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Dearborn, MI new Modulator
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:21 am
by Jim Z
about a week before Christmas, I saw a utility truck with the pole on the ground, getting ready to set it. there used to be an omnidirectional Whelen there a while back, and when I saw the boxes on the side I figured the pole was going to be for a siren.
leaving work today, I noticed it was up. 4-cell Modulator (sorry for the portrait orientation):
Re: Dearborn, MI new Modulator
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:29 am
by DJ2226
Nice. It's a Mod II, I think 4016B is the model. Did the old Whelen have a UV installed?
Re: Dearborn, MI new Modulator
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:30 am
by rdfox
...is it just the lighting, or is that Mod actually in CD yellow?
Re: Dearborn, MI new Modulator
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:31 am
by Jim Z
Lighting. It was dusk, sun was going down. And a not so great phone camera.
Nice. It's a Mod II, I think 4016B is the model. Did the old Whelen have a UV installed?
No clue.
Re: Dearborn, MI new Modulator
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:32 am
by Stevan Z
rdfox wrote:...is it just the lighting, or is that Mod actually in CD yellow?
The MOD II looks white to me.
Re: Dearborn, MI new Modulator
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:20 am
by Mysterious T-Bolt 111
DJ2226 wrote:Did the old Whelen have a UV installed?
As far as I'm aware, no. The new system was most if not all 2001-130s. No retrofitting.
https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!da ... !2e0&fid=5
Re: Dearborn, MI new Modulator
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:15 am
by Jim Z
sorry, for anyone familiar with the area (or looking for it on google maps) this is on Oakwood Blvd. just north of Village Rd. I've found that if you do a street view on that intersection you'll be able to see the old Whelen.
Re: Dearborn, MI new Modulator
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:28 pm
by EOWS1212man
It IS a Mod II. Notice how much smaller and compact it is.
Re: Dearborn, MI new Modulator
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:44 pm
by Brendan Ahern
What was the reason for the Whelen replacement? So then is this the only electronic siren left since they replaced most with 2001's?
Re: Dearborn, MI new Modulator
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:00 am
by Mysterious T-Bolt 111
EOWS1212man wrote:It IS a Mod II.
That had been established in the second and fifth posts, just not the exact model within the line.
Brendan Ahern wrote:What was the reason for the Whelen replacement? So then is this the only electronic siren left since they replaced most with 2001's?
From what I'm reading here:
http://www.cityofdearborn.org/news-and- ... on-the-way, it was just a way to enhance the safety of the public. The only electronic sirens that were replaced were the old system of 27x0s, then came the new system of 2001-130s. This is an addition to the system along with several others.