Thunderbolt Siren Blower - Water Treatment Plant Blower - Same Thing

Here's a video of a small water treatment plant aerator blower system. The blowers are virtually identical to the Thunderbolt siren blowers except the treatment plant blowers have large air filters on them. The treatment plant blowers even have the exact same type of pressure relief valve that the Thunderbolt has.

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Science & Technology

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• Thunderbolt Siren
• Thunderbolt 1000
• Thunderbolt 1000T

[dillonrockband]

When I went to film Robert Gift's 2T22A, it is sitting next to a small sewage plant that uses a few roots blowers. In my first vid you can hear them right before he says "GO!" and i flip the switch for the siren. The roots blowers are really loud up close.

[rbuszka]

Those blower packages are actually used all over the place, in pneumatic conveying, fish farming, soil reclamation, and other places where large volumes of low-pressure are are required.. In theory, if a Thunderbolt's blower package were to fail, a custom-designed blower package like this could take its place.

[cheetawolf]

so what came first? the tbolt blower or the aerator thingy? :P

[Jcc3279]

Thunderbolts have a roots blower and roots is still in business and roots blowers are used in a treatment plant too.

[Blue10AEMia]

Wow it's quiet with an intake silencer, was it a 4M blower or a 5M?

[Jpressman8]

cool video!!!!

[djscrizzle]

Who would have guessed that Federal Signal used the SAME blower as is used in a sewage treatment plant... now that is neat.

[soccerdude7330]

Very nice!