Oak Ridge Texas Former Dallas Fire Station 10 Thunderbolt Siren

[LouisvilleTorn8o]

Is this one single phase? That sounds like it could be a single phase C series blower.

[vanamonde2]

@LouisvilleTorn8o It's 3 phase.

[NicksGarageDoor]

Very nice! Just curious, did you go through this one and repaint it? I can't tell.

[vanamonde2]

@NicksGarageDoor I put bearings in the chopper motor, touched up the paint on the horn/rotator and serviced the oil in the rotator gear reducer and blower. Oh, and put a rotator belt in it. That's about it. The thing is a 1985 C series Thunderbolt so I guess it was one of the last ones sold.

[NicksGarageDoor]

@vanamonde2

If another town near you asks you to refurbish another siren, I think it would be cool for you to do a black and yellow striped cold war tribute siren, with black and yellow stripes on the control boxes and blower as well as the horn.

And I thought I saw something saying that the Thunderbolt was discontinued in 1992. Was that wrong? Before seeing that, I always thought it was like 1988 or something like that...

[timeslip325]

sweet! will there be future video recordings of this great siren?? would love to hear a full 3-minute test.

[vanamonde2]

@timeslip325 Don't know if I'll be able to do three minutes. When I install the timer it'll probably be on a Saturday so I probably won't run it that long full blast. I'll probably do a control test on it for a full timer cycle though.

[timeslip325]

@vanamonde2 Well, either way, this siren sounds great, and just hearing it would be great - Alert or Attack. Thanks for uploading!

[vanamonde2]

@timeslip325 I went back up and got the AR timer hooked up but I forgot my camera. I might be able to get a video of it next month when they test. We'll see.

[timeslip325]

@vanamonde2 Ill keep my fingers crossed!

[Instucablanator]

how high it that pole ?

[vanamonde2]

@Instucablanator 50 feet? I don't know. It's the pole it was mounted on at the fire station. The same type of pole all the "newer" Dallas Thunderbolts were installed on.

[shorttman1968]

damn she's high up there.