Did you ever locate an encoder?

It has been identified, by Whelen no less as an E-836. It is an 8 digit encoder and isn't in use any more as all sirens now are either 7 or 10 (10 being prevalent) digit systems.

I will be posting this for sale,,,, but I honestly have no idea what to put on it as a value.

From a guy that works on them i have mixed feelings. There are positives and negatives. The first positive is they will blow when there is no power. Since they self monitor and are battery powered they will sound if maintained wirhout electric. There are some battery mechanicals too but they are lim...

Licking County, Madison County, some Franklin County on the more technical issues, Some Union county but they are Federal. Got some Thunderbeams and a ThunderBolt 1000 in Newark I work on. Actually built Whelen interface for them so they trip off the Whelen encoder. Whelen decoder boards out of an o...

I can call Chris at Whelen. I speak to him about other things once a month or so. As far as collection. I originally got this for the cool factor because I work on A large number of Whelen sirens. The cool factor wore off and interest in having it sort of dwindled. I have an 864 for the same reason ...

Picture of the unit

I have an encoder that I am trying to identify. It's a Whelen built into what looks to be an old 2A Bell Phone beige case with a brown flip top on it. It resembles the E801 but the controls are centered and not off to the right. No model number is printed on it. It's in very good shape and is operat...