Winkomatic
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This is a Winkomatic incandescent pedestrian signal. You can animate this signal by placing your mouse over the picture. These had the option of having green or white WALK indications. There are two red bulbs in it, one behind each of the words DONT and WALK. On the street, the two red bulbs were wired in series so that if the DONT bulb burned out, the WALK would not light up during the DONT WALK phase. Since these signals run off of 120 volt AC, the two red bulbs were specially made 65 volt 100 watt bulbs. The two bulbs together in series would use up the 120 volts. A search on the internet for these bulbs came up with nothing, so I rewired the signal in parallel with two red 120 volt 25 watt bulbs. I also have a 25 watt green bulb in the WALK section. The plastic reflector in these units became brittle with age. This unit was badly broken up inside when I received it so I had to repair it with sheet aluminum. Click on the picture to see the inside of this signal before and after the repair. |