@Marc7665 I've got it worse than that, I have one of these in my bedroom! Well the controls of one anyway, the speaker head is disassembled in the basement lol.
@murrfarms hey i got a question. a model 5 was recently restored as i have told you before but i wasn't sure if it wasn't the same one jeb had restored recently do you know where he picked it up at? because i was just curious if you and jeb had restored it or if someone else locally had given it an overhaul because of the coincidence of it being gone around the time jeb started uploading vids of the one he had to youtube i was just asking
@ricofojas2011 The 4000 uses the same head assembly as the 2000, but it has a completely different control setup. Different amplifier, different controller, and it's a totally DC-operated siren whereas the 2000 is about 75/25 (75% DC, 25% AC, with the AC component being the amplifier).
@murrfarms and being stuck in middle school doesn't really help much either lol i live in Pennsylvania and there are rarely tornadoes so most of my sirens or all of them will be on FD's i found a Darley model 2 possibly haven't heard it go off yet im guessing its a around 1940's era housing looks like it was beat around alot and if im lucky i can get a model 2 that doesnt work at a FD and fix it up and have my personal siren the same FD used to have a Sterling but the motor stopped working
@murrfarms your very welcome i haven't been able to get any sirens videos yet sadly i live close to a model-2-240 which i hope to get a vid of at my local FD saw and SD-10 and 2 model 5's one of them was restored by someone like in late November never found out who gave it an overhaul they gave the housing a rust proof paint job and possibly a commutator cleaning and a new set of brushes and bearings hope to get a vid of it and send to you in the near future
@ricofojas2011 Not this particular model anymore, but they sure do still make the "ES" series. The current model is the ES4000, which uses the exact same design for the siren "head", but utilizes a different controller and amplifier that operate on 24VDC so it can run on batteries. This one has 12VDC controller but it uses a 120VAC amplifier, which is why it cannot have any form of battery backup.
@murfarms i didn't honestly to really expect them to be that loud. to me they just look like the directional speakers that are mounted on electric poles at my counties 4-H fair they look exactly like this same speaker shape but they have a bracket to mount them on as they remove them after the summer so that they don't deteriorate and break. great siren though as it sounds to be up and being maintained very well great siren recording as always and best of luck on you next siren
@sirenaddict Yeah, they're not very loud at all. The speakers you're talking about probably are the same ones as these, since this type of speaker was commonly used on everything from electronic church bells to stadium speakers, and as seen here even sirens. The Federal EOWS sirens also used a very similar type of Atlas horn as these did. Usually ones not used on sirens had little holes drilled into protrusions on the end to bolt to a bracket for mounting on walls and poles. And thank you!
@sirenfan97 I had a radio with me at the time. I usually have either it or my old base station scanner with me during tests to monitor the remote activation and cancel commands to be sure everything's working as it should with that and the siren itself.
@sirenaddict It's just too high pitched to penetrate any obstacles, or even carry that far for that matter. It's supposedly about 115dB @ 100ft, according to the brochure for it.
We have these in Sarnia set in the refineries fence line. Yet I can hear it from there about 3 Kilometers away from them. Test times @ 12:30 Every Monday.
@lildil39485 I think so, I want to say I've seen at least one in Dahlonega. Henry County (where McDonough is) has nothing but these county-wide, and is where they're manufactured.
@lildil39485 Yep, they have at least 20 spaced out pretty generously across the small county. I'll PM you a map via Facebook (since YT doesn't like to hyperlink).
damn id hate to have one of these in my back yard!
Marc7665 1 month ago
@Marc7665 I've got it worse than that, I have one of these in my bedroom! Well the controls of one anyway, the speaker head is disassembled in the basement lol.
murrfarms 1 month ago
@murrfarms hey i got a question. a model 5 was recently restored as i have told you before but i wasn't sure if it wasn't the same one jeb had restored recently do you know where he picked it up at? because i was just curious if you and jeb had restored it or if someone else locally had given it an overhaul because of the coincidence of it being gone around the time jeb started uploading vids of the one he had to youtube i was just asking
sirenaddict 1 month ago
isnt the 400 same as the 2000?.
