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Re: List of very rare sirens

Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:45 pm

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You can remove the 5TT/7TT and the WS-2500. 5TT/7TT is a Federal Signal Model 5T/7T Re-badged with a new housing by Darley, and the 2 "T"s are likely either a stamping issue or it was Darley's model of an existent siren.

The Whelen WS-2500 was never produced.
That is not true. Both Federals and Darleys were stamped with this type up until about 1960/1970. The "TT" stood for two-tone. Federal changed it in the around the 1970's to just one "T". Also the Darley rebrands were extremely rare. Darley purchased siren parts from Federal, Sterling, and ACA and made their own sirens out of it with their own tags. Although some of the time they were just copies with different shrouds, they changed the port ratio on most models to 8 and changed the shroud and the tags too.
Also, there was reported to be some WS-2500's purchased by a power plant.
EDIT: IIRC, they stopped putting 2 Ts at the end around 1975.
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Re: List of very rare sirens

Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:27 pm

IceBolt_1003 wrote:
Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:45 pm
nvanw27 wrote:
Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:09 pm
You can remove the 5TT/7TT and the WS-2500. 5TT/7TT is a Federal Signal Model 5T/7T Re-badged with a new housing by Darley, and the 2 "T"s are likely either a stamping issue or it was Darley's model of an existent siren.

The Whelen WS-2500 was never produced.

Also, there was reported to be some WS-2500's purchased by a power plant.
That was a misprint. Someone in the area checked around the area the sirens were said to be. There were a few 2000 series and a 3016 but no 2500s. If they were ever produced they were removed which is strange because the 2000s and 3016s were purchased at the same time the 2500s were said to be purchased.

To quote nvanw, "Someone who’s mapped the system can confirm that you are not looking at 2500s. Indian Cave has WS-2020s, and there’s a 3016 out that way too that you were likely looking at."
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Re: List of very rare sirens

Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:29 pm

10V2T wrote:
Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:27 pm
IceBolt_1003 wrote:
Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:45 pm
nvanw27 wrote:
Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:09 pm
You can remove the 5TT/7TT and the WS-2500. 5TT/7TT is a Federal Signal Model 5T/7T Re-badged with a new housing by Darley, and the 2 "T"s are likely either a stamping issue or it was Darley's model of an existent siren.

The Whelen WS-2500 was never produced.

Also, there was reported to be some WS-2500's purchased by a power plant.
That was a misprint. Someone in the area checked around the area the sirens were said to be. There were a few 2000 series and a 3016 but no 2500s. If they were ever produced they were removed which is strange because the 2000s and 3016s were purchased at the same time the 2500s were said to be purchased.
Okay.
Someone DID say that the drivers being exposed led to replacement.
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Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:43 pm

Sterling Duplex/Quadruplex, basically a modified Denver Siren, hand full of duplex known to exist, only one quadruplex known to ever exist, scrapped.
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Sterling Duplex/Quadruplex, basically a modified Denver Siren, hand full of duplex known to exist, only one quadruplex known to ever exist, scrapped.
Added to the list. Thanks!
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Re: List of very rare sirens

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:11 pm

Hellooo
Don't forget the Weltex 9 and 11 ports sirens, also the Clayton Whirlwind sirens (there is differents models) and the Cosgrave siren...
The B&M 15AR blabla thingy, the Hedberg sirens..
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Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:15 pm

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Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:11 pm
Hellooo
Don't forget the Weltex 9 and 11 ports sirens, also the Clayton Whirlwind sirens (there is differents models) and the Cosgrave siren...
The B&M 15AR blabla thingy, the Hedberg sirens..
Added most of those. Thanks!
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Re: List of very rare sirens

Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:02 pm

I'm a bit surprised the Model 1 and Model 5QC aren't in this roster, afaik there's a handful of Model 1s known to exist (with one member here owning one?) and only one 5QC that is known to exist. Although I'm not entirely certain about the 5QC

I think the Klaxon Secomak CS-8, CS-3 and GP-3 are also worth adding. There's a few other CS-series Secomaks but aside from the CS-3 and 8 I don't think the other models even made it to production..
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Re: List of very rare sirens

Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:43 pm

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I'm a bit surprised the Model 1 and Model 5QC aren't in this roster, afaik there's a handful of Model 1s known to exist (with one member here owning one?) and only one 5QC that is known to exist. Although I'm not entirely certain about the 5QC

I think the Klaxon Secomak CS-8, CS-3 and GP-3 are also worth adding. There's a few other CS-series Secomaks but aside from the CS-3 and 8 I don't think the other models even made it to production..
Gonna add those later. Thanks!
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Re: List of very rare sirens

Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:47 pm

Thunderbolts that have a 6M/6MC blower are worth mentioning.
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