Warren, Ohio _ Trumbull County

[Elliott]

I believe I posted the original topic on the old board, but here are some cool pics from an install last summer I think, or maybe the one before.

Siren I stumbled across along the way:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... /006_6.jpg

T-128 in crate. http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... /009_9.jpg

Loading into trailer:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 017_17.jpg

Control Box and Radio:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 010_10.jpg

Radio: http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 013_13.jpg

Rectifier:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 011_11.jpg

Contactor:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 024_24.jpg

Siren Motor:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 035_35.jpg

Rotator:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 034_34.jpg

Brushes:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 038_38.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 040_40.jpg

Rotation Sensor:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 043_43.jpg

Clay and Clayton, bolting head on.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 036_36.jpg

[Robert Gift]

...here are some cool pics from an install last summer ...or maybe the one before.
Siren I stumbled across along the way:

Thanks for your interesting photos, Elliott.
Your detailed close-ups are especially enjoyable.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 035_35.jpg
The motor looks so small, especially for single phase. How many horsepower?

On the radio control it reads the timings: Attack = 6 seconds ON / Six Off - 3 minutes.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 010_10.jpg
What is the next below?
Thank you,

[SirenMadness]

The rotor-motor is rated at (7.5) horsepower.

[Elliott]

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 035_35.jpg
The motor looks so small, especially for single phase. How many horsepower?

On the radio control it reads the timings: Attack = 6 seconds ON / Six Off - 3 minutes.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa11 ... 010_10.jpg
What is the next below?
Thank you,

It's a DC motor, so technically not single-phase (implies AC). Unaware of HP myself.

Not sure what the other command listing after attack was. I'll ask Clayton.

[Robert Gift]

I'm an IDIOT!
Should have realized when I viewed your rectifier photo that it is DC.
Also can now see on motor lable it is Advanced DC Motors, INC.

So it is battery powered or battery back up? That is the way to go.
I heard of a tornado knocking out someone's power grid and therefore no notice.

Thank you,

[Elliott]

I'm an IDIOT!
Should have realized when I viewed your rectifier photo that it is DC.
Also can now see on motor lable it is Advanced DC Motors, INC.

So it is battery powered or battery back up? That is the way to go.
I heard of a tornado knocking out someone's power grid and therefore no notice.

Thank you,

Your'e not an idiot by any means Robert.

These units are battery-backup. I would guess that the only battery powered units would be solar recharged units in desolate locations without utility power. The one shown was installed in front of a fire station.

I will also add, the in the contactor photo, you can see the CT, or current transformer around the black wire, to monitor siren motor current. Also, the silver and white device that says T-Tron on it (between the left side black terminal above the contactor is a surge arrestor for lightning.

[Robert Gift]

... in the contactor photo, you can see the CT, or current transformer around the black wire, to monitor siren motor current. Also, the silver and white device that says T-Tron on it (between the left side black terminal above the contactor is a surge arrestor for lightning.

Interesting. Thanks for explaining that. I love learning every detail.

In east Denver, there is a solar-powered Federal Signal 2001 right next to a high school:
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&c ... &encType=1
Did the solar power option save it's cost in trenching A.C. the small distance from the school to the siren?
When I consider the cost of pole, and planting it, and cost of solar power, why did they not place the 2001 on the school's auditorium roof (below bottom of photo) which is about the same height?

[AllSafe]

Advanced DC motors are great...used quite often in electric car applications where reliability is paramount.

[Elliott]

In east Denver, there is a solar-powered Federal Signal 2001 right next to a high school:
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&c ... &encType=1
Did the solar power option save it's cost in trenching A.C. the small distance from the school to the siren?

Probably, I'm guessing. The solar panel has to be a mere trickle charge I'm thinking, and with a monthly cycle time, as well as warning cycles, that is enough to keep the batteries charged.

I guess they could have just as well mounted it on the school roof.

[Gil]

Not to be off topic, but this is kind of about solar panels. There is a 2001
about a mile from my house that has every single kind of box you can think of. Its got AC power, Solar Panel AND Battery Backup. Its got the controls
a recitifier. Its cluttered. Its pretty impossible for that thing to ever loose
power.