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Trailer Talkby Tom BergJuly 2, 2014

Squinty Tail Lights Have a Reliability Benefit

Tom Berg spots an unusual trailer lighting system on the road. Grote LED light bars need only three pigtails to connect to the sealed wiring harness, reducing the chances for corrosion and electrical failures, he explains in his Trailer Talk blog.

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ProductsJune 30, 2014

Thin, Durable Trailer LEDs from Phillips Now Available to Aftermarket

A line of thin, durable lamps initially introduced at the Technology & Maintenance Council meeting this spring by Phillips Industries is now available in the aftermarket.

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ProductsMay 14, 2014

Philips Offers LED Replacement Headlamps

A new, high-performance line of LED replacement headlamps from Philips Automotive North America provide direct replacement applications on a wide range of vehicles with traditional 5- by 7-inch rectangular and 7-inch round sealed-beam headlamps.

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Articlesby Tom BergApril 15, 2014

LEDs Light the Way

If you were in trucking about 30 years ago, you might remember the switch from incandescent sealed-beam headlamps to halogens, which were so much better that some truck operators stopped using auxiliary fog and driving lights. A more recent step up was projector-beam lamps, whose optics better aim the lumens from halogen bulbs and even more effectively light the way for drivers.

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ProductsMarch 27, 2014

New LED Lighting Easier on Drivers’ Eyes, Save Power

Package with LED lamps available on Models 579 and 567 with 72- and 80-inch Platinum sleepers.

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ProductsMarch 26, 2014

Buyers Products Introduces LED Flood Light

Buyers Products has introduced a rectangular LED flood light with an adjustable stainless steel stud mount to east mounting on trucks and trailers.

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ProductsMarch 21, 2014

Peterson Adds Integrated S/T/T/Backup 'Cyclops' Lamp to New LumenX LED Line

Peterson Manufacturing has expanded its LumenX LED line with an stop/turn/tail light featuring an integrated back-up lamp. The LumenX LED allows one of the seven diodes to provide DOT-legal back-up functionality as a two-in-one lighting concept.

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ProductsMarch 18, 2014

Optronics Launches One Series LED Lamps

Optronics International presented its new One Series LED Lamps to the transportation industry. The single-diode 4-inch round and 6-inch oval LED stop, tail, turn lamps are the first to be introduced and will be followed by other popular formats.

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ProductsMarch 14, 2014

Peterson Unveils Radical Lens Design in New LumenX LED Lights

Peterson’s new LumenX Series 7 safety lights are powered by white-diode LEDs. The LumenX Series features optics engineered for such efficient light dispersal that the entire lens illuminates fully – no “hot spots” or “dead zones," regardless of viewing angle.

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergMarch 10, 2014

You Don’t Need to Hammer on These Thin LEDs to Appreciate a Bright Idea

Ever hear of Innotec? Neither did senior editor Tom Berg. Now he sees what it does, and so will you.

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