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Re: Mystery Omni-Directional Siren my Uncle collected

Tue Jan 25, 2022 6:55 pm

07VFDInLCD wrote:
Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:51 am
Vintagecollections wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:10 pm
It’s a Federal 20. Has to be. I own a model 7, the rotor and stator are identical except it’s an 8 port rather than 12.
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Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:34 pm
My Federal:
In the picture you posted, the vanes on the rotor are vastly different. The ones on your Federal, when viewed horizontally from the side, are straight. The ones on the mystery siren have an exponential curve.

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Hm. Didn’t totally catch that. It still seems to be federal, I do also see resemblance in the stator mounts, where they bolt on and have the distinct brackets like on my type 7, alike the base on mine (where the 2nd stator on your Uncle’s attaches. Also, I found a photo of a rusty model 20 which is near identical (if not identical) to your Uncle’s one:
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Re: Mystery Omni-Directional Siren my Uncle collected

Tue Jan 25, 2022 6:59 pm

Seems like it to me, but I honestly don’t know now.
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Re: Mystery Omni-Directional Siren my Uncle collected

Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:27 pm

Vintagecollections wrote:
Tue Jan 25, 2022 6:55 pm
Hm. Didn’t totally catch that. It still seems to be federal, I do also see resemblance in the stator mounts, where they bolt on and have the distinct brackets like on my type 7, alike the base on mine (where the 2nd stator on your Uncle’s attaches. Also, I found a photo of a rusty model 20 which is near identical (if not identical) to your Uncle’s one:
Good point. One thing that would confirm if this has Federal Electric / Federal Signal parts in it is a clear picture of the siren without the outer shrouds on. The ID tag would also be a good indicator, but unfortunately it seems to have long been unreadable.

Oh, and I'm not the dude with the siren. Just a fellow Siren Board member interested in this case.

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Re: Mystery Omni-Directional Siren my Uncle collected

Fri Mar 25, 2022 5:51 pm

I'm looking at this because another military vehicle collector almost bought this exact siren - without knowing about the rotor damage! I was doing some research on this unit because I had no idea what it was, so I came here and found this thread. It seems that no one here knows what this siren is for sure either!

I do believe that the motor tag is a GE tag. It looks a lot like this one, and I can faintly see the GE logo in the middle of it:

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I'd think a brass wire brush might clean that tag up a little so we can see at least what the motor details are. I'm not sure where you'd find another rotor, or maybe swap the rotor with something that roughly fits.
~1950 Federal Enterprises Model 5 - 12-port
1995 AM General M35A3

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