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Sat May 06, 2017 11:57 pm

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This is an odd looking siren.
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I believe that's a Darley 2V8. If it isn't, it's at least in that family.

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Sun May 07, 2017 12:35 am

Definitely a Sterling 2V8, been by it many times.. it used to be mounted on a building across the street, was moved as seen to the back of the firehouse and is now pole mounted next to the firehouse... Strinestown Fire Department in Pa

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Sun May 07, 2017 12:58 am

Rheems1 wrote:Definitely a Sterling 2V8, been by it many times.. it used to be mounted on a building across the street, was moved as seen to the back of the firehouse and is now pole mounted next to the firehouse... Strinestown Fire Department in Pa
I believe the siren mentioned is actually a Sterling 3v8, here is an image of a 2v8 in Fairmount, GA. The 3v8 is a bit more powerful, has a larger rotor and has a housing with louvers that somewhat resemble those of a Fedelcode.
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100% Darley 3V8.
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Sun May 07, 2017 5:51 am

Found this at the Bainbridge VFD in Bainbridge/Mt. Wolf, PA. Looks as if it were a model 2 with a extra louvers, but I cannot tell.

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Sun May 07, 2017 6:03 am

Funny story here as well, Bainbridge used to have an STH-10... it went belly up after getting hit by lightning and running for 10 minutes creating the magic blue smoke. It was replaced by that Model 2 but they took the head of the STH-10 off and mounted the Model 2 on the intake assembly, that extra louvre is the round part of the intake

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bobcat418 wrote:
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Rheems1 wrote:Definitely a Sterling 2V8, been by it many times.. it used to be mounted on a building across the street, was moved as seen to the back of the firehouse and is now pole mounted next to the firehouse... Strinestown Fire Department in Pa
I believe the siren mentioned is actually a Sterling 3v8, here is an image of a 2v8 in Fairmount, GA. The 3v8 is a bit more powerful, has a larger rotor and has a housing with louvers that somewhat resemble those of a Fedelcode.
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My mistake because I was typing on my phone and I have large fingers, I meant to type Sterling 3V8 but I hit the 2 instead... Dave for the fat fingered fail :(

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So, I have always wondered what this siren is. I believe I self identified it a few years ago but I can't remember what it is.
I feel almost like it's an M-10, but I can't confirm because I haven't heard it.
That would be a Sterling Y-10, the sterling that had coded dampers installed on it. You can tell by the Y shape brackets on the front of that intake. (Don't know if that's where it got it's name or not)
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Mon May 08, 2017 5:12 pm

MaumeeStormMaster wrote:
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Tue May 02, 2017 10:48 am
So, I have always wondered what this siren is. I believe I self identified it a few years ago but I can't remember what it is.
I feel almost like it's an M-10, but I can't confirm because I haven't heard it.
That would be a Sterling Y-10, the sterling that had coded dampers installed on it. You can tell by the Y shape brackets on the front of that intake. (Don't know if that's where it got it's name or not)
Coded dampers? Surely you mean the brake mechanism. You'd need really long intakes to have dampers on them. I've only known Sterling Y-10s to have brakes on them, and I'm pretty sure that's the only configuration it was in.
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