How bright is the Elk SL1 strobe?

[CORT]

Does anyone know how many candela the Elk SL1 strobe generates? I am looking for an outdoor strobe for my system.

Incidentally, I bought the ATW Doberman "strobe" and am not satisfied with its light output. The Doberman should be called a visual indicator, not a strobe. I plan on replacing it with something that has more light output.

 

[Spanky]

I do not think Elk ever got a candela rating on the strobe. It does a good job to indicate where an alarm is at.

 

[CORT]

I do not think Elk ever got a candela rating on the strobe. It does a good job to indicate where an alarm is at.

What is the lighting element in the strobe? Is it LED based?

 

[rfdesq]

I do not think Elk ever got a candela rating on the strobe. It does a good job to indicate where an alarm is at.

What is the lighting element in the strobe? Is it LED based?

It looks like the same standard strobe tube that we used in the '60s to dance to. It isn't rated for continuous duty so it won't be LED. From my experience it does what it was designed to do, notify the helicopter or ground units which house is or was in alarm.

 

[felixrosbergen]

hm... i didnt think about helicopters..mine is mounted underneath the roof overhang.. oh well..

 

[tmbrown97]

I haven't mounted mine yet, but in testing, I wasn't impressed with the brightness... it certainly wouldn't annoy the neighbors enough, and unless I put it directly above the garage door, I doubt my wife would even notice it before pulling the car in if it were light outside... perhaps that's why it's been low on my priority list! The best I could compare it to is one of those $5 strobe lights you get from Party City around halloween.

I'm actually not nearly as concerned with alerting the cops though as I am making sure my wife knows not to enter the house if the alarm has tripped... the visual notification to neighbors and cops is only secondary... so I'm much more interested in putting them where the wife can't miss them.

Maybe someone has a better idea for a continuous duty one that could run in the garage and entryway until acknowledged - or a brighter one to get the neighborhood's attention.

 

[Photon]

I mounted a strobe in the garage attic just inside a window in the gable end. It is quite visible even when the gable is in direct sunlight. Assuming you have a GDO, you could mount the strobe inside the garage where your spouse couldn't miss it before she pulls inside. Since the Elk calls each of our cell phones upon alarm, the strobe is really just a backup in case the perp cuts the phone line.