Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:15 am
Went on two siren repairs and each siren was installed by so called "professionals" Siren #1 was in Warren county and is a used T-Bolt and installed two years ago by Federal Field Services and is disgusting that they were paid for this half assed installation. I was called because Federal came out to troubleshoot a problem with the siren. They looked at it and said they need a new siren at $20,000.00 because the chopper motor did not work (remember they installed this two years ago) A member of this board saw a notice that this siren will be indefinatly out of service and so he texted me and I contacted the proper authority and today I went to the site. Here is what I found. The controls were filled with creature droppings and birds nest, the siren head and 3 inch conduit was held to the pole with a cheap 14/20 strap and the lower conduit strap was broken. I was so afraid to touch this siren that I took nylon rope and secured the siren head to the pole so I could work on it. (I left the rope for safety as it would have fallen in a year or so). The horn had no screen and the frame was broken in half (remember Federal installed this two years ago). I installed a screen, and proceeded to remove the chopper motor. The hex bolts that hold the chopper motor in and horn to the chopper motor were untouched and never removed (remember Federal said the chopper was bad and needed a new siren). I finally removed the chopper motor to find a wire burnt off the brush holder and the brushes were just nubs. (remember Federal installed this two years ago, and I guess they did not even rebuild and replace bad parts). I replaced the chopper motor and the motor works fine. The controls were removed as the chopper switch and possibly the agastat is bad. It makes me sick these so called "professionals" like Federal and American Signal get away with sloppy, disgusting, half assed, inferior work. Even the pole looked used.