ACA Howler in Macon, GA

[carexpertandy]

Oh, so that's what a Howler looks like. I've always thought those were P-10/15s with different thingies attached to rotator. The cone is bent, I think.

[murrfarms]

Oh, so that's what a Howler looks like. I've always thought those were P-10/15s with different thingies attached to rotator. The cone is bent, I think.

Yep, that's an ACA Howler. It's a lot like a P-10/15, except it uses belts to rotate it rather than the Penetrator's chain-driven rotator. It is pretty much a 10hp Screamer turned on its side with a projector and a rotator. About the cone, a tornado that came through the area back on mother's day of this year, and literally just about sucked the intake cone through the screen. It was held on by a single lower bolt, but now it appears that it has come completely loose, and I bet that the next activation will knock it out.

[carexpertandy]

[quote="mr_thunderbolt1003"][quote="carexpertandy"]Oh, so that's what a Howler looks like. I've always thought those were P-10/15s with different thingies attached to rotator. The cone is bent, I think.[/quote]

Yep, that's an ACA Howler. It's a lot like a P-10/15, except it uses belts to rotate it rather than the Penetrator's chain-driven rotator. It is pretty much a 10hp Screamer turned on its side with a projector and a rotator. About the cone, a tornado that came through the area back on mother's day of this year, and literally just about sucked the intake cone through the screen. It was held on by a single lower bolt, but now it appears that it has come completely loose, and I bet that the next activation will knock it out.[/quote]

Is it as loud as a Screamer?

[murrfarms]

Is it as loud as a Screamer?

From what I've heard, it's about 120dB @ 100', whereas the S-10 Screamer is around 100-110dB (not sure on the exact number). Since the Howler is a directional siren, it's going to be a lot louder than the omni-directional Screamer

[Tannre]

Wow nice find Ian! Great pictures!

[thunderbolt1000]

When was it installed, Ian?

[murrfarms]

When was it installed, Ian?

Not sure, depends on if it's an original installation or if it was bought second-hand and installed there. As far as the siren's age, I'd have to guess early 80s since the siren, aside from the intake cone, is in really good shape. Minimal to no rust on any of the metal parts, and the fiberglass is nice and smooth with no chipping and cracking.

[holler]

Is it as loud as a Screamer?

From what I've heard, it's about 120dB @ 100', whereas the S-10 Screamer is around 100-110dB (not sure on the exact number). Since the Howler is a directional siren, it's going to be a lot louder than the omni-directional Screamer

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[thunderbolt1000]

What does a howler sound like?

[holler]

What does a howler sound like?

Most had 9/12 port configurations (sounds like a banshee or SD-10) but some left the factory with 8/12 configs (sounds like a P-50).

I've also heard that they made a few single tone port howlers (could somebody verify this), which would sound like a single tone allertor or P-15.