Lenexa,KS 1000

[red04stanggt]

Its in the neighborhood behind the sears grand and mcdonalds off 87th and 435. Its by a pool and a elementary school. I dont have the exact address on hand

Here's a link to the one I'm pretty sure you're talking about, just found it on Google Maps.

http://tinyurl.com/Lenexa-1000T

Fo sho thats the high pitched 1000T. If you expand that satellite map that video was recorded of the storm and the 1000T's in the backround at the apartment complex right next to 435 along renner road on the other side of the highway. This is where I recorded the 1000. Mapquest shows it being 1.94 miles from the 1000T
http://tinyurl.com/agnz5c

[NanSiren]

As I mentioned on the vid, this brings back memories. My aunt Marlene (who sadly passed on in '97, bless her soul ) lived in the Millcreek Run townhouses, on Carriage Dr. I was there several times when the sirens sounded (for testing) and I could hear this one and the higher pitched 1000 heard in the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr4Ia8-FHVg vid (just after the guy says "are you out there doing construction?)

[EL1998P71]

Is the guide wire common in that area?
Seems they don't trust the Federal Mount all that much.

[EOWS 612]

Is the guide wire common in that area?
Seems they don't trust the Federal Mount all that much.

Yeah, a lot of the older sirens have that guide wire. Every Thunderbolt in JoCo execpt for Westwood's bumble-bee T-bolt and Leawood's 612 all have a wire like that. I think it's there to offset the weight of the blower. However, none of the Thunderbolts on the Missouri side have a guide wire.

P.S: I went Leawood's EOWS 612, it sounds identical to a single-tone Modulater . It's not dual-tone like I hoped.

[red04stanggt]

Is the guide wire common in that area?
Seems they don't trust the Federal Mount all that much.

Yeah, a lot of the older sirens have that guide wire. Every Thunderbolt in JoCo execpt for Westwood's bumble-bee T-bolt and Leawood's 612 all have a wire like that. I think it's there to offset the weight of the blower. However, none of the Thunderbolts on the Missouri side have a guide wire.

P.S: I went Leawood's EOWS 612, it sounds identical to a single-tone Modulater . It's not dual-tone like I hoped.

not all the thunderbolts in JOCO have the guide wire. I know of 7 within 4 miles of my house that dont

[JasonC]

Is the guide wire common in that area?
Seems they don't trust the Federal Mount all that much.

The manual recommends the use of guy wires for unsupported standpipes over 10 feet. That's what those 4 holes in the rotator base flange are for.

[EL1998P71]

Is the guide wire common in that area?
Seems they don't trust the Federal Mount all that much.

The manual recommends the use of guy wires for unsupported standpipes over 10 feet. That's what those 4 holes in the rotator base flange are for.

I always knew that, since my Skokie IL T-bolt had them on it on all 4 holes.
But mine was not pole mounted, it was roof mounted.

But relooking at that Google streetview, the standpipe only has one support in the middle, insted of the 6-8 it should have.
It sure seems like a cheaper way to pole mount it to me.

[murrfarms]

The manual recommends the use of guy wires for unsupported standpipes over 10 feet. That's what those 4 holes in the rotator base flange are for.

That applies to roof mounted units, not pole mounted units. Pole mounted Thunderbolts don't need any kind of guide wires if they're installed correctly. The only way I could really see a pole mounted siren requiring them is if over time the pole begins to lean one way due to the soil becoming less and less stable.

[JasonC]

That applies to roof mounted units, not pole mounted units. Pole mounted Thunderbolts don't need any kind of guide wires if they're installed correctly.

Of course it applies to roof mounted units. A pole mount wouldn't be correctly installed if it had over 10 feet of unsupported standpipe.

[red04stanggt]

Well sadly this siren has a 2001 sitting next to it now and the thunderbolt has the power switch down/wires cut