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Mystery Siren ID

Hey everyone! My son and I ran across this interesting siren on a road trip. He has no idea what it is so maybe you guys can help identify it. It's in Markleysberg, Pa at the Markleysberg Henry Clay VFD Social Hall.

What do y'all think?

u/weedRgogoodwithpizza — 1 day ago
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Patriotic Mini Sirens!

Happy 250 America!! Here's my patriotic mini sirens!! Mini Model 2T, ACA Banshee and ACA Cyclone. 🇺🇲🗽

u/Few-Calendar4411 — 1 day ago
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CT-0816 | Commander Jax sits with a Prototype Thunderbolt in a Grassy Field

I realized that I love making siren-related renders and Star Wars-related renders. Soooo, crossover of hobbies today!

Siren model: Modelled and textured by me
Clone base 3D Model: Marr Velz on SketchFab, edited for further Episode III accuracy by me
Pauldron, Holsters, & Ammo straps: DICE/EA
Other accessories: Modelled by me
Textures: Generated in Blender and hand-painted by me
Rendering: Blender 5.1 (Cycles engine)

u/LoganPine — 2 days ago
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Siren went INOP at VFD, can you help identify Type/style

Hi all.... I live out in the backwoods and the local VFD asked if I could help with the Siren (used for Tornado Warnings). The VFD is not funded by anyone other than straight from community members, and has not been on a maintenance schedule.
Currently, every time it gets activated it burns out the fuses in the fuse box (yup that old, still has fuses).

I was wondering if anyone could help Identify it without me climbing up on the roof. That way I could get some research done on it, Well before I have to climb up there.... I don't like Heights, but will climb them when absolutely necessary.

Thanks for any help you can give.

https://preview.redd.it/bn8iriuob5bh1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=968c4982301962deccafea800a49118c6f7baaae

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u/DJSpawn1 — 2 days ago
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Not too legal climb to a ds977 in Győr

We climbed a 10 story building to take a look at this ds977. The hat was ripped off by some idiots, but suprisingly, it still works, and spins!

DONT USE MY PICTURES!!

u/magyargyerek1222222 — 2 days ago
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I am making a video that goes very specific and in depth about thunderbolts. Is there any super niche thing about them that isn't in the wiki or anywhere else online?

Im kinda dumb with thunderbolts lol but I already know everything from the wiki page, civil defense museum pages, and federal signals manuals on it, also chopper levels and reverse wiring

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u/Aphidaks69 — 4 days ago
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Sounding My Siren Off For The Monthly Test (Close-Up POV)

My neighbors (hopefully) don't have an issue with it lol

Also, this is the first siren test I've done in months, so its been a while since they've gotten any sirens from me lol, but this is probably the loudest so far, so hopefully they take it well 😅

u/Agitated-Letter-3219 — 4 days ago
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Far Away POV of my siren sounding off for a monthly test

Follow-up to the original post/video I uploaded on here a few minutes ago (lol)

u/Agitated-Letter-3219 — 4 days ago
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Lego Prototype and MK1

Lego's first prototype hurricane, and an MK1 I've made, I went to bricks and mini figs to create these

u/aca_is_cool — 5 days ago
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Siren trip

Finally got the chance to go to Adrian Missouri to see the super sirex. It was beautiful in person. A local stopped by and was surprised the sirex was still up. Decided to bring one of my bowling pins on the trip as well lol.

u/federal-500 — 6 days ago
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DEVICE

Me and Siren-Fan determined that this is a Decot Model 12 that is 10/15 port. This thing was SEIZED, and is likely why it was taken out of service back in the 60s.

u/AllAbout-Rice9569 — 7 days ago
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My area refuses to install a siren, so I bought 4 PA horns off eBay for an absolute deal and built my own mini siren

It was cheap to make, runs off an old(ish) Sony DAV-DZ170 (which increases their sound output by ~20dB or 100 TIMES as loud as they otherwise would be) and weighs almost nothing.

- Will it be heard from miles away? definitely not.

- Is it a solution to the problem? absolutely not!

- Is it better than the current situation where there isn't a siren within any kind of audible range because they refuse to install one near us? most definitely.

And for context, no, it isn't going to stay outside. It'll only see the outdoors for tests or alerts. Other than that, it'll live in my room on the floor.👍

For context, the horns are PYLE PHSP4 Indoor/Outdoor 6" PA Horn Speakers, 50 Watts @ 8 Ohms each, SPL (@1W/1m) is 100dB (per horn).

The amplifier (Sony DAV-DZ170) each channel puts out 15 Watts @ 3 Ohms, and all 4 surround channels are used, one per horn.

That means each horn is getting approximately 5.625 watts, so a little over five and a half watts each.

It's not the greatest, and it's certainly not the prettiest, but it works, and it's loud enough to alert any neighbors within at LEAST 500 feet. (hopefully)

Also, I would've put the flair as "Mini Siren/Model", but it isn't based off any other siren, so I tagged it as "Personally Owned Siren" instead.

u/Agitated-Letter-3219 — 8 days ago