12/21/2011 Matt's Sirens & Thunderbolt Test (Camera 2)

[griesch73]

here is a sound video of the east Farmingdale thunderbolt sounding

[Instucablanator]

what model is the strobe on tip of the controller ?

[howardcjones]

Not that intrested in sirens but I have the same camcorder and I wanted to see how it looks on Youtube. Thanks for uploading.

[AMCDecker]

what's the big box you guys demonstrated the two tone on? The one @0:45 My fire chief is demanding one for our station and wants to know.

[soccerdude7330]

@AMCDecker It's an old Federal Signal EOWS SiraTone controller from sometime in the 80's. Couldn't find a date on it anywhere.. but these things are serious crap.. and are known for constant problems and major failures. This one blew a few audio amps (those boxes with the LED on each one) and the tone card started to drop pitch pretty severely after this was shot. If you guys want an electronic siren, I'd stick to something from Whelen. They make REALLY good stuff.. especially emergency lights!

[Lapp6192]

Charlie..........does the village of Dickson, the cops, or your local fire department ever give you flak about sounding off your sirens ? In my small town on Long Island, a person would be arrested if they sounded off a siren.

[soccerdude7330]

@Lapp6192 Never had any problems here! I had the cops called on me once by a stupid neighbor who thought it'd be funny.. but the cops were blown away when they found out what it was and how it works. They thanked me for providing a community service and said to "keep up the excellent work" and not to worry about neighbors that complain about it, as long as I use it only during the monthly test and for tornado warnings. We live in a very tornado-prone area, so that's probably why they don't mind.

[Lapp6192]

@soccerdude7330 - That's great that the cops don't bother you about it. Have you been officially designated by your town, as the person to sound off tornado warning sirens if there is an actual tornado ? I figured that your local fire department would be responsible for that, or maybe Dickson's village hall would have a tornado siren.

[Lapp6192]

Charlie..........the yellow siren control box in this video comes from Long Island, NY. East Farmingdale is a town about 30 minutes from where I live.

[soccerdude7330]

@Lapp6192 Really? That's interesting.. I'll have to do some research on that. This one came from an FD so it shouldn't be too hard to hunt down. I'd be interested in figuring out what kind of siren it ran at some point.

[Lapp6192]

@soccerdude7330 - East Farmingdale on Long Island has its own volunteer fire department, so that yellow siren control box was definitely used for their fire house. As for what type of siren it operated - I do not know. I don't get to East Farmingdale that often, but I will make a note to myself to photograph the firehouse and their current siren the next time I am over there and I will e-mail the photographs to you.

[TheMovieBuff100]

That's loud! Do you ever wear ear protection?!

[MisterSnowman97]

Epic. Is this a hobby or job?

[soccerdude7330]

@MisterSnowman97 Just a hobby of mine. Sometimes I've helped out in service and installation of them however. I use my siren just as a public service.

[Thesquarewave]

You can see at about 5:02 the siren is so loud that the sound waves were vibrating the video head making the picture wavy like. :D

[jro9001]

i wonder what would happen if u did it in a blizzard lol

[TheNrwskyrock]

What's "CD"?

[stevesretrocomputing]

@TheNrwskyrock Civil defense

[AKSoapy29]

Hahaha "It's not that loud!" XD

[MrCoasterkid577]

PLEASE TELL ME WHERE YOU GOT THAT BEAUTIFUL FS TIMER FROM ? haha. need it for my model 2t that bim getting !

[Tbolt1000TForLife]

a 1988 panasonic huh? i have a 1991 RCA VHS camcorder in my closet, it still works but needs a new battery and charger

i take it you had to use a format converter right?

[Instucablanator]

its neighbors like you that devalue my house

[soccerdude7330]

@Instucablanator LOL.. this has to be the best comment I've got this year

[Instucablanator]

@soccerdude7330 hahahahaah i joke, but you make awesome videos mate, i love your videos though! keep it up :) If i belted one of them sirens where i live the CIA NASA the FBI etc... would be up my arse so fast ahahah

[soccerdude7330]

@Instucablanator I thought so! Haha thanks man. It all just depends on where you live.. I guess that's an advantage of living out in "the sticks" ;)

[Instucablanator]

@soccerdude7330 Ya its so beautiful out there! Would love to build a place out there some day.

[gatrwrks]

Where's the model 5's housing?

[trainguy2020]

So Mat has a 2t22A?

[Cars2fan]

loved the thunderbolt. has that old famous sound. With the chopper set to 5. the best chopper setting ever on any thunderbolt.

[superjawadude]

What is the giant control panel connected to?

