richland hills when giant siren on a pole malfunctions once: lmao bye bye siren. Actually being serious though the 2 p50s in richland hills were supposed to be good until 2030. but then they malfunctioned once last year due to a equipment issue and instead of fixing or getting new equipment richland hills FD said: these sirens bad new sirens needed now lmao.
Great P-50 siren video footage. Is this old siren still being used today? If yes, it's one of the last remaining P-50 sirens still in service in the entire Dallas / Ft Worth area. I would guess that this siren uses 3 phase 480 VOLT power since it draws a lot of current, and it has one of the loudest sound outputs, along with a Thunderbolt siren. I noticed at 1:35 the siren looks like it is mounted on the same utility pole as the overhead power lines, but that would technically not be allowed by the electric utility company. Bedford and Rockwall both had a P-50 at one time, but retired them in the past few years. The last P-50 sirens were manufactured probably around 1988, along with the ACA Alerter 125 siren by the same company. Hope Hurst still has their ACA 125 sirens up and in use. I filmed one of them in 2012.
@@JASirens Thank you for letting me know. I hope to get the time to film my version of these vintage sirens. My videos are not as spectacular as yours, but I feel like I owe it to all of you to post the videos I make. Again, I appreciate the video content you share, as do many other siren enthusiasts.
I know there's a thunderbolt 1003 in Stevenson Washington at the fire station I'm not sure if it is active still. if it is still active, I'm going to go see it and take a video of it...
Itwas funny how on one of the wails it was like turning a vacuum on and quickly off like itwas mad lol. Edit also how did he reach all the way up to its horn thats 😎 🆒️ 😎 🆒️ 😎 like that must of broke you ears This is how many times it did that on off vacuum thing ☢⬇️☢
If the screen wasn't in the horn, an entire full sized man could stand up in the horn. I saw an old ACA advertising picture of a guy standing in the horn of one of these things. And these are not capable of battery backup because of the massive amount of current needed to power that massive 50 horsepower motor. So if the power ever goes out, then this siren will not work. But these are awesome for the fact that their sound really travels farther than most sirens made today.
That was pretty good! Good syncing the drone video with the audio. Clean recording too. Hey, I wonder what the wind load factor is on that skinny pole. Looks to me like a wind of over 60MPH would land that baby in the street!
