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Re: ACA Cyclones in the UK?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 6:58 pm
by Chem_Boffin_6589
I'd expect so.

Re: ACA Cyclones in the UK?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:27 pm
by SirenMadness
If I'm not mistaken there was a rumor a while back about the two hundred units that got shipped to Saudi Arabia, that they were supposedly never paid for, which dealt quite a financial blow to the company.

Re: ACA Cyclones in the UK?

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:32 pm
by Mark N
SirenMadness wrote:If I'm not mistaken there was a rumor a while back about the two hundred units that got shipped to Saudi Arabia, that they were supposedly never paid for, which dealt quite a financial blow to the company.
I heard that as well... I always thought that was what brought the company into dire straits and got bought by Hörrman.

Re: ACA Cyclones in the UK?

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 10:10 pm
by AST128_RyanK
Chem_Boffin_6589 wrote:That's where the advantage comes in. You see, we used aluminium to build our sirens, and not steel since it corrodes. Aluminium blemishes, but doesn't usually have fatal (to the metal) corrosion; that's why they are still operating today 70-80 years on from production.
Anyway, Klaxon Signals still make them and more powerful counterparts to the original unit, so councils don't need to seek out potentially expensive repairs.
The Klaxon GP12 Siren is the present-day Carter Siren:

http://klaxonsignals.com/massnotificati ... -gp-range/