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Re: What kind of blower does this Thunderbolt use?

Fri May 12, 2017 5:17 pm

Woa lots of replies! Okay so Conner sorry bro I must have misread that. Greenfield right I added the 6M to reference the sound on a 1000T but I didn't make that clear. Sorry. Basically I'm trying to say that the buzz doesn't sound like a 5M to me but I could be wrong. Hard to tell without rotation.
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Re: What kind of blower does this Thunderbolt use?

Fri May 12, 2017 5:18 pm

You know, this would be 10x easier if someone knew the year it was manufactured.
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Re: What kind of blower does this Thunderbolt use?

Sun May 14, 2017 12:08 am

Tyler wrote:
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You know, this would be 10x easier if someone knew the year it was manufactured.
Unfortunately, the controls are in a shed (the siren's pole goes through the roof of the shed) that has a gate blocking the entrance, plus its at a police station; so i am unable to see what year the siren was manufactured in. If and when I go back out there this summer I might ask if I could have a look at the controls
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Re: What kind of blower does this Thunderbolt use?

Sun May 14, 2017 4:16 am

Greenfield1003 wrote:
Sun May 14, 2017 12:08 am
Tyler wrote:
Fri May 12, 2017 5:18 pm
You know, this would be 10x easier if someone knew the year it was manufactured.
Unfortunately, the controls are in a shed (the siren's pole goes through the roof of the shed) that has a gate blocking the entrance, plus its at a police station; so i am unable to see what year the siren was manufactured in. If and when I go back out there this summer I might ask if I could have a look at the controls
There's a tag on the outside of the blower. It's on the back of the cover on the bracket that holds the box to the frame.
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Re: What kind of blower does this Thunderbolt use?

Sun May 14, 2017 2:39 pm

Tyler wrote:
Sun May 14, 2017 4:16 am
Greenfield1003 wrote:
Sun May 14, 2017 12:08 am
Tyler wrote:
Fri May 12, 2017 5:18 pm
You know, this would be 10x easier if someone knew the year it was manufactured.
Unfortunately, the controls are in a shed (the siren's pole goes through the roof of the shed) that has a gate blocking the entrance, plus its at a police station; so i am unable to see what year the siren was manufactured in. If and when I go back out there this summer I might ask if I could have a look at the controls
Back of the cover is inside the shed :lol:

There's a tag on the outside of the blower. It's on the back of the cover on the bracket that holds the box to the frame.
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Re: What kind of blower does this Thunderbolt use?

Sun May 14, 2017 3:26 pm

Sounds like a 4M blower to me. Although it could be a 5M or 6M.
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Re: What kind of blower does this Thunderbolt use?

Sun May 14, 2017 3:35 pm

Yeah it's highly highly likely that it's 4M. There's such a small number of 5M 1003s, it's not worth that much of a debate.
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Re: What kind of blower does this Thunderbolt use?

Sun May 14, 2017 11:17 pm

Rohzino wrote:
Sun May 14, 2017 3:26 pm
Sounds like a 4M blower to me. Although it could be a 5M or 6M.
6M is off the board entirely. 6M blowers were never used on 1003s, and their covers are shaped differently anyway
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Re: What kind of blower does this Thunderbolt use?

Sun May 14, 2017 11:18 pm

Tyler wrote:
Sun May 14, 2017 3:35 pm
Yeah it's highly highly likely that it's 4M. There's such a small number of 5M 1003s, it's not worth that much of a debate.
Yeah that would make sense since the 5M blower came out right as the 1003 came out. Only 5M 1003s that I know of are the ones in Newberry, SC
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Re: What kind of blower does this Thunderbolt use?

Sun May 14, 2017 11:20 pm

UPDATE: here is a video with rotation. (The rotator was starting to go bad when this was taken.) Video for greenfield 1003▶ 3:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esZTYjrTryI
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