Suprise

[jkvernon]

Found this on Flickr last night. Figured at least some of you might be a little interested.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robsv/179911447/

[Gil]

Hah thats cool. the pain tjob is very different for a siren.

[SirenMadness]

Since it belongs to a power-generating station, it is important, so they put the stripes on for greater visibility at night, probably. It's cool, though!

Great find.

[thunderbolt1003kid]

is that a EOWS 812 ive never seen one of those before

[quiksmith10]

I was proven wrong. Jjkvernon, thanks for providing that information.

[loudmouth]

maybe its near a air port or in the flight line of a run way or some what close to one and they put thouse stripes on it so airplanes can see it.

[jkvernon]

It's most definately not a photoshop job. Notice the discoloration near the top of the array. Also, here's proof that Federal did at one time make an 812.

http://www.jmarcoz.com/sirens/sc4.pdf

[Travis]

maybe its near a air port or in the flight line of a run way or some what close to one and they put thouse stripes on it so airplanes can see it.

Nope. They wouldn't paint it those colors if it was near an airport. It would have to be Aviation Red and White, per FAA requirements (if it was to be painted for that reason in the first place)

[Jim_Ferer]

FWIW, I'm guessing that's not a paint job, it's reflective sheeting. It looked to me like the bottom of the siren was the usual gray.

A siren wouldn't be the highest object at a generator station anyway to be marked for aircraft.

[AllSafe]

Yep, that's an 812. Eight horns, 16 drivers, 6400 watts of power...the most powerful electronic siren ever made. It projects 132dbC.