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Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:56 pm

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I doubt it's a roof vent considering that it's got a deflector around it.
I dont know maybe it is maybe it isnt I saw a what looked to be a k-5 in some town in Minnesota I forgot but I look closer and its just a stack for smoke odd shape for it to be a smoke stack.

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Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:39 pm

Could it be a sparton? It has the louvered sides, but the top intake is different. Calvin Mayer on YouTube has the only known model 37 that's preserved, but sparton did make other models.
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Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:10 pm

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Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:41 pm
I doubt it's a roof vent considering that it's got a deflector around it.
Also there seem to be some sort of electrical conduit going to it, which either could indicate that it's a got a fan inside (such as an attic fan thingy) or it's indeed a siren, but from the dimensions alone I'm not certain which one.
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anybody have any idea what this might be? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... 182535.jpg my guess is its a model 5 with custom housing but im not sure. its disconnected and was installed in the 60's thats all i know about it
That would be an exhaust fan. It's okay, I thought they were sirens too :lol:

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Sun Aug 16, 2020 3:35 pm

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anybody have any idea what this might be? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... 182535.jpg my guess is its a model 5 with custom housing but im not sure. its disconnected and was installed in the 60's thats all i know about it
that doesn't look like a siren to me... it's you're sure it is a siren, it is probably a siren housed in a roof vent, most like a model x.
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Sun Aug 16, 2020 3:35 pm
model 120 lover wrote:
Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:12 am
anybody have any idea what this might be? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... 182535.jpg my guess is its a model 5 with custom housing but im not sure. its disconnected and was installed in the 60's thats all i know about it
that doesn't look like a siren to me... it's you're sure it is a siren, it is probably a siren housed in a roof vent, most like a model x.
That almost looks like part of a sterling K-5
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Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:58 pm

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It's. A. Vent.
Yep, it’s a vent.
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Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:54 pm

I'm just about 99.999% sure that thing is an exhaust fan.
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Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:18 pm

Doubt it's a vent. It wouldn't make much sense to direct exhaust in a single direction like that.
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