The Siren Board

Crazywarriorman wrote:

Mysterious T-Bolt 111 wrote:Are you going to make a video of the horn attached and rotating sometime?

I will probably get around to doing that sometime next year, those collector rings need some work.

Cant wait to see it, man!

Mantis wrote:

cauberallies wrote:Has anyone ever confirmed a Hurricane in the wild as having a port ratio other than 8/10?

I don't think anyone has. Personally though, I wouldn't mind hearing one in 9/12.

Lot of sirens used 9/12, this thing would sound just beastly with 8/12.

BUT WHO CARES, IT'S A HURRICANE MK I

WHAT IS THIS? [awesomeness] I DON'T EVEN-

LUKE, YOU HIT THE FREAKIN' JACKPOT MAN! HOLY s***! 0.0

*faint*

Figure I would do an update for all of those who are still interested. I had all siren motors looked over and cleaned out last year. The siren head has the green light to go. It needs some more cleaning, and maybe a coat of paint or two. Plus some stickers.


Rotator still needs cleaned:




So does this, even after an hour of scrubbing with mean green.



The blower is where things get very tricky. As I dug in further and further into the controls I had figured out that lightning struck the telephone relay, and had caused it to malfunction. This, in turn caused the motor starter to go on and off repeatedly, which is a big no no for big motor starters. After it was all said and done I ended up with a fried telephone relay, pitted out contactor, and busted flasher. Or, a very expensive fix.





Earlier this year I got new contacts for the motor starter and I had my local motor guy put them in. He's also figuring out what goes to what, and if it still works. You'll get what I mean in the photo below. I took it there in June, and it's been there since. I am really hoping to get it home before Christmas so I can finally finish it, but chances of that are looking slim to none right now.



Other than that I am still looking for a flasher. There is a place nearby that sells new and old Cutler Hammer stuff so I am going to check there next weekend for one. Plans are to finish both the blower and siren head, clean them both, throw a coat of paint on and then finally link them together on it's own little personal trailer.

That is awesome, I can't wait to hear that thing roar!

COUGH. bringtothemeetup.

But seriously. Looking nice so far. Liking that pic with the inside of the horn..very yellow, with the obvious exception.

I've been prodding that guy whose got the blower to hurry up, so I can get it done just in time for that meetup! Thanks for the compliments!

This is looking awesome. Great job on the clean-up. I would take this thing to my grave.

coop866 wrote:I would take this thing to my grave.

.. What's that supposed to mean?

Also I never expected the rotor to work like that. I was expecting something like the MKII.

It means he would never get rid of it...

OR

It can also mean keeping a secret your entire life.

holler wrote:It means he would never get rid of it...

OR

It can also mean keeping a secret your entire life.

Given the said situation I'm going with #1.
That's a confusing phrase, so thanks for the info.