GE Powercall siren

I just received this 'ol girl back from the repair shop. Unfortunately due to the cost of shop rates it was'nt cheap to get her working properly. She's as good as new now even the PA works. Have a listen as see what you think.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• GE
• Powercall
• siren
• Fire
• engine

[Stickymajorwow]

what year was this made?

[911caddy]

@Stickymajorwow . Just guessin' early to mid 70's. Maybe someone can correct me.

[nycfirefighter9]

if u where to sell it i would give you 120

[911caddy]

You'd be at least 400.00 short. Sorry not for sale, it's just too cool.

[k0smon]

I operated one of these on a police vehicle from 1968-1971. We also had GE radios. I always operated the siren from the horn ring, never did care for the yelp sound. Even at 58 watts, it did a good job.

[xdmproductions]

I love a good GE powercall. Sounds ALOT better than the new powercalls.

[joemagliari]

lol ud be at the call by time the siren wound down

[taximanfrank]

brings back memories philly used these in the 80's and early 90's

[RacerXGTO]

You know, for a company that makes the Mini-Gun and nuclear bombs, that is the sorry-est sounding siren for an American made siren. That's just my opinion.

Sounds like a pregnant yak trying to give birth to a UFO alien injected dump truck.

[douro20]

The reason it costs so much to repair these things is that they are analog, and repair parts are very hard to find. It is quite difficult to service analog electronic sirens properly, especially with the availability of parts. The proper name for one of these is a GE Power-Call/Siren. The Power-Call part refers to the built-in PA.

[Code3forever]

This sounds like a similar siren which was put out by North American in the 70s. When I went to Lima OH to pick up a new ambulance to take back to LA , a North American siren was installed and when I got back to LA, the shop had to switch it with one of the Federal Directors or Interceptors and then they had to install the Super Chief on the roof or one of the few Federal plain behind the grill models we had. I think those were the C5 Coaster. It was grey painted. The NA was not CA approved.

[HamptonFireRescue]

how much would a good/working order one of these run ?

[khaled6100]

how this siren still works?

[JKSK8ERLIVE]

how old is she?