Man, can I just say this has been the most exciting thing I’ve read all year. I love the older Allertronics and I’m excited to see how the project turns out!NahIDee wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 5:36 amThank you!Randomizer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:08 amFirst off, best of luck. Looking beautiful.
This made me wonder: did Carson make everything for ACA's electronics in the early days? Curious what, if anything, ACA did in house with the electronic components.
My guess is Carson did, but I'd have to look into it more. Obviously the 200W amps and the controller are, and I think the 400W amplifier is too.
Carson made both revisions of the old analog tone boards that the Alertronic's used as well as the 200W amplifier and the early 400W amplifier the Quadren used. I do not believe that Carson makes anything for American Signal now. Right now there is a different company that assembles the CompuLert 3 board that the newer ASC electronic sirens use as well as the later Alertronics and Quadrens. I believe the same company makes the amplifiers.Randomizer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:08 amFirst off, best of luck. Looking beautiful.
This made me wonder: did Carson make everything for ACA's electronics in the early days? Curious what, if anything, ACA did in house with the electronic components.
Well, with it currently being in the negatives for temperature, painting at my shop is impossible. I'd like to get most of it sanded off first before painting, just to eliminate any chances of it possibly fading through years later (in the off chance it goes back up on a pole). I'm still waiting for it to get warm enough I can send everything off that's steel to get sandblasted by Johnson's Sandblasting. Same thing goes with painting; the recommended temperature is 50˚F and up, so it probably won't be until early spring.ThatGuy2020 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:53 pmThat’s an amazing find! You got very lucky! Good luck restoring it! I’d say the first priority is painting over the vandalism if it were me.
Speak of the devil, there they are... The new 8487400 adapters arrived. Just waiting on the specialty 1-3/8"x18 UNEF tap to arrive and then I can get threads tapped in.NahIDee wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:04 pmWell, with it currently being in the negatives for temperature, painting at my shop is impossible. I'd like to get most of it sanded off first before painting, just to eliminate any chances of it possibly fading through years later (in the off chance it goes back up on a pole). I'm still waiting for it to get warm enough I can send everything off that's steel to get sandblasted by Johnson's Sandblasting. Same thing goes with painting; the recommended temperature is 50˚F and up, so it probably won't be until early spring.ThatGuy2020 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:53 pmThat’s an amazing find! You got very lucky! Good luck restoring it! I’d say the first priority is painting over the vandalism if it were me.
Currently, I'm waiting on getting the back cover remanufactured by Smith Welding in St. Paul, NE. It's going to be made out of 1/16" thick aluminum since it's both light-weight and can be corrosive-resistant if done right. There's also a number of other parts I'm waiting on to be manufactured or shipped too, such as the Atlas Y-Adapters and the Atlas 8487400 adapters.
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