Federal Signal Model 2-240 - Noon Whistle (on timer)

[justie1220]

@murrfarns i like the idea. now can you still manually set it off with the AR timer or is it turned on by the sprinkler only?

[SirenVORTEXR4]

How far can this be heared?

[Jpressman8]

Nice Ian . :)

[murrfarms]

Thanks Jason! Finally got around to building that stupid contraption after procrastinating with it for about 2 months lol.

[EvanToTheFutureDude]

Ooh nice! I (and pretty much any house in Florida does) have that rainbird timer! :D

[murrfarms]

LOL I know it, Florida and California are like Rain Bird central...they sell more RB products in those two states than in any other state! That's one thing I have a plethora of: underground sprinkler system parts, because that's what I used to do for the longest time but finally quit a couple years ago.

[CJ19Productions]

Hmm, does it have a very very slight hiccup during the windup or is it just me?

[murrfarms]

It's just you lol, sounds like every other Model 2-240 out there that I've ever heard.

[CJ19Productions]

A split second before it peaks it seems to have a very small hiccup that i'm having trouble noticing, and that's saying something.

[VMFA115Starloric]

If you're having trouble noticing it, then it's probably not there.

[murrfarms]

Yeah Charlie, quit sniffing paint already! LOL jk

[VMFA115Starloric]

Heh heh.

[CJ19Productions]

I worded that wrongly. I think it's just part of the windup on these motors, as it slows down it's pickup just before it hits peak. Oh well

[murrfarms]

Yeah these universal motors are kind of funny as to how they get to their full speed, none of them that I've ever seen have a really smooth windup like normal induction motors and all do.

[CJ19Productions]

Also the echo isn't really obvious here, of course it can still be heard but it's weird. I'm assuming the camera was closer to the siren causing the mic to adjust.

[murrfarms]

Yup, it was probably no more than 80' away from it this time lol. I'm actually almost surprised that my camera didn't decide to say "f*ck you!" and shut off from overload, like it likes to do sometimes haha

[FedSigHT1000]

Nice Rig! Good Idea for the setup too!

[murrfarms]

Thanks Joe! Took me pretty much all morning to put together, which worked out great because it's been a really slow day so far today lol.