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View of a Whelen siren from my hotel room
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:50 pm
by Josh
This morning, when I got up, I looked out my hotel room window and saw this:
Must be a Whelen vortex?
Re: View of a Whelen siren from my hotel room
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:19 pm
by Badger 12
why is the picture upside down?
Re: View of a Whelen siren from my hotel room
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:25 pm
by Josh
It is?
Its not upside down for me.
I'm new to posting on this forum, I may have screwed something up.
Re: View of a Whelen siren from my hotel room
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:34 pm
by Mark N
Picture is fine for me.
It could be a Vortex, or a 4004, the only way to tell is to look into the horn to see where the screen is, from what I hear.
Re: View of a Whelen siren from my hotel room
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:35 pm
by Josh
Ok, I will look a little closer at it, see what I can see.
Re: View of a Whelen siren from my hotel room
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:38 pm
by Mark N
Where is it? Maybe someone knows the area and can identify it.
Re: View of a Whelen siren from my hotel room
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:50 pm
by Josh
This siren is located in Proctor, MN near the AmericInn Duluth south (Proctor is very close to Duluth, MN). I know that Duluth has some Whelen sirens so I'm guessing it's part of the Duluth siren system.
According to this MN siren map, the siren is a Whelen vortex.
URL for the map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewe ... bT6O5vg3rQ
By the way, I'm staying in the AmericInn I metioned above.
Re: View of a Whelen siren from my hotel room
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:52 pm
by dilloncarpenter
Another way to tell is look at the controls. If there is one box, it's a Vortex. If there's a box with another section on bottom, it's a 4004. Also the rotator motor will either be round or square. Round = 4004, vice versa.
Re: View of a Whelen siren from my hotel room
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:30 am
by anepstad
Duluth has vortexs and 28xx throughout the city
Re: View of a Whelen siren from my hotel room
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:17 am
by Josh
Here are some more pictures: