Whelen ?

[Bama2001]

I went to bibb county today and noticed that there system of whelen vortex's are still in the same place as they were 6 months ago. My question is when they test whelens do they always go back to the same place they were

[Brendan Ahern]

When a Whelen siren goes off in SI-test mode, it does in fact return to a home position. There is a limit switch for this. On the 4004 it always faces north after the silent testing.

[Travis]

When a Whelen siren goes off in SI-test mode, it does in fact return to a home position. There is a limit switch for this. On the 4004 it always faces north after the silent testing.

That isn't entirely the case. The vortex by my parent's house back in Lewisville, TX faces a new direction every day. (They are SI'd every morning at about 3:15AM.) Also, Plano's 4008's were facing a different direction every day when I drove to work.

[Bama2001]

Could it be possible that there broken? My grandmother's town installed a vortex in 2001. Somewhere in 2003 it stopped working and faced the same position for a year and was replaced with a 2001-b

[Whelen Rules]

Could it be possible that there broken? My grandmother's town installed a vortex in 2001. Somewhere in 2003 it stopped working and faced the same position for a year and was replaced with a 2001-b

That doesn't sound right for it to just stop working. It must have took a direct lightning strike or damaged in some way for it to stop working after only 2 years of operation. If it stoped working for no apparent reason then Whelen would have replaced it at a major discount, or possibly even free (I don't know exactly how the contract/warrenty goes but I believe if the siren becomes inoperable anytime before a certain time period they replace the parts or the entire unit).

[jmev]

WOW! It worked for two years? That one did good!

Bipp, Booop, BAP. Puke!