SUPER WHELEN TO THE RESCUE!!!!

[thunderbeam63]

So yesterday around 9:30, our 3016's started kicking on. AND THEY WERE LOUD AS HELL!!!

Most of the time you'll hear a very faint "rrrr" coming from outside. But, THIS
TIME!!!


They sounded like they where "SUPER WHELEN" sirens.

Anybody want to guess why this was???

[Jim_Ferer]

Full power versus test?

[Conky 2000]

Could that be it? I thought that sirens ran on the same power in a test as they did when warning of an event.

[Whelen Rules]

I would say that the siren horn was facing your direction as it went into alert mode (I am assuming). Whelen's sirens run on the same power be it a test or emergency. Do some logical thinking and one could determine the horn was obviously facing you when the siren started up.

[2001srnfan]

Probably because you over dramatized the situation and thought you heard something.

[Justin]

Most of the time you'll hear a very faint "rrrr" coming from outside.

Your making no sense.

'Whelen Rules' is right, there are only two power modes: Off and Exorbitantly loud.

Weather does influence acoustics though, so were you 'down-wind' of the siren that day? Was it warm or cool?
You could also be referring to the current flowing through the control boxes if you were standing X metres away.

AND THEY WERE LOUD AS HELL!!!

No surprise there. Sirens from the word 'go' are manufactured to achieve this goal.

[thunderbeam63]

I guess you guys had o be there...

[OrnAlert]

Maybe they installed a new whelen near your house

[2001srnfan]

I guess you guys had o be there...

We were when we were all 13.