dimmer to run these 2 lights? If so, just hook them up and use the flash buttons to control them

[chslighttech]

I was thinking about doing that. We only have 24 and were doing **** yankees and were gonna need all of them so I kinda wanted to have them all by themselves. ill have to go look for those christmas lights cause that seems like the best option for me at the moment. Thanks for the help everybody.

[CHScrew]

I think I found a set that has the control box. It isn't the brand that I used but I think they will work. They have " an 8 function memory control box you can set the lights to twinkle, chase, move, steady on, sequence and other exciting effects." They're the first ones on the page.

~Hope this helps.

http://www.gardensite.org.uk/worldof...mas/lights.php

[jbeutt]

Just a thought. Cars use flashers to control the turn signals and emergency lights in the car. Here's a link to the parts:
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductL...chFor=Flashers

I'm sure there's some way to utilize that to get your controlled flashing.
For instance, wire it with a 3 way switch. pos1 is off, pos2 is flashing, pos3 is solid.
Just about the cheapest and easiest way you could do it i think.