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Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:41 pm

Good lord, that thing's taken a beating. I was in the area and went by there in late July last year to see the thing and the front of the horn was still there, mind the incredibly huge gaping crack in the horn (I have photos... somewhere. let me dig them up.) However back when I saw it around 2001 it never had that huge crack in it. Wonder how much the missing horn end will affect the sound output.

You'd think that with that huge piece of fiberglass and deathly sound output the manufacturer (ACA) would have at least taken some kinds of measures to stabilize the thing.. at least by a layer of steel wire mesh inside of the fiberglass or something along those lines. I wonder if someone still has the T-135 molds and would be able to make replacements, seems like more and more of them are falling apart these days, but still deafen those standing within 100' of the thing.

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Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:43 pm

Very big problem for the aging P50 siren. We do refurbish these sirens with re-enforced fiberglass horns and screen stabilzers.
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Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:28 pm

Just drove by this siren. Here are some pictures. These were taken with my iPhone, so please excuse the quality.

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Mon Jan 02, 2012 7:37 pm

firealarm211 wrote:Just drove by this siren. Here are some pictures. These were taken with my iPhone, so please excuse the quality.
That's exactly why I love my iPhone...who are you kidding. Those photos are terrific! Really lets you see into the throat of that beast!

Interesting to see that the outer piece still hasn't been fixed. I wonder if they even will.
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Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:10 pm

Kinda reminds me of a Whelen Hornet on steroids :lol:
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Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:36 am

I would love to see/hear a video of this one being tested!
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Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:49 am

There already is one, look for it. Its still loud as hell.
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Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:03 am

holler wrote:There already is one, look for it. Its still loud as hell.

Ah, yes - my bad! :oops: Forgot about the video for it!
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Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:55 am

I just got word from a MSCEMA official that the horn is being repaired at a city shop. I don't know when the horn is going back on.
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Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:43 am

Trevor wrote:I just got word from a MSCEMA official that the horn is being repaired at a city shop. I don't know when the horn is going back on.
I was in Memphis last week and the P-50 has been removed from its pole. Hopefully it'll be going back up with a repaired horn soon.
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