http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vamObLL2f6s
Apears to be a fire siren...as it is on Long Island.
It starts around 1:25ish.
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Nice find. Meh it looks like the model 5 is loser than you think..
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The windup there sounds awfully fast for a 5.
Initially I was thinking this to be a 3...maybe (since it IIRC has a faster startup). Then again, could it be that the district's siren start-ups could be timed to match each other? I do know that Jericho has at least one SD-10, whose wind up is generally quicker than the average Federal 5.
Initially I was thinking this to be a 3...maybe (since it IIRC has a faster startup). Then again, could it be that the district's siren start-ups could be timed to match each other? I do know that Jericho has at least one SD-10, whose wind up is generally quicker than the average Federal 5.
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That would be an HOR Model 5, they mind up alot quicker than your standard Model 5... same 12 port rotor... but a super fast wind up. You can find a recording and video of one on Long Island Fire Alarm under Roslyn. I am going to Streets and Trip this location... it is possible that Roslyn is the closest town.
Okay, I am thinking I was wrong (don't tell my bosses though).... I was looking at Long Island Fire Alarm and found the siren it might very possibly be. It is from Jericho like the other gentleman pointed out... if you look in this picture.. you can see highway behind the siren. So it is possible this is the siren, though it doesn't account for the fast wind up... it appears to be a standard Model 5.
Okay, I am thinking I was wrong (don't tell my bosses though).... I was looking at Long Island Fire Alarm and found the siren it might very possibly be. It is from Jericho like the other gentleman pointed out... if you look in this picture.. you can see highway behind the siren. So it is possible this is the siren, though it doesn't account for the fast wind up... it appears to be a standard Model 5.
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Not to steer things too far afield; but Roslyn is maybe three villages over to the west.
But as I suggested, maybe the startup is time with the rest of the system.
The only other thing I can think of is that there's a different kind of motor inside. The mechanical geniuses here can help me with this. Has it something to do with the 2-phase/3-phase thing, I wonder?
But as I suggested, maybe the startup is time with the rest of the system.
The only other thing I can think of is that there's a different kind of motor inside. The mechanical geniuses here can help me with this. Has it something to do with the 2-phase/3-phase thing, I wonder?
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In my case, I live in what's called the Huntington Manor Fire District. (Why I dunno considering the real name of my town in my profile).
There used to be 2 Sterling M's here. (Parenthetically, now there's only one at the HQ. The other two substations--the original HQ where the other M was and a relatively recent one--now have none.) These would go off together, even at 3-4 AM...those were the days!
Anyway...
The town one over from me called Melville shoots off almost all their sirens simultaneously (one blast for noon and rescue...I assume...and three for a fire signal.) I say almost because the original STH-10 at their HQ goes off every Wednesday at noon (with the others, of course).
Just as an aside, they have almost all model 2's now with maybe 4(?) STH-10's. They used to have a "satellite/freestanding" STL-10 when I was a kid (replaced by an STH-10 in the mid-80's and then the current Federal 2*** circa 1991-ish*), plus an SD-10 at one of their substations alongside the Long Island Expressway (itself replaced by both a 2 and an STH-10).
***Strangely enough, this is the one, and *not* the one at the HQ, around which all the others sound. I know this as it is not as far down Route NY-110 as the main firehouse.
Then again, I could have it backwards because the distances involved could be playing tricks on me. I do understand that the further away the sound source, the more time it takes to actually reach the listener. So maybe I *do* have it bass-ackwards.
There used to be 2 Sterling M's here. (Parenthetically, now there's only one at the HQ. The other two substations--the original HQ where the other M was and a relatively recent one--now have none.) These would go off together, even at 3-4 AM...those were the days!
Anyway...
The town one over from me called Melville shoots off almost all their sirens simultaneously (one blast for noon and rescue...I assume...and three for a fire signal.) I say almost because the original STH-10 at their HQ goes off every Wednesday at noon (with the others, of course).
Just as an aside, they have almost all model 2's now with maybe 4(?) STH-10's. They used to have a "satellite/freestanding" STL-10 when I was a kid (replaced by an STH-10 in the mid-80's and then the current Federal 2*** circa 1991-ish*), plus an SD-10 at one of their substations alongside the Long Island Expressway (itself replaced by both a 2 and an STH-10).
***Strangely enough, this is the one, and *not* the one at the HQ, around which all the others sound. I know this as it is not as far down Route NY-110 as the main firehouse.
Then again, I could have it backwards because the distances involved could be playing tricks on me. I do understand that the further away the sound source, the more time it takes to actually reach the listener. So maybe I *do* have it bass-ackwards.
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