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by Franz?
Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:08 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Sterling sirens in an old catalog.
Replies: 12
Views: 8215

I'm sure the men who built that machine would be glad to hear your complements.

Which set of controls do you have?
by Franz?
Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:40 am
Forum: Other Warning Systems - Indoor, Outdoor and Vehicular
Topic: Had a "perfect" run - no siren.
Replies: 30
Views: 20513

[quote="Robert What blue bear? Sounds like someone was experiencing Viagra sideffects. You want free bottles of O2? Heavy breathing will suffice. To view a Wild West gun battle reenactment you must travel to Cody, Wyoming. They should be pleased they got to participate in a REAL one. Pretty goo...
by Franz?
Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:03 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Sirens and "lightning field"
Replies: 18
Views: 6812

...Absolute truth #1, the Phone Company popo are coming for Gift. I told em he was also a major vendor of Blue Boxes. Bye Bobbie! Ha! We don't got no landline no mo'. Only cell phones and I haven't discovered a way to cheat with them - yet. When I got my first answering machine, I was to report its...
by Franz?
Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:02 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Sirens and "lightning field"
Replies: 18
Views: 6812

There are a few absolutes in this thread, and a load of speculation. Absolute truth #1, the Phone Company popo are coming for Gift. I told em he was also a major vendor of Blue Boxes. Bye Bobbie! Absolute truth #2 is that nothing shows off a Chief's baby blue eyes in strobe mode like him realising I...
by Franz?
Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:08 am
Forum: Other Warning Systems - Indoor, Outdoor and Vehicular
Topic: Had a "perfect" run - no siren.
Replies: 30
Views: 20513

Lets begin with you explaining that damn blue bear. I heard the crap story the guides laid on the convention goers, but I want the truth. Denver got fair marks, but it's no New Orleans, or even Baltimore (crabs), and it definitely beats hell out of Phoenix. The person who picked Phoenix has been bea...
by Franz?
Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:55 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Sterling sirens in an old catalog.
Replies: 12
Views: 8215

That catalog is from a distributor, not Sterling itself best I can tell

Can you send me scans so I can include them in the book?
by Franz?
Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:42 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Kind of a dumb question
Replies: 4
Views: 2296

There is no need or use for brushes in a 3? motor.

If somebody is "replacing" brushes in 3? motors as part of a maintainence program they are scamming somebody.
by Franz?
Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:15 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Anyone ever seen this decal on a Siren
Replies: 16
Views: 6542

If someone wants a math chalenge, just figure out how many yellow & black fallout shelter signs were installed across the US to instill a false sense of safety in the public's mind. How would that be a math chalenge (sp)? Maybe a spelling chalenge. False sense of safety? How many people do you ...
by Franz?
Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:10 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: 3T22 motor
Replies: 10
Views: 4783

1, apply a liberal dose of PB Blaster to hub & shaft 2, locate single phase motor with same NEMA frame number 3, Apply more PB 4, Remove setscrews 5, make sleve with shaft diameter at one end and 17/32 hole at other end 6, using sleve as guide to prevent shaft mushrooming, apply Parker 401 hamme...
by Franz?
Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:30 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Anyone ever seen this decal on a Siren
Replies: 16
Views: 6542

I firmly believe during the decade of the 1960s at least one or two Congresscritters had relatives in the Decalomania business. Beginning around 1960 every damn piece of military equipment had to be stickered with a decal stating "This piece of equipment cost the taxpayers of the United States ...

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