Snowpix wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:52 pm

It's a Darley Weatherproof Champion, a later model with a Federal Signal core.

Now the biggest question is why it’s still powered on and if it still works.

I was in Hot Springs SD in August, and we were on our way to a set of three sirens behind what looked like an abandoned school and we stumbled upon a Model 5 on the Battle Mountain Sanitarium that isn’t marked on the map. Unknown if it’s active or what it was used for. Then we went to the set of thr...

I got a Model A recently, and it works absolutely wonderfully. But it has lubrication issues. I was wondering if there’s a way to put new lubricant in it. Second question. It has a lot of mysterious gunk stuff inside the projector next to the chopper and some dirt and dust on it, and I’m wondering i...

That’s an amazing find! You got very lucky! Good luck restoring it! I’d say the first priority is painting over the vandalism if it were me.

Note that I’m just using my experience with them as my info in this, and that the two of them are about 50 or 60 years old. I’m writing this as a guide to anyone looking to buy one of these two types. Overall just saying that you should not make the investment to get a new one, you can find some pre...

The first model 5 looks sort of like a Darley STH-10 (search it up its very jarring)

There was only one of those in Minnesota in the center of Minneapolis at South 6th Street & South Marquette Avenue.

In my 100+ hours researching sirens over the past year, this is the best article I’ve ever found. I’ve been trying to research these sirens for a while now but I’ve encountered large language barriers or an overall lack of info

Eclipse DDS wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:05 pm

ThatGuy2020 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:25 am

I bet a Model A would sound wicked in a place like that

Yeah, definitely! I’ll try to organise to do something like this again if I acquire any new sirens, the video doesn’t really do it justice, in-person it sounded incredible!

The gent sounds sorta like a pneumatic siren

I bet a Model A would sound wicked in a place like that