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Re: Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

Sat Sep 03, 2016 5:30 pm

Chem_Boffin_6589 wrote:How old is this thread?
Are you serious? It literally said the date at the top of the post...
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Re: Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

Sat Sep 03, 2016 6:10 pm

It was a rhetorical question, sorry.
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Re: Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

Sat Sep 03, 2016 8:26 pm

Stevenkn49 wrote:I have 7 minimites, still less than you though :) They are all 12v. I'm trying to upload a pic but it won't let me
Oh nice. I'd like to see them. Are all from the same decade or a mix of decades eg 70s, 80s, 90s?

When you replied did you click on attachments & click add files? If you did once you found the photo you may to to make the image smaller for it to upload. My images are 700 x 525.

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Re: Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:56 pm

I'm not sure which decade they were made. Six of them all look identical with the same style of writing and motors, but one has slightly different style of writing and a smaller motor. I'll take pics of the motors etc soon. Do you still have all of yours?
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Re: Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:15 am

Very nice! They look like early to mid 70s models. If you pop the siren part out from the bottom housing you should see a year stamped on them I'm guessing.

One of my 6 volt units that looks like yours has the year 1975 stamped onto the side of the motor.

Yes I still have all my Minimites. I do wish they were dual tone though. They would sound much nicer if dual tone to what they do now being single tone.

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Re: Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

Tue Sep 06, 2016 9:31 pm

I had a look and 4 of them say 1978. The other 3 are smudged so I can't make them out, but I presume they were from around the same time.

I tested them using a 9v battery, very impressive for their size :)

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Re: Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

Fri Sep 09, 2016 3:05 am

Very nice! Yes they're very potent little noisemakers.

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Re: Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:52 pm

quite lucky to own a bunch of these, apart from that, i also have some. but thanks to you, we can now confirm the 50 volt minimite exists. just one question : is it a 50 volt ac or 50 volt dc version ?

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Re: Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:34 pm

Dorianelevator wrote:
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:52 pm
quite lucky to own a bunch of these, apart from that, i also have some. but thanks to you, we can now confirm the 50 volt minimite exists. just one question : is it a 50 volt ac or 50 volt dc version ?
It's a 50VDC version.
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Re: Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:24 pm

TheVintageLouisiana wrote:
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:34 pm
Dorianelevator wrote:
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:52 pm
quite lucky to own a bunch of these, apart from that, i also have some. but thanks to you, we can now confirm the 50 volt minimite exists. just one question : is it a 50 volt ac or 50 volt dc version ?
It's a 50VDC version.
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