Malfunctioning WCH LED's

[cabman701]

I was able to leave work on time for once! It was a nice evening, so I headed over to the local Amtrak station to catch the 8:30 train hopefully before it got too dark. Unfortunately, as my luck goes, the train was 30 minutes late.

But it wasn't a lost cause. Check out what's going on with these signals next to the station. Haven't seen this happen before.



By the way... I did pause the video... the train was stopped for a total of about 5 minutes. You can see how much the traffic was backed up once the gates go up.

[Smjh1979]

An actual strobing light.

[gedunk]

It is probably some loose circutry connection in that particular lamp. LED's are pretty much instant on, and that one doesn't quite seem to make it up to full brightness.

[Crossingman18]

I was about to say the same thing. Probably a loose connection in the lamp. Now if all of them were doing that I'd probably say something is wrong with the flasher relay in the case.

[cabman701]

Something I forgot to mention... it appears the rear light on that same side is doing the same thing. You can see the reflection off the train once it enters the crossing.

I do agree though, a loose connection is a possibility... but odd that it would effect both the front and rear lights.

[owensri]

Those things don't flash right anyways. They need to put up Dialight Ball LED's. That's one reason I hate any kind of dotted ones.

[Crossingman18]

Yeah you're right owensri. I can see it strobing in the peep hole. How weird. I wonder if its a faulty connection to the relay flasher to those particular lights?

[owensri]

Yeah you're right owensri. I can see it strobing in the peep hole. How weird. I wonder if its a faulty connection to the relay flasher to those particular lights?

No, it wouldn't be a flasher relay problem. The other lights work fine. Probably a loose connection on the terminal for those two lights...