The Siren Board

No, the chopper motor will run independently of the solenoids.

Remove the 4 screws holding the horn to the chopper cap and the 4 screws holding the chopper to the tube. Go ahead and pull the chopper motor, see how bad of a shape it's in.

I third that motion. Chopper needs to be looked at.

Took the chopper apart, was frozen with rust. Use about a can of wd40, let it soak for a day, then cleaned it.
Works like new. Do you think if I got a 1 1/2-2 1/2hp gas motor hooked up to the blower it would increase the volume?

tonyw wrote:Do you think if I got a 1 1/2-2 1/2hp gas motor hooked up to the blower it would increase the volume?

A gasoline engine for the blower will definitely help the siren get louder.

Thanks

I did notice in the manual I downloaded from this site list the chopper mtr. as 240V single phase.
It seems 120v works fine, is 120 the correct voltage?

It will run fine on 120V. The way the control panel was set up, you could adjust the voltage to the chopper from 120-240 volts. The higher the voltage, the higher the pitch.

Thanks Joshua

Whelenboy I thought the lowest was 115 volts?

It doesn't matter if it is 120, 115 or whatever you want to call it, it is household outlet power.

A 1 1/2 gas engine is way to small. Need at least a 7.5-12 with the pulley sized to spin the blower at the same RPM.