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Another siren in the collection

Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:20 am

I got a few things monday when I went to WSS wiith Siren1000T1
AR timer (can never have enough of those)
Yellow case Siratrol radio
SCH controller
2 Whelen mechnical siren controllers. (I did not type that wrong, they do exsist)
and a Thunderbolt head Series B
This one may be the harper woods one. But I cannot be 100% on it.

On to the Photo's (i'll add more later when I have time)

Before pole removal
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Whelen controller

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Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:17 am

The city should have a record of the sirens from when they purchased them from FS, right? They could have purged any records they had of them, but it's worth a try. That would be really neat if you did score that siren. I have your YouTube video of it saved.

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Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:46 pm

Wait am i seeing this right, is that an offset rotator on the t bolt?

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Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:33 pm

TimeAttack wrote:Wait am i seeing this right, is that an offset rotator on the t bolt?
He said right in his post that it was a B Series :roll:
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Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:48 pm

Antiwhoknows wrote:
TimeAttack wrote:Wait am i seeing this right, is that an offset rotator on the t bolt?
He said right in his post that it was a B Series :roll:
Some people dont know the differences between them. :roll:

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Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:20 am

I took some more photo's of the thunderbolt today.
I really do think this is the salter park t-bolt.
too many in the same spot rust marks to be just a coincidence
here's so in serivce pics
Tag Side - Has rust dent at bottom right. and rust spot on CD decal

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Mine in storage has the same.

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in service pic of tag side and west side

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mine in storage - has the same rust pattern at the bottom of the rotator box door.

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rest of the photo's

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Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:42 am

Definitely the same siren.
Am I seeing the pic correctly? Is the insulation completely gone from the wires going up from the collector rings to the chopper motor? Wonder if it was burned off. Hope not..... :shock:
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Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:44 am

CDV777-1 wrote:Definitely the same siren.
Am I seeing the pic correctly? Is the insulation completely gone from the wires going up from the collector rings to the chopper motor? Wonder if it was burned off. Hope not..... :shock:
I think that is just the hemp type rope they used to hold the wires against the chopper tube. My 1003 had similar rope holding the wires going up to the solenoids.
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Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:10 am

Westgate Thunderbolt wrote:
CDV777-1 wrote:Definitely the same siren.
Am I seeing the pic correctly? Is the insulation completely gone from the wires going up from the collector rings to the chopper motor? Wonder if it was burned off. Hope not..... :shock:
I think that is just the hemp type rope they used to hold the wires against the chopper tube. My 1003 had similar rope holding the wires going up to the solenoids.
Yes, it's the twine type string that has broke. the chopper wires are in excellent condition.
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Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:16 am

Sorry to go off topic, but I talked to "cheetawolf" on YouTube, He confirmed that this is Salter Park's old Thunderbolt.
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