estokke09 wrote:It runs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI2M0ogQbmA

Congrats! :thup:
Scale 1-10; how loud is it?

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estokke09 wrote:No date on it but if I had to guess, based on the cloth wiring, at least 30's or 40's??????

Most likely. The only "cloth" wiring i know of in the last 20 years is fire resistant.
If you don't mind if a ask,how much did you pay? Great piece. Just needs some help.

Yikes

Mmm hmm! Oh and to answer your other question no the hurricane doesn't sound rhaspy because of that. The hurricane is actually a 2 chopper siren with a 30 HP blower and a bigger siren head. So it's basically like 2 big single tone sirens with a lot of air. The hurricane comes with many different co...

Dang, that snow adds a effect to the video
Thanks, Coastal

Daniel wrote:It has to do with the basic design of the siren. Rather than having radial ports and a self-aspirating rotor, a Thunderbolt forces pressurized air through a single narrow opening, giving it a harsher sound. When the blower is not running, they sound more like a conventional Model 2.

Ok, Thanks

ThisTbolt sound "flat compared to thisTbolt. What causes this?

I get that the 1000 is single tone and the 1000t is dual but what causes this?
EDIT:Is this also why the ACA Hurricane 130 MKII sounds "raspy"

I've been to the Hermiston rail yard several times and have not seen any sirens. Umatilla County removed all the Whelens in 2011 when the last of the chemical weapons at the army depot were destroyed. I'll have to go back there and look again. However, I am quite sure that if there is a siren there...

is that a Federal Sign and Signal or a Federal Enterprises muffler? Sorry, I felt like contributing some humor. A similar incident happened to me when I got a fallout shelter sign. I got sent some interstate batteries thing, turns out the guy got the packages mixed up Haha thanks! I wasn't happy wh...