Traffic light changers

[ike]

Na. If a TL is stuck red I'll just pass it as long as the man is not around and there are no cameras.

[Mr Bogus]

I get them from a wholesale guy that services a lab I did some work for..

I bought a pile of them and have been selling them off.. I have to package them in insulated packages for the USPS and include the double sided tape and alcohol swabs to clean the magnets and surface they go to..

4 for $5 10 for $10 I have about 60 of them left they are about 1/4 x 1/4 x 1/8 and will lift I think 8 or 9 lbs each

[Deadeye]

Or ... you could move to CANADA like I did and find out they don't (rarely) have the lights that "sense" anything - still on timers!!!!! In the lonnnnnggg timer phase now = winter ... sigh!

[Ranger]

They do have a device that signals the traffic light just like the emergency vehicles do. I've seen them for about twenty dollars. Check ebay.

Don't get one of those! Devices that change the traffic lights using Infrared signals like the emergency vehicles use are illegal and if caught w/ one they will come down hard on you. Imagine if 2 or 3 people out of ever 10 drivers had one of those, streets would be madness.

[Powers739]

the ones I have just need attached to the bottom of the plastic work.. I sent a set to Ted and he is putting them in his boots (they are pretty small but BIG strong)  I sent him 12 for $12   (enough for 3 or 4 bikes or 12 boots LOL)

I have not put them in the boots yet, there is a slot in the heel that I will glue them in. I figure I would double up, put two in each heal. I will let you know now they work, but there arn't too many times I get stuck at the lights, but I figured I would give it a try.

Thanks for the magnets Randy...

[Bernard]

The one I use has a 50LB pull and is:
4"￾ x 1"￾ x .375"￾
"¢ Tough ABS Housing
"¢ Weighs the same as a cell phone
"¢ D.O.T. /EPA Compliant
"¢ Installation: 3-Minutes
"¢ No wiring
"¢ No tools

[CDiPrecision]

Rare earth Magnets are what u want. (neodymium magnet) you can just stick on on a steel part thats close to the ground. MSC sells them, they're cheap.

[Mr Bogus]

yes these are neodymium and are a 1/4 square.. might powerful units they are...

They are not that expensive, it is the fricking shipping that kills the deal... some outfits charge 5 to 15 bucks and frankly I am tired of getting screwed on shipping costs by some of these company's...

I am sending these out postal and it costs under a two bucks to ship them...

I just nixed a $3500 software order because the place was going to charge $24.95 to mail out 1 CD... I have a FedEx account and I am requiring all our vendors to use our account rather than theirs... saves me a ton of dough every year

the other post about light changers... not sure about the rest of the country but AZ uses a strobe light...no infrared at all

[Mr Bogus]

Oh about the shipping the envelopes cost as much as the postage.. they have to be insulated and the magnets wrapped or the things will stick to anything they get around.. pretty funny but lost packages are not...

[Big Red]

Don't you think it is funny that the manufactures don't tell you that their product's are nothing but magnets with a plastic cover with some plastic ties and or tape. I have magnets all over my tool chest that could be used for the same thing for free.

[BusaWizard]

I'm going to try the magnets out of a couple of transmission pans, or the magnets that come with our old parking control light bars, it takes two hands to pull them off of a piece of metal. about 2in. round.

[Mr Bogus]

I tried a 100lb pull magnet from HF and it did not work... not sure why.. I am guessing that there is a certain field strength that is required to disrupt the induction loop.

I then tried these little guys and they worked..

[mikev7]

I swear I just run the light. If the police pull me over I just explain that my bike wouldn't trip the light. I have friends that have done this before .

[TIMMYDUCK]

The only light within 30 miles of me just flashes yellow both ways all the time.

So no worries for tripping the lights constantly here.

I still just like the touch the side stand to the pavemant method.

[MPH 200]

I have a small adhesive magnet on the bottom of my kickstand - works fine.

[pbghost]

I just get the passenger to push the pedestrian cross button... works faster than the sensor. Light genie has been out for a while, about ten bucks, never used one though. most of the lights here are either on a timer or camera/strobe.

[ks-waterbug]

Signal Sorcer has worked like a champ for me..... No more stuck at the light waiting on another vehicle to approach so I can get a light! Hey, if the smaller magnets work then thats the route I'd go, but hey I only spent around $14 or so on this one and it does as advertised....