Monthly Tornado Siren Works Poorly - Norwood Young America, MN - Sept. 1st, 2010

[Coasterintheyard]

Please convince them to fix the rotator instead of replacing it. If I'm too late, atleast tell them to replace it with something decent like a whelen vortex, restored thunderbolt, T-128, or even a 2001 (alot of people don't like 2001's, but there very reliable and sound real cool.

[nick06111226]

@Coasterintheyard how about a WHELEN 4000 or 2900 series both have Hi-Lo

[bait28]

if they are taking it down, save it.

[briefroboboy]

Why is the pole wobbling?

[XxDontStopThePartyxX]

@briefroboboy It's loose.

[acedrummer2590]

Very rare ACA Howler...... ACA Sirens sounded amazing but were way too much of a breakdown hassle....The change to ASC brought much better engineering. yes!!

[Blue10AEMia]

@acedrummer2590 Actually ACA sirens are very reliable. The only problem occurs when you don't maintain them and leave them untouched on a pole for 20+ years. This howler has a loose drivebelt.

[Bonemeal2]

One thing I find interesting is the way different sirens fail in different ways...if that makes any sense. The rotator fails, and the siren stays in pitch, whereas there are a couple Federal Signal 2001's that, when the rotator failed, went up to an insanely high pitch. Someone said something about...capacitors?

[Cjfoley96]

you don't seem to know too much about the sirens themselves, and yet you always get rare sirens doing awesome stuff! I love it!

[PGMEagle]

Sweet rotater broke pointing at you

[acedrummer2590]

wow, a howler, nice find. those things are so damn rare......

[cacherscout]

the pole was probably swinging because the motor is probably stuck in that position

[BigbyBodhi5]

the pole was swaying back and forth

[Midnight1XCoffee]

aca howler?

[SSAirsoftowns]

@Midnight1XCoffee Yes, It's an ACA Howler

[AKSoapy29]

Yay fail

[superjoe87]

Easy fix. Busted chain or belt. A repair would kill the excessive cost a of a new siren.

[DasMidnightDrifter]

Rotation issue? How about they do something about that loose pole issue? That was a bit scary to watch. 0.0

[stormchaser1000T]

@DasMidnightDrifter the reason why the ple is moving is because the penatrator-10 (siren in the video) one of the heaviest tornado sirens. every penatrator-10 siren test the pole always moves

[freebrickproductions]

@stormchaser1000T

It is not a P-10 it is an ACA howler siren.

[stormchaser1000T]

@freebrickproductions it is? looks like a p-10 to me

[Blue10AEMia]

@stormchaser1000T No they are not, the P-10, P-15, and Howler all weigh about 400 pounds at the most. Me and a friend were able to set an allertor out of the back of a pickup.

[stormchaser1000T]

@Blue10AEMia i thought they would be heavier than that but since you and your friend can lift one up then i believe you

[Federal500T]

@Thunderbolt1000T I don't want to sound stupid, mean, or anything like that, and I am probably wrong, but I think it's leaning more towards a dual-toned P-15.

[cooleo339]

Trust me they fixed them me my grandma lives in norwood

[iden123]

"Vote no matter what Vote please Vote, every one of us counts,

[RamFett]

Awesome! I was told that the Howler I own came from MN. Rotator problems aside, it's neat to see at least one still running.

[amberlynn6914]

Busted chain or belt. Common issue!

[JustInn014]

The Howler used a belt for the rotator, which is somewhat uncharacteristic for ACA, which usually prefered chain driven rotators.

I would think the belt rotator was less successful compared to the P-10's chain rotator. That is only a guess.

[garyhstorms10]

How many of these are in Minneasota also do any other MN Counties test in Attack

too

[carexpertandy]

Wow awesome video! These things are rare!

[bulldozer950]

Nice Howler!

[murrfarms]

Looks like the slip clutch on the fixed pulley it rotates around came unlocked, either that or one of the two belts broke in it. Awesome find man, you don't see these hardly ever anymore!

[FederalSystem7000]

Great video. That siren is a rare ACA Howler.