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by Nelso90
Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:36 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: A (crazy) siren enthusiast's back yard...
Replies: 37
Views: 10897

Haha, you're nuts! I am still freaked out by how big that allertor is! I don't think I could have sold her to a better guy given how much real estate you've given to sirens already! Hey, what does the 2T22 draw for starting current? I have 50A 220, but I don't think that will work! When I get onto m...
by Nelso90
Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:21 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Good starter siren?
Replies: 111
Views: 29288

How long is quite some time? I figure it's gonna be a while. That's a very healthy tbolt. The erick is never used though. There are a couple of cities that haven't caught the 2001 virus, Mendota Heights and Bloomington too. But their 1003 is MINE when it comes down! :twisted: Honestly though, a tbol...
by Nelso90
Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:11 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Sirens in Ely?
Replies: 14
Views: 4619

Hit the international wolf center up there if you can, it's on 169 just past where you turn right to go on highway 1 south out of town. Very informative, I went up there on a motorcycle ride from Duluth this summer. I learned about wolves, and a lot about human society and where I stand in it in the...
by Nelso90
Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:21 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Rare sirens I found
Replies: 4
Views: 2136

Hey, those look familiar, it's Mendota Heights! Good to see another MN enthusiast here, especially one from the south metro! What school do you attend?
by Nelso90
Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:40 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Dakota County, Minnesota Sirens
Replies: 12
Views: 4427

Hey, if you're still in burnsville tomorrow, I may be setting off my thunderbolt for the 1st Wednesday test, listen for it!
by Nelso90
Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:48 am
Forum: Videos and Media
Topic: July BumbleBolt run
Replies: 4
Views: 2073

You oughtta hear (feel?) it when you're sitting behind it!
Thanks!
by Nelso90
Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:33 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Chopper motor on 1003 hums/buzzes...Updated 7/29/11
Replies: 32
Views: 9598

I know of a good electrical shop down in Mankato that did some work on the starter for our Formula SAE car at school. Forgot the name, but it IS Mankato, and he seemed reasonable btw.
by Nelso90
Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:08 pm
Forum: Videos and Media
Topic: July BumbleBolt run
Replies: 4
Views: 2073

July BumbleBolt run

I figured I'd go whole hog this time and do a full test, but I didn't want to freak out my neighbors with instant eardrum annihilation, so I did a quiet alert before I blasted it in attack, and the people next door aren't home btw :wink: ! Love it when the blower comes on and insta-kills the 2001! :...
by Nelso90
Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:53 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Trains + Sirens.
Replies: 50
Views: 32598

Federal Signal fan wrote:Not 1003s... ugh, Union Pacific was experimenting with electronic horns...
No, the union pacific's were actually 1003's. It's been known for quite a while now.
by Nelso90
Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:50 am
Forum: Videos and Media
Topic: Gas-powered Thunderbolt blower
Replies: 4
Views: 2731

Most little guys like that are governed at 3600 r/min.

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