Sterling little giant "tin-can" siren short alert

Update 3/9/09 Looks like murrfarms put up another video of a Sterling little giant, so now this is not the only one on youtube.

This siren got it's name from the strange looking shape it has. It has a single phase motor running on half it's rated voltage.

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• fire

[msc17851]

Is that Glenwood?

[sirenguy41]

Nope, Centerport substation.

[bearlovesox]

nice lightning rod next to it! i also think the siren is a Little giant! lol

[sirenguy41]

I'm not actually sure if that is a lightning rod or an antenna for the DTMF signals. I will have to go back and check. Here is something interesting about this siren, It replaced another siren many years ago that supposedly burned up. MAYBE the old sirens was struck by lightning.

[Audinos]

That is a Sterling Little Giant from the 1930's-40's. Recordings of these are quite rare.

[crazywarriorman]

When there is a rare siren and its the only one on youtube you dont call it a peice of junk.

[Scoffman5150]

What was the beeping? was that the signal being sent to it?

[The18Jake]

@bearlovesox sure its not a MARS?

[csx2295]

We had one of these siren in Brownsville, Tennessee it was sitting on our fire station rusting away and never worked over 35 years so it was taken down and was replaced with a 3t22 which is over 50 years old.

[murrfarms]

I think it's your average, everyday 3450RPM motor, only with 6 poles for more initial torque, but I may not be completely correct on that. At least that's about what they run at IF they're on the correct voltage...lol. Been a while since I've looked at the motor tag on Jeb's.

[Antipwnsurmum]

6 poles? How many RPM, lol

[flippy941]

sonds like a whelen

[msc17851]

that is the most "in the neighborhood" firehouse ive ever seen....i dont know how i managed to stumble upon it! lol

[murrfarms]

It's a repulsion induction motor with 6 poles/brushes. They're normally 240V sirens, but this one was running on 120V for whatever reason. Adam Pollak has a rare 110V version of this siren with cast iron rotors instead of the typical aluminum rotors. On a side note, this siren started off as a single-head vehicle siren, and they later modified it to use either a single or dual-shaft single phase 1hp motor for use as an outdoor warning siren, which emitted 97-98dBC @ 100'.

[bait28]

as far is i know it is RF and runs on a frequency that i'm not allowed to tell

[Antipwnsurmum]

he said it's single phase.

It's got brushes, the start/run caps would have blown by now if it was an induction single phase.