I got a jailbar Thunderbolt!

[CrazyCalvinWilliams]

Aside from the blower, how did you get the head off the roof?

Honestly I don't know, my dad did all that stuff, but I think we put the siren parts into the elevator and sent the elevator to the bottom floor to reload

[Valra Bellkeys]

Aside from the blower, how did you get the head off the roof?

Honestly I don't know, my dad did all that stuff, but I think we put the siren parts into the elevator and sent the elevator to the bottom floor to reload

Then maybe I still have a chance at that tbolt 1000 on the Cleveland county court clerk if that is the case. That is a long shot though. But that is a interesting way to do it though!

[CrazyCalvinWilliams]

Howdy everyone, I am back with some updates!
I never did get the blower, and I never will because it is seized beyond repair, so I'm looking for a blower and a control panel as of now.

Today I also started to strip the paint off the horn, and I'll post before and after pics when I'm done.

[CrazyCalvinWilliams]

The siren will honestly probably not be put back to working conditions and I'll probably keep it as a display piece

[coastalsyrolover]

Good luck finding a blower... I've even been trying to find one for rent... Nope... As for the RCM1 cabinet they appear every once in a while... You can take an extension chord with no female end and use wire connectors into a surge protector (keep off while wiring and unwiring.) if you just want to run the chopper a few times every once in a while.

[CrazyCalvinWilliams]

Good luck finding a blower... I've even been trying to find one for rent... Nope... As for the RCM1 cabinet they appear every once in a while... You can take an extension chord with no female end and use wire connectors into a surge protector (keep off while wiring and unwiring.) if you just want to run the chopper a few times every once in a while.

I've been going to local flea markets and antique malls for the RCM because I've seen them before at the antique places and at the Springfield flea market a few years ago I saw a Model 2 but it was rusted out and the louvers were beaten badly.

So far, I currently have:
Siren head
Rotator
Chopper
Control BOX

I need:
The controls
Blower
Something to mount the siren on

[CrazyCalvinWilliams]

Cleaned off the name tag today and I can read it now. All it says is
1000 T129 60 3 440. What does this mean?

[Chicagosiren-hunters]

I believe this means type 1000 (obviously), 440 volts, 3 phase, 60 cycles. The T 129 is a serial number. The thing that seems odd to me is seeing a 440 volt Thunderbolt.

[CrazyCalvinWilliams]

I believe this means type 1000 (obviously), 440 volts, 3 phase, 60 cycles. The T 129 is a serial number. The thing that seems odd to me is seeing a 440 volt Thunderbolt.

Yeah, 440 volts seemed odd to me too. But doesn't that also translate to "I could never power this thing no matter how badly I wanted to" anyways? The only place I have high voltage wiring at is on my back patio, we removed our old hot tub after it crapped out, and there's a big thick wire sticking out of the floor (obviously shut off at it's external breaker) that carries 240 volts but I can't tell how many phases it's got.

So does T-129 mean I own the 129th Jailbar ever made or something? Can I tell what year the siren is from with this?

[CDV777-1]

The only thing that would be 440 is the blower and rotator motor. And those would just have the motors wired for 440. The chopper will be a regular old thunderbolt chopper. It would be interesting to see the rcm that came with it. The chopper transformer should be different in a 440 rcm.