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Possible rare CLM siren refurbished and installed in a small town
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:43 pm
by Wabailey
I have relatives who live in a small town in Ontario and I occasionally visit. On my last visit before lockdown I noticed a siren on top of a fire station that I had never noticed before. A little more digging and I discovered a facebook post by the fire department confirming that the siren was in fact new, however the facebook post also mentions that it was a refurbished siren from 1950 and it is one of the last of its kind. It looks like a Carter to me so I checked if any Carters were installed in Canada and found that CLM produced some carters and I believe that is what this siren is. If anyone can verify the type of siren it would be helpful as I would like to film it testing.
Link to the facebook post:
https://www.facebook.com/BrookeFireResc ... 166768187/
Link to the only other image I could find of it:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaR2WjiXQAEiHBU.jpg
Re: Possible rare CLM siren refurbished and installed in a small town
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:15 am
by NottaFoamer
Ah that siren, it’s a 20/24 port CLM and yes they are rare
Re: Possible rare CLM siren refurbished and installed in a small town
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:01 pm
by Wabailey
Eows 115 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:15 am
Ah that siren, it’s a 20/24 port CLM and yes they are rare
Cool! I'll see if I can line up my next visit with the next test so I can film it.
Re: Possible rare CLM siren refurbished and installed in a small town
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:28 pm
by NottaFoamer
Wabailey wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:01 pm
Eows 115 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:15 am
Ah that siren, it’s a 20/24 port CLM and yes they are rare
Cool! I'll see if I can line up my next visit with the next test so I can film it.
Here is a video of a user here who used to own one winding it up with a drill
https://youtu.be/5lF6POzPbvY
Re: Possible rare CLM siren refurbished and installed in a small town
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 4:59 pm
by championsiren
Eows 115 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:28 pm
Wabailey wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:01 pm
Eows 115 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:15 am
Ah that siren, it’s a 20/24 port CLM and yes they are rare
Cool! I'll see if I can line up my next visit with the next test so I can film it.
Here is a video of a user here who used to own one winding it up with a drill
https://youtu.be/5lF6POzPbvY
Presumably he still owns one of the two and sold the other to another person here.
Re: Possible rare CLM siren refurbished and installed in a small town
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:53 pm
by Wabailey
Not likely but maybe he was the one who sold the siren to the town.
Re: Possible rare CLM siren refurbished and installed in a small town
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:23 pm
by NottaFoamer
IceBolt_1003 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 4:59 pm
Eows 115 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:28 pm
Wabailey wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:01 pm
Cool! I'll see if I can line up my next visit with the next test so I can film it.
Here is a video of a user here who used to own one winding it up with a drill
https://youtu.be/5lF6POzPbvY
Presumably he still owns one of the two and sold the other to another person here.
nope he apparently sold both
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19589&hilit=CLM
Re: Possible rare CLM siren refurbished and installed in a small town
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:52 pm
by sheppardpat47
Actually it sounds a lot like a 10/12 siren since it's 20/24 ports, same port ratio so doesn't change a lot, someone already 3D printed one and it sounds awesome and exactly like a 3T22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSUJRgZezAI
Re: Possible rare CLM siren refurbished and installed in a small town
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:08 pm
by championsiren
That's because it is running at a lower RPM, 1750 I believe. The normal RPM for sirens is around 3300RPM.
Oh well I didn't know. I'd heard that he sold one and refurbished the other.
Re: Possible rare CLM siren refurbished and installed in a small town
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:02 pm
by Wabailey
Going there this summer so I will see if maybe they could test for me to film it.