[boo101895]

why ur camera toooo old

[newsemporium]

yes i do

[soccerdude7330]

@newsemporium I don't know why you would.. it's a piece of junk. lol. Talk to videogamer24385 (Matt), it's his shroud.

[newsemporium]

@soccerdude7330 just so you now it was a joke:-) but how much do you want for your t bult.

[amberlynn6914]

@newsemporium I'm not charlie,but IT'S NOT FOR SALE.

[newsemporium]

how much you wantfor that extra crusty cover?

[soccerdude7330]

@newsemporium Trust me.. you don't want it. lol. I was able to puncture it just by trying to pick the dang thing up. Lol

[soccerdude7330]

@Hobbymaster1000 If you mean whether or not it uses film, then no. It records to full-sized VHS tapes in a digital format.

[TheMatthew0614]

is thunder bolt realy loud

[soccerdude7330]

@TheMatthew0614 No, not at all! ....YES.. lol it's painfully loud.

[acahurricane1275]

i meant " this camera you should use "

[acahurricane1275]

you should start using this for you siren recordings

[jessevolanti1976]

Nice!



[boo101895]

merry christmas :)

[Blue10AEMia]

4:42 is the best thunderbolt windup I've ever heard.

[as65556]

@soccerdude7330 Oh ok. Nice display of the control box. :)

[acahurricane1275]

nice camera , alot better than cameras today ( durability wise and good quality video taking)

[dominicderkness]

What do you use to call and activate the siren?

[soccerdude7330]

@dominicderkness Viking Electronics RC-3 telephone relay

[as65556]

@techhelper1 Oh thanks.

[LouisvilleTorn8o]

I love the way this thing sounds on level 6! Have you ever thought about trying it out on 4? You should be able to get better coverage out of it on 4, especially since the mount is about half as high as most other Tbolts.

[ND1003]

Nice video! I have an OmniMovie too. Dated Oct. 1989.

[LouisvilleTorn8o]

Just proves that cameras and recorders that were made in the 1980's were built to last, and make good quality recordings. I have an old GE tape recorder, probably from the 1970's, that some of my early siren recordings were made on, and it's excelent. The motor hum on that camera reminds me of my old recordings.

[Thewoog34]

You think that 2T22 is huge, try standing next to a Sentry 40v2t!

[zanmanzander]

he has a gg22?

[as65556]

How did you convert VHS tape to a video file? 

[techhelper1]

@as65556 capture device on his computer

[as65556]

Nice video. Why do you need pulse lights during the test? So you know where the control panel and the siren is?

[soccerdude7330]

@as65556 The lights are there just to make it cooler. I had those laying around and figured I'd put them to some good use.

[sirenfan97]

Where do you guys get this stuff???

[chicagolandhobby]

Wow. Sounds awesome. Would like to hear it on 4!

[msj191961]

Cool!

[sirenaddict]

@soccerdude7330 sheesh what did they do to the model 5 housing before Matt got it?? that looks like it will be impossible to fix

[soccerdude7330]

@sirenaddict It's for an old Model 2. It's just been outside for a long time.. probably since the early 1900's. Metal rusts through after nearly 100 years of sitting outside!

[TboltHurricane]

@soccerdude7330 - Damn. Are they really that old? I figured 30's or 40's.

[Siren1000T1]

I like your dog, Charlie. He/she is cute.

[djbeto267]

Like the Portal hoodie!Feels like in the 90s.

[djbeto267]

Is that a hi8 tape?

[soccerdude7330]

@djbeto267 It records to VHS tapes.

[djbeto267]

@soccerdude7330 Cool, nice video!

[Blue10AEMia]

Wow that camera has good sound quality.

[029622558]

I love how video's shaking when 1000T passed. :)

[shorttman1968]

Great qualiy.

[kibaloveswarriors234]

i love the portal tshirt

[bait28]

is that your AF or matts AF. i need to find one for my T-Bolt

[wjcize]

Nice video

[zerooneonefive]

Won't lie, the quality of the video is great for a camera from 1988

[zozey1231]

E-E-E-EOWS CONTROLLER??

[soccerdude7330]

@zozey1231 Yeah, I worked on that stupid thing for almost two days straight trying to get it going. So far it has 2 dead amps, but hey, it works. Even though it's around 28 years old.

[zozey1231]

@soccerdude7330

Yeah, come to think of it, the pitch sounds a lot lower than usual...

Nice job getting it working though, I remember reading somewhere that they're a pain to work with.

[starlite528]

@soccerdude7330 They've got the EOWS 612 out in Egypt where I was for a year. I ran a cable from the control to inside so we could turn it on from the office, and plug the mic or ipod in.

You should get a VFD, then you can power up the three phase motors (from a single phase source), and control their speeds!