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by dclarkct
Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:55 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Whelen Status lights
Replies: 15
Views: 5471

Re: Whelen Status lights

Idk the answer to your 2nd question. But my last siren test I went to was a 2810. It works perfectly, and all the lights are off. Most of our sirens here are like that, but all of them work. If all the lights are off there are two possible conditions. #1 Low battery, if the pair of batteries drops ...
by dclarkct
Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:35 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Whelen 4000 series siren rotor progamming
Replies: 1
Views: 1581

Re: Whelen 4000 series siren rotor progamming

To my knowledge, 4000/vortex use limit switches to reverse the direction of the motor. In theory, maybe you could move the limit switches in the rotator assembly to choose how far the siren rotates. Just my thoughts. The Vortex has a continuously rotating rotor (just back and forth), the 4000 serie...
by dclarkct
Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:27 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Whelen Status lights
Replies: 15
Views: 5471

Re: Whelen Status lights

This is on a 2800 though. Why is the last light lit? I think the logic board's circuit for the rotor sensor is bypassed/jumpered on the omnis just so that it doesn't send back a false report of a "failure" for a nonexistent rotor during polling, but I'm not 100% sure on that. Makes sense ...
by dclarkct
Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:10 pm
Forum: Videos and Media
Topic: Whelen Hornet Running Hi-lo in Paoli, IN
Replies: 6
Views: 3323

Re: Whelen Hornet Running Hi-lo in Paoli, IN

I counted four DTMF streams in the scanner audio. Probably multiple messages sent one over the top of the other. I hould try and decode that audio and see if I can extract them. Sounded like wail, Air Horn then Hi-LO.
by dclarkct
Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:45 pm
Forum: Mystery Sirens
Topic: ARCHIVED: Mystery Sirens (2008-3/2021)
Replies: 4223
Views: 1935188

Re: Post your Mystery Sirens here.

The Big Green wrote:Does anyone know what these sirens are? All I know is that they were installed recently, so they must be a newer model.
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That's a Hornet siren speaker (400W).
by dclarkct
Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:01 pm
Forum: Videos and Media
Topic: Sick sirens!
Replies: 83
Views: 66981

Re: Sick sirens!

Dang, that sounds like ---- Not very good. I came on board with Whelen in 2006, I don't have a lot of historical knowledge of these sirens, this could be some kind of bug or alternate tone issue. Never heard that kind of tone before. I am sharing this with our service guy to see if he has seen this ...
by dclarkct
Thu May 28, 2015 4:07 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Hackjob Horror Stories. Botched siren replacements and repairs
Replies: 45
Views: 19847

Re: Hackjob Horror Stories. Botched siren replacements and repairs

So it doesn't look like an octopus is stuck in the cabinet. They could have raised the cabinet up so it can be serviced from the back of a pickup bed. looks like the cabinet is sitting on the ground. Some small child could get tangled up and die in that mess. LOL
by dclarkct
Fri May 15, 2015 1:31 pm
Forum: Videos and Media
Topic: Whelen 2809 in Bloomington, IN
Replies: 3
Views: 2014

Re: Whelen 2809 in Bloomington, IN

OK, Thanks.
by dclarkct
Thu May 14, 2015 3:46 pm
Forum: Videos and Media
Topic: Whelen 2809 in Bloomington, IN
Replies: 3
Views: 2014

Re: Whelen 2809 in Bloomington, IN

The DTMF signal I hear is that your monitoring rig or is that coming from the siren itself? Just Curious, normally the only time you would hear that from the siren is when the PA is engaged and disengaged.
by dclarkct
Tue May 12, 2015 4:13 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Beat up Whelen 2810
Replies: 7
Views: 3260

Re: Beat up Whelen 2810

That looks like a pitiful attempt at lightning protection.

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