Great video. I'm glad this has been recorded. This is the tone that was on all of his sirens. He explained that he changed them to Hi-Lo and is now using that tone on new installs for the exact reason you described- sounds like a vehicle siren.
Just when you think it can get any harder, here is a tornado siren that may seem pretty well noticed here, but on a buildings wall, you probably would have a hard time finding this. Basically saying, tornado sirens are for me sometimes very hard to tell apart from speakers. This may seem like no problem to people like DSRX, but to me, it’s hard.
Another cluster electric siren? I'm not surprised. I will admit, this thing's high pitch drove me nuts, but that aside, must I say what I said about the other Custer siren again?
@@pennsy77 If they had had a real tone with wind up and wind downs at 500hz, and had a slightly larger horn and driver, they would be a great siren, since they have such amazing voice clarity. It's a shame the way they used them.
Kinda neat in a way. Would be easy to replicate for us siren nerds. 3 things that I question about the setup is the battery being out in the open, tbe sun would degrade that faster and bake it I would think. That and the direct cold on it could freeze it. The second thing, if that is indeed a car siren they are normally only 100-200w. How it that powering all those speakers? 3rd, what are they using to trip it remotely if it is a car siren?
1. Apparently they haven't had any battery issues. They are charged via trickle chargers and the batteries are replaced every couple years. 2. This siren is 200 watts. They can be ordered in any wattage. 3. There is a radio that receives the same tones that activate the other sirens in the county.
Wow! These are they newer ones, correct? Also, does Akron Indiana have a pair of these? I thought I found a pair one time. Never understood how these would make good sirens.
The sirens went off twice today, don't know why, but it's weird, I have a feeling it's for Saturday's severe weather, I contacted the town of Marengo and they say they don't know why. So I'm guessing it's a fire call?
Please put this poor siren out of its misery. It was never meant to be an outdoor warning siren. This is just embarrassing. I am now thankful my county went with 2001’s.
SirensOfCincinnati yeah but is that the cost per siren by he speaker, or the entire setup? Also this thing sounds like a police siren. It’s kind of dangerous when you think about it. Also, by the looks of this thing the coverage radius isn’t all that great. So more than likely you may end up saving money in the short term, but spending more money to cover the entire county in the long term.
the cost is for the complete siren, pole, radio, and installation. One of the benefits of using smaller sirens is that if lightning, high winds, or debris destroy a siren, there are still others making sound. If the town instead only had one big siren, if it is taken out then there is no warning being broadcasted.
SirensOfCincinnati yeah, but they should at least make them sound like warning sirens, and not police sirens. That’s very dangerous in my opinion, as you will see why if you read the description. When it went off people actually pulled over, and were confused. When they saw no emergency vehicles coming, they proceeded with caution. That’s what makes these kinds of setups have a design flaw in my opinion. Again, my opinion, don’t take it as fact. Except the part about the description, hat actually happened, but the design flaw part in my opinion.
The owner of the company actually installs all of his new sirens programmed to Hi-Lo. He agrees that this tone sounds too much like a police siren. Here is the tone he uses on new installs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UkT1N5Z1_-8.html
