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How To supercharge a boring MS-290 siren (makes it much louder!)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:12 pm
by eurofoxduder
This is a how-to on How to supercharge your boring MS-290 siren.
I have an MS-290 siren that supposed to run on 9 volts, and It's was boring and not that loud like a real siren, So I supercharged the siren.
To supercharge it, I ran it on a 12 volt NI-CD drill battery and It was very loud and it even sounds almost like a Carter siren!
and That's how to supercharge your boring MS-290 siren to a mini Carter-like siren.
Re: How To supercharge a boring MS-290 siren (makes it much louder!)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:26 pm
by sirendude2012
I'm pretty sure the definition of "supercharging" a siren is Forced Induction- feeding a siren's intake with more air than the rotor pulls in naturally with a blower of some sort.
On the other hand, there are few members here that own these little sirens; most of us have real sirens, like Thunderbolts, Model 5s, 3T22s and what not.
Re: How To supercharge a boring MS-290 siren (makes it much louder!)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:33 pm
by eurofoxduder
sirendude2012 wrote:I'm pretty sure the definition of "supercharging" a siren is Forced Induction- feeding a siren's intake with more air than the rotor pulls in naturally with a blower of some sort.
On the other hand, there are few members here that own these little sirens; most of us have real sirens, like Thunderbolts, Model 5s, 3T22s and what not.
Well to me, supercharging is making a siren more louder.
It felt like I was supercharging it.
Re: How To supercharge a boring MS-290 siren (makes it much louder!)
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:07 pm
by FSThunderboltfan1000
I have one of those sirens I cut the finger guard out of the ports to make it louder and intake and ran it on a bigger transformer.
Re: How To supercharge a boring MS-290 siren (makes it much louder!)
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:58 am
by Daniel
Supercharging means forcing more air into the siren. Running a motor above the rated voltage will only make it run faster and eventually burn it out.
Re: How To supercharge a boring MS-290 siren (makes it much louder!)
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:21 am
by clm 10 12
The MS-290s can not really be supercharged by forcing air into the intake, because it has an unusual rotor design which doesn't allow the extra air to get chopped. I tried to supercharge my MS-290 once by hooking it up to a blower, but it actually muffled the sound, whereas all my other mini sirens about doubled in volume when hooked up to the same blower.
Re: How To supercharge a boring MS-290 siren (makes it much louder!)
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:49 am
by Tyler
Really the correct definition would be to give more energy or power. In a nut shell anything to make it more powerful.
Re: How To supercharge a boring MS-290 siren (makes it much louder!)
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:39 pm
by Ziginox
Thunderbolt10031 wrote:Really the correct definition would be to give more energy or power. In a nut shell anything to make it more powerful.
https://airraidsirens.com/wiki/index.ph ... ged_Sirens
Re: How To supercharge a boring MS-290 siren (makes it much louder!)
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:55 pm
by Tyler