In 2009 I bid on the siren upgrade in Hamilton County Ohio and part of those bids were to supply independent testing data for your siren according to ANSI standards. ANSI Standards S12.14 lays out the standards of testing, which is to measure 100' from a siren and record the sound. Federal does thei...

I agree a phase converter is a bad choice for a large siren, but I am a huge fan and a believer of a veriable drive. I had a SD-10 3 phase and had to use it at a location that only had single phase so I bought a V-1000 itwas a Yasawaki (might be spelled wrong) and we blew it in the shop for 5 or 6 m...

Jim Biersach is probably the undisputed expert in siren design. His designs have been copied by Federal time after time. So I am confident that the allertor was designed to the Max.

Hamilton County has 15 or 20 of the blowers on the inside. Most of the city fire houses are that way.

With the bid that was turned in each company had to supply an independent test report with the siren they were bidding. Federal tests there siren in a chamber with a microphone hanging 10 feet away and then they extrapilate the information to get the db rating. This is against ANSI Standards of test...

The sirens that were at the shop during the get together have been installed. We loaded them on the trailer and the crane set them.

Can anyone spell Christmas Party !!!

I would like to thank everyone who came to the shop. I had a great time and it was nice to put a face to the name. Carexpertandy, bellyjae, and anyone else that missed today you are welcome at any time. Just email or call me. Let's do it again sometime.

Clayton Werden

My last post was critical of Sirenkid who I spoke with and all was a misunderstanding on my part. He sought me out and explained what he meant and was up-front and professional with his comments. As it turns out I have know Sirenkid and he is an upstanding person with a good heart. I do welcome anyo...

Jpressman8: Update you were right until last week. Cleves installed a Compulert on Siren #42 at the Municipal Bldg.