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Solar Barricade Lights Batteries

Thursday, July 8, 2010 By: Transportation Supply

solar barricade lights, solar barricade light, barricade lights, barricade light, type b barricade lightBelieve it or not, you can replace the batteries in solar barricade lights.  I know that doesn’t make any sense, because solar things are supposed to not require batteries.

The way it works is that the solar panels are designed to charge an internal battery which then holds the charge for a certain amount of time.  After 3+ years the battery dies, and on some models you can get new batteries by contacting the manufacturer.

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Arrow Boards on the 4th July

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 By: Transportation Supply

arrow boards, arrow board, arrowboards, arrowboard, traffic message boards, traffic message boardWhen you think of the 4th of July, you probably don’t think about arrow boards.  But, on this trip to Ohio I feel like I am going to end up seeing more arrow boards than fireworks.

So far I have been driving for about 2 hours (actually less) and have seen at least 10 arrow boards.  This is not including the arrow boards I have seen on trucks and plows.

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Type 3 barricade colors

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 By: Transportation Supply

type 3 barricade, type 3 barricades, traffic barricade, traffic barricades, plastic traffic barricades, plastic traffic barricadeHave you seen a type 3 barricade that is a color besides white?  I recently posted about arrow boards and the fact that I have never seen one with colors other than yellow.  When I say white, I am talking about the actual color of the boards.

There are type 3 plywood barricades out there, but from what I remember they are all painted while.  The legs, if they are steel, seem to be some sort of silver color while the plastic legs are always white.

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Solar Barricade Lights Have Different Types

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 By: Transportation Supply

solar barricade lights, barricade lights, type b solar barricade lights, solar barricade lightDid you know there are different kinds of solar barricade lights?  Driving on the highway you may notice some of them are hooded, while some of them are not.  Hooded lights means that they are type b barricade lights.

Type b barricade lights are high intensity which means they can be seen easily 24/7.  Typical barricade lights can only really be seen during the night.  The type b lights are good for highway construction to be sure that the k-rails and other barrier barricades are not hit.

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Type 3 Barricade Terms

Friday, July 2, 2010 By: Transportation Supply

type 3 barricade, type iii barricade, type 3 barricades, type iii barricades, traffic barricades, traffic barricade, traffic safety products, traffic safety storeThere are about a million terms (ok I exaggerated) when it comes to a type 3 barricade.  When I first entered the industry, I figured there are most likely one or two different terms that people call a product in the traffic safety industry.

Here are some examples of traffic barricade terms – type 1 barricade, traffic barricade, construction barricade, the list goes on and on.  Using a search tool may be the most effective way of knowing what terms are used the most.