Thank you! I am also glad it did not end up being scrapped, like so many others are. Occasionally we will run the chopper on 120 volts, and it still runs very smoothly. I'd imagine the rotator motor and the blower motor would run good as well- but we don't have 3 phase power at out house. We have a ...

2 Weeks ago, the Thunderbolt 1000T On West ave. In La Crosse, WI Came down. a 2001-130 Replaced it. The Thunderbolt was installed in the 1970's amd Served La Crosse for around 40 years Before coming down on 8/11/11. The siren was abandoned in place for several years Before coming down. And It was t...

Back in August 2020 I went to record the noon blast of the Sentry 10V in Coon Valley, WI. This is also the first video recording of this 10V on YouTube.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdi1YxqKmrE


Enjoy the video.

This is a video of the Thunderbolt 1000AT that was reverse wired, and it was located on St. James street in La Crosse, WI. A few months ago, I got this and a few other siren videos transferred from a Hi-8 tape to a digital format that I can edit with my editing program. This Thunderbolt was removed ...

I just got a new set of brushes and installed them, and they work! Now I just need to hook this up to 220 for a real full power test!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6EeUdzQUb4

Here is my video of this Thunderbolt 1000T in Caledonia MN for this months siren test.
Enjoy the video!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1K-gXJunGc

Enjoy the video.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrtGl0oqA2g

Today I shot this cool 2001-130AC in La Crescent, MN for the Minnesota tornado drill at 1:45 PM.
Enjoy the video!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R-1TsyqY5Y

Today I shot this FS 2001-130 in Holmen, WI for the La Crosse County Monthly siren test.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2N-8To5YF0&t=1s

For some reason the embedding is not working for me.

Today I shot a video of the 10V in La Crescent MN for the Houston County siren test. I attempted to get video of this siren in August 2019 and it failed. I came back this month and it worked!
Enjoy the video!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnpFjVYQn0