I was not aware that the 175 light has provision for running just red or red and white lights. makes sense to be able to shut off the white ones in bad weather. a nice feature.
the pull switch would work or a double throw rocker also. I would imagine that the 176 was set up the same way with out the til. just for those of you that are curious how it works here is the pictures I did resize yesterday. the reds are off the standard slip ring and the white the added one. one could if they wanted to swap the power wire for the motor but why. it's a nice light now what to put it on?
only federal would hid the warning label to were you need to turn the bulbs to read it. I also have not see one with all the factory set up on it
the toggle bolts and rubber isolators with the ground strap.
They aren't designed to come off! They are designed to stay in place. And they likely will. And since Federal beacon rays are pretty durable and rarely break (without "external" help), there wouldn't be much need to remove/replace a beacon while a vehicle was in service.... Question is....how the hell did somebody get it off whatever it was mounted on without making a mess. Those toggle bolts do not like to come out once installed!!!!...
They aren't designed to come off! They are designed to stay in place. And they likely will. And since Federal beacon rays are pretty durable and rarely break (without "external" help), there wouldn't be much need to remove/replace a beacon while a vehicle was in service.
I'm guessing from the add I got it from it was off a fire truck. the remnants of the cardboard headliner are on two the the toggles. it was one of those bid on things for the heck of it then I got it for the opening bid. strange had a whole lot of guys bidding high on a 176.
most of the light you get don't have any bolts or maybe one toggle left. but this was the whole miglia. it had one 50 watt flood and one fog bulb in it for white and the two reds look to be coated ones. but they swapped out OK.
now one more question for those of you that run them. the down tilt and the reds have the notch for bulb position so that the patter is vertical. but the up tilted one will only go in horizontal. if you put it vertical with the tilt it will ground out on the shaft. do you remember what patter your lights were in?