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Obscure Small Sirens Thread

Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:04 pm

I see a number of small sirens come up from time-to-time on eBay that are made by companies who rarely, or never, make sirens of any kind at all. Most recently, the discovery of a siren made by Hamilton Beach made me want to keep a running thread of all known small sirens manufactured out there for us to reference as needed.
My criteria for this list includes:
  • The siren must be small enough to be used in the class described in this forum (indoor, other outdoor, or vehicular. No large outdoor sirens).
  • The siren must be made and sold by an actual business.
  • Said business can't be a common large siren manufacturer, i.e. Federal Signal, Whelen, etc.
  • The siren must be a siren.
    • Random speakers aren't sirens because they can play a noise, they have to be made for the purpose of being a siren.
    • Something that looks similar to a siren and even sounds a little like one still isn't one if it wasn't made as one (ex. a fan).
Reources: Siren Tags Discord server, Joe Dorgan/sirenman.com, eBay, craigslist, The Siren Board (all media used is not my own, and I do not claim credit; credit to all owners).
Note: sections marked in blue are missing information, red for unknown fire apparatus sirens, and names in "" are guesses.

With that covered, here's the Master List:
ABCO: Ademco: Alarm & Son (Mexico): Archer: Auto-Lite: Auto-Matic Alarm:
  • To be completed
Benjamin Electric: Bowman Astrosonix: CAM: Dictograph Products, Inc: E.A. Laboratories: Edwards Co.: Federal Laboratories:
  • To be completed
Fedtro: Fyr-Fyter: General Detroit: Hamilton Beach: Harley-Davidson:
  • "Federal Signal Siren rebadge"
  • "Sterling siren rebadge"
Hedberg:
H.O.R.: IMI: Klaxon: Mars: On-Guard: PERKO: Persons-Majestic Mfg. Co.: RAE: Safehouse: Seagrave:
  • To be completed
Sears-Roebuck: Sentry-Sonic:
  • To be completed
Sirena: Sireno: Southern VP: S.S (Osaka, Japan siren manufacturer): Stewart-Clark:
  • To be completed
Stewart-Warner: Tripp-Lite/Tri-Lite: Universal Security Instruments: Vixen Horns: UNKNOWN/NO INFORMATION: Let me know if any information is incorrect or more is needed. Thank you!

Edit Log:
11/20/2024: Added Klaxon section with Mono 72, Mono SE, and unknown model; Added IMI "DDR", Sirena, Sears-Roebuck, Univeral Security Instruments; Changed "Yugoslavian siren manufacturer" section to "Tripp-Lite/Tri-Lite;" Added information to: E.A. Labs, Fyr-Fyter, H-D, H.O.R., Mars, PERKO, and P-M; Struck Sparton due to redundancy with the wiki.
12/3/2024: Removed Sparks, switched over eBay listing files to Flickr.
12/10/2024: More Flickr switchovers; added Alarm & Son, Bowman Astrosonix, Benjamin Electric, Edwards, Fedtro, General Detroit, On-Guard, Safehouse, Sireno (new models), Stewart-Warner, Universal Security Instruments, more UNKNOWN sirens.
1/28/2025: Added Hedberg, Sireno (new models), Southern VP,
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Re: Obscure Small Sirens Thread

Wed Nov 20, 2024 1:23 am

E. A. Labs also sold a SirEAne Sr. and a rebrand of the Federal Electric Type 160-A (you can read about them here: https://wiki.airraidsirens.net/E._A._Laboratories). Additionally, I have reason to believe the "Yugoslavian sirens" are actually products of Tripp Lite; Tripp sold sirens with identical grilles and rotor and stator designs and their successor Tri Lite does as well in the form of the Model VS sirens. One of them has also been found with a Tripp Lite sticker.
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Re: Obscure Small Sirens Thread

Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:56 am

FYI, linking directly to eBay images is not a good idea. The images will disappear in a few month's time.

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Re: Obscure Small Sirens Thread

Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:22 pm

Here's mine, a Klaxon 220V siren, unknown model, all I know is that it's a low tone unit, the grille looks identical to a Type 72 siren. Unfortunately mine got bashed up badly in shipping and I need to bend back the stator 😔

I've put the seller's pictures first, rotor Pic is from me:
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Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:25 pm

Also can't forget the infamous IMI AL1578 or "DDR siren" as it's sometimes known:
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Re: Obscure Small Sirens Thread

Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:34 pm

There's this thing I own which is apparently a Klaxon Mono SE, I have only ever seen dual-tone versions of them, never this single tone one. Apparently both tones are pretty rare, anyway.



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Wed Nov 20, 2024 1:20 pm

Eclipse DDS wrote:
Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:34 pm
There's this thing I own which is apparently a Klaxon Mono SE, I have only ever seen dual-tone versions of them, never this single tone one. Apparently both tones are pretty rare, anyway.
That just looks like mine, but newer, also I love how the Mono SE's rotor looks simple, it almost looks the same as the Klaxon Type 77's rotor but with more ports and vanes.

Also, speaking of Klaxon sirens, I have a somewhat rarer version of the type 80 that is coming up in the mail, it has a different grille compared to most of its kind, but otherwise should be identical.
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Wed Nov 20, 2024 1:32 pm

Ziginox wrote:
Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:56 am
FYI, linking directly to eBay images is not a good idea. The images will disappear in a few month's time.
I feared as much. I'll see if I can't go back and save/reupload.
For the sake of not clogging up the thread with pictures, is there a photo website you'd reccomend for this? Much appreciated.

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Re: Obscure Small Sirens Thread

Wed Nov 20, 2024 1:51 pm

SICentral wrote:
Wed Nov 20, 2024 1:23 am
E. A. Labs also sold a SirEAne Sr. and a rebrand of the Federal Electric Type 160-A (you can read about them here: https://wiki.airraidsirens.net/E._A._Laboratories).
Good to know, thank you. I was thinking of trying to do a write up on the ones missing from the wiki, but I'm going to check with the wiki team first so I don't spam it.
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Wed Nov 20, 2024 1:23 am
Additionally, I have reason to believe the "Yugoslavian sirens" are actually products of Tripp Lite; Tripp sold sirens with identical grilles and rotor and stator designs and their successor Tri Lite does as well in the form of the Model VS sirens. One of them has also been found with a Tripp Lite sticker.
That's interesting, I wonder what the connection to Yugoslavia is then? Must have been a contract or something like that.
Darley Champion wrote: Here's mine, a Klaxon 220V siren, unknown model, all I know is that it's a low tone unit, the grille looks identical to a Type 72 siren...
Added, thanks!
Darley Champion wrote: Also can't forget the infamous IMI AL1578 or "DDR siren" as it's sometimes known:
Added, thanks!
Eclipse DDS wrote: There's this thing I own which is apparently a Klaxon Mono SE, I have only ever seen dual-tone versions of them, never this single tone one.
Added, thanks!
Darley Champion wrote: Also, speaking of Klaxon sirens, I have a somewhat rarer version of the type 80 that is coming up in the mail, it has a different grille compared to most of its kind, but otherwise should be identical.
Keep us posed here when it comes; if you can, a picture of the tag and an isometric point-of-view would be great!

Thank you guys for the help! Let's keep it going.

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Re: Obscure Small Sirens Thread

Wed Nov 20, 2024 5:19 pm

I can get you some better pictures of a Sireane Jr, I have one that I've painted!
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