Federal Signal 500AT - Byron, GA

Weekly noon test of Peach County, GA's outdoor warning system. This is a Federal Sign and Signal Model 500-AT, installed in 1967, on the lower truss of Byron's downtown water tower. The sirens typically run a 1 - 1 1/2 minute alert signal for the weekly test, but today it seemed to only run about 40 seconds. This is by far the best video I have of this siren in action, as it was taken with my new Sony HD camera.

By the way, in case you guys haven't noticed, I've removed the first and third videos I took of this siren, since the quality officially sucked ass on those lol.

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• Byron
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• Peach
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• murrfarms
• yt:stretch=16:9

[sirenfan97]

Federal Signal version of the P-10.

[murrfarms]

@sirenfan97 Except oh so much better and louder lol.

[BRIGGSandSTRATTONguy]

Not Darien sorry it's Lombard

[murrfarms]

@BRIGGSandSTRATTONguy Ohh, where in Lombard? These things are pretty rare so it's always cool to find another.

[BRIGGSandSTRATTONguy]

@murrfarms lombard has 3 Thunderbolt 1000's and a 500at... the 500at is next to I355 on top of the old civil defence office

[murrfarms]

@BRIGGSandSTRATTONguy Wait, Darien has one? Where at? All I knew they had was a couple of 2001s and the last remaining Hurricane on top of the Tri-County FPD.

[BRIGGSandSTRATTONguy]

@murrfarms I went to go film one of these in Darien Illinois but forgot my camera... yes they are way louder than any P10 or P15...

[aco52672]

Charlotte ,NC has/had one of those on top of the BB&T building. It hasn't been used since the tornado warning in 1988. :( I don't know if it even works anymore.

[Branden2732]

is it me or does this sound like vanamonde2s mini thunderbolt

[murrfarms]

@BRIGGSandSTRATTONguy Yup, they work pretty much the same way except this one has a divorced rotator gearbox driven by a belt off the back of the motor, whereas the Penetrator's gearbox is directly bolted to the back of the motor, and couples to the fan shaft on the rear. The 500 is physically a much larger siren, and the 10:12 ratio version (like this one) can blow a P-10 out of the water in sound output.