ricofojas2011 1 month ago
@ricofojas2011 The 4000 uses the same head assembly as the 2000, but it has a completely different control setup. Different amplifier, different controller, and it's a totally DC-operated siren whereas the 2000 is about 75/25 (75% DC, 25% AC, with the AC component being the amplifier).
murrfarms 1 month ago
@murrfarms and being stuck in middle school doesn't really help much either lol i live in Pennsylvania and there are rarely tornadoes so most of my sirens or all of them will be on FD's i found a Darley model 2 possibly haven't heard it go off yet im guessing its a around 1940's era housing looks like it was beat around alot and if im lucky i can get a model 2 that doesnt work at a FD and fix it up and have my personal siren the same FD used to have a Sterling but the motor stopped working
sirenaddict 1 month ago
@murrfarms your very welcome i haven't been able to get any sirens videos yet sadly i live close to a model-2-240 which i hope to get a vid of at my local FD saw and SD-10 and 2 model 5's one of them was restored by someone like in late November never found out who gave it an overhaul they gave the housing a rust proof paint job and possibly a commutator cleaning and a new set of brushes and bearings hope to get a vid of it and send to you in the near future
sirenaddict 1 month ago
do they still make these?.
ricofojas2011 1 month ago
@ricofojas2011 Not this particular model anymore, but they sure do still make the "ES" series. The current model is the ES4000, which uses the exact same design for the siren "head", but utilizes a different controller and amplifier that operate on 24VDC so it can run on batteries. This one has 12VDC controller but it uses a 120VAC amplifier, which is why it cannot have any form of battery backup.
murrfarms 1 month ago
@murfarms i didn't honestly to really expect them to be that loud. to me they just look like the directional speakers that are mounted on electric poles at my counties 4-H fair they look exactly like this same speaker shape but they have a bracket to mount them on as they remove them after the summer so that they don't deteriorate and break. great siren though as it sounds to be up and being maintained very well great siren recording as always and best of luck on you next siren
sirenaddict 1 month ago
@sirenaddict Yeah, they're not very loud at all. The speakers you're talking about probably are the same ones as these, since this type of speaker was commonly used on everything from electronic church bells to stadium speakers, and as seen here even sirens. The Federal EOWS sirens also used a very similar type of Atlas horn as these did. Usually ones not used on sirens had little holes drilled into protrusions on the end to bolt to a bracket for mounting on walls and poles. And thank you!
murrfarms 1 month ago
do u have a scanner or does your camera pick up the DTMF codes?
sirenfan97 1 month ago
@sirenfan97 I had a radio with me at the time. I usually have either it or my old base station scanner with me during tests to monitor the remote activation and cancel commands to be sure everything's working as it should with that and the siren itself.
murrfarms 1 month ago
@murrfarms heck they don't really sound that bad after hearing them twice you get used to them. what would be a guess on the decibel output?
sirenaddict 1 month ago
@sirenaddict It's just too high pitched to penetrate any obstacles, or even carry that far for that matter. It's supposedly about 115dB @ 100ft, according to the brochure for it.
murrfarms 1 month ago
We have these in Sarnia set in the refineries fence line. Yet I can hear it from there about 3 Kilometers away from them. Test times @ 12:30 Every Monday.
MegaCophater 1 month ago
Is it just me or does that Model 5 in the distance sound almost like a T-bolt? Great video of the MB btw.
Siren1000T1 1 month ago
About how old is it?
carexpertandy 1 month ago
@carexpertandy It and 3 others in the county were installed back in 2002, I think.
murrfarms 1 month ago
Hey its a MasterBlaster they are better than ATIs.
MrSciencetificsasuke 1 month ago
this siren is unique , we have 1 of these on top of a church
acahurricane1275 1 month ago
Great video! Don't they have these up in Dahlonega?
lildil39485 1 month ago
@lildil39485 I think so, I want to say I've seen at least one in Dahlonega. Henry County (where McDonough is) has nothing but these county-wide, and is where they're manufactured.
murrfarms 1 month ago
@murrfarms Henry County? dang, i never knew that. Do they have alot of these?
lildil39485 1 month ago
@lildil39485 Yep, they have at least 20 spaced out pretty generously across the small county. I'll PM you a map via Facebook (since YT doesn't like to hyperlink).
murrfarms 1 month ago