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Battery backup for CD-era sirens

Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:54 am

Can any of the following sirens be equipped with battery backup:
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    2/2T
    3/3T
    5/5T/7/7T
    2T22/3T22
    STL-10
    STH-10
    SD-10
    500
    EOWS Series
    Thunderbeam RSH-10

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    Banshee
    P-10
    P-15
    P-20
    Allertor
    RM-130
    Allertronic Series
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Re: Battery backup for CD-era sirens

Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:57 am

EOWS probably do.
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Re: Battery backup for CD-era sirens

Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:00 am

As I recall, the RM-130 had battery back-up as at least an option. I believe the Alertronic had batteries as well.
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Re: Battery backup for CD-era sirens

Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:16 am

The STL and the STH could be equipped with a high-torque DC motor. Similar to that of how a 2001 is configured. It would take some modifying, but I can't see why it wouldn't work.
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Re: Battery backup for CD-era sirens

Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:57 am

Even though it's not listed here's my idea on a 'bolt. DC motor for the blower and rotator, inverter and transformer for the chopper.
The EOWS series sirens are battery powered. Ditto with the Alertronics I think. Hm.. I think the rest you listed could probably be retrofitted with DC motors to drive them on battery power.
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Re: Battery backup for CD-era sirens

Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:09 am

I've never heard of a 3T before.
Any siren could with the right kind of battery and equipment.

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Re: Battery backup for CD-era sirens

Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:56 pm

Out of that list, only the EOWS, Alertronic and PN-20/RM-130. When it comes to electronic sirens, really all of them are battery powered.
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Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:04 pm

Yes, every Whelen model that I know of, from the WS-1000 on, has batteries. They've had their 30 minute minimum run time as a selling point from day one.
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Re: Battery backup for CD-era sirens

Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:41 pm

The 2/2T uses a series-wound motor and could be run from DC.

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Re: Battery backup for CD-era sirens

Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:48 pm

This sn't on the list, but a. P-50 can be put on battery backup. The P-50 I tested one week ago had federal battery boxes on it.
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