Carters of Burnley, Secomak Limited Minimite sirens

[SoundMaster 391]

How old is this thread?

Are you serious? It literally said the date at the top of the post...

[Chem_Boffin_6589]

It was a rhetorical question, sorry.

[Captain Dynamite]

I have 7 minimites, still less than you though They are all 12v. I'm trying to upload a pic but it won't let me

Oh nice. I'd like to see them. Are all from the same decade or a mix of decades eg 70s, 80s, 90s?

When you replied did you click on attachments & click add files? If you did once you found the photo you may to to make the image smaller for it to upload. My images are 700 x 525.

[Stevenkn49]

I'm not sure which decade they were made. Six of them all look identical with the same style of writing and motors, but one has slightly different style of writing and a smaller motor. I'll take pics of the motors etc soon. Do you still have all of yours?

[Captain Dynamite]

Very nice! They look like early to mid 70s models. If you pop the siren part out from the bottom housing you should see a year stamped on them I'm guessing.

One of my 6 volt units that looks like yours has the year 1975 stamped onto the side of the motor.

Yes I still have all my Minimites. I do wish they were dual tone though. They would sound much nicer if dual tone to what they do now being single tone.

[Stevenkn49]

I had a look and 4 of them say 1978. The other 3 are smudged so I can't make them out, but I presume they were from around the same time.

I tested them using a 9v battery, very impressive for their size

[Captain Dynamite]

Very nice! Yes they're very potent little noisemakers.

[Dorianelevator]

quite lucky to own a bunch of these, apart from that, i also have some. but thanks to you, we can now confirm the 50 volt minimite exists. just one question : is it a 50 volt ac or 50 volt dc version ?

[PelicanStateSirens]

quite lucky to own a bunch of these, apart from that, i also have some. but thanks to you, we can now confirm the 50 volt minimite exists. just one question : is it a 50 volt ac or 50 volt dc version ?

It's a 50VDC version.

[Dorianelevator]

quite lucky to own a bunch of these, apart from that, i also have some. but thanks to you, we can now confirm the 50 volt minimite exists. just one question : is it a 50 volt ac or 50 volt dc version ?

It's a 50VDC version.

Thanks.