Fanman wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 23, 2024 12:25 pm

It’s nice that they chose a siren with a mostly similar sound to the rm-130

I thought so too, until I found out it was an Equinox and not a 2001-130. So it'll sound pretty much just like a T-128.

Most of the sirens in Ardmore, Oklahoma are unrecorded, including the new Federal Signal Equinox just recently installed (replaced the courthouse RM-130).

Some of the old RM-130s were photographed before they were removed. Only one ambience video exists of them sounding off during a tornado warning.

Quick update: It's not a 2001-130....it's an EQUINOX!!! Also, Ardmore has apparently switched all their siren controllers and activation system from ASC to Federal Signal.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TqEUc7I2-g

Yep, I was notified on Reddit a day or two ago.

This is the first Federal Signal siren that's been in Ardmore since the RM-130 upgrade in 1998. That's 26 straight years of ASC sirens!

A year or two ago, I released a video on my siren YouTube channel (Siren Archives) about Ardmore's siren system testing schedule and the fact that the last remaining RM-130 over there was still active and working. Just yesterday, I received a comment on that video claiming that the RM-130 has been r...

I think A and B have to do with the type of motor (1-phase vs 3-phase?)

And T denotes dual tone. So Thunderbolt 1000 is single tone and Thunderbolt 1000T is dual tone. The 1003 doesn't need the T because it only comes in dual tone.

Sure sounds like Modulators. Of course, that is going by the sound, which is the Federal Signal UltraVoice (UV) controller. So it could be any electronic siren hooked up to a UV, but Modulator is most likely.

On most keyboards, the E key is right next to the W key. I'm 99% certain W.D. Bullard was a typo.

Palmspringslocator2 wrote: ↑

Sun May 14, 2023 6:38 am

KoleM1Abrams wrote: ↑

Sun May 14, 2023 12:44 am

Here’s a photo.

I saw some of those as well, it looks great despite being 68ish years old

There's a possibility that it might've been refurbished before in its lifetime. Then again, it's probably shielded from the sun by all the trees.

The logo has nothing to do with whether the siren has an AC-only, DC-only, or AC/DC configuration. The logo simply tells us how old the siren is: The blue rectangular logo was used from the 90s to the mid-2000s. The circular logo with the three arrows was used from the late-2000s to the mid-2010s. T...