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Hello from Idaho! And my first siren
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:56 pm
by Deere7710
Hello, I just joined yesterday and by no coincidence also received my first siren at the same time. It's a 110v Federal model L, I'm not sure how old it is. It appears to be in good working condition. The person I bought it from acquired it at a surplus sale from INL (Idaho National Laboratory). They test nuclear reactor designs there and I'd bet this was stationed at one of them.
So, anyway, greetings and enjoy!
Re: Hello from Idaho! And my first siren
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:10 pm
by Chicagosiren-hunters
Welcome aboard! The Model L looks to be between about 1958- mid 1960's due to the "Formerly " portion on the bottom of the tag. Looks to be in stellar shape!
Re: Hello from Idaho! And my first siren
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 3:21 pm
by Deere7710
Chicagosiren-hunters wrote:Welcome aboard! The Model L looks to be between about 1958- mid 1960's due to the "Formerly " portion on the bottom of the tag. Looks to be in stellar shape!
Thanks for the info! That would fit well with where it came from. It works great too! I took a video of my test, but I don't have a YouTube channel yet.
I'm looking into buying or building a control box that I could use with it next.
Re: Hello from Idaho! And my first siren
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 3:32 pm
by Valra Bellkeys
Deere7710 wrote:Chicagosiren-hunters wrote:Welcome aboard! The Model L looks to be between about 1958- mid 1960's due to the "Formerly " portion on the bottom of the tag. Looks to be in stellar shape!
Thanks for the info! That would fit well with where it came from. It works great too! I took a video of my test, but I don't have a YouTube channel yet.
I'm looking into buying or building a control box that I could use with it next.
You can buy a cheap generic timer(someone please link it!), or you can buy a AR/AF timer that 'ole federal sirens use. Unfortunately, they are hard to come bye. The only one's on ebay are AF timers(which supports a hi-lo signal, which model L's can't do), and its quite expensive. Around $280. I personally have a newer Model L hooked up to a AR timer!
Re: Hello from Idaho! And my first siren
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 8:04 am
by coastalsyrolover
Hello eastern state neighbor!!!
Re: Hello from Idaho! And my first siren
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 3:43 am
by Deere7710
coastalsyrolover wrote:Hello eastern state neighbor!!!
Hello!
Re: Hello from Idaho! And my first siren
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 5:30 am
by Deere7710
Valtonus wrote:Deere7710 wrote:Chicagosiren-hunters wrote:Welcome aboard! The Model L looks to be between about 1958- mid 1960's due to the "Formerly " portion on the bottom of the tag. Looks to be in stellar shape!
Thanks for the info! That would fit well with where it came from. It works great too! I took a video of my test, but I don't have a YouTube channel yet.
I'm looking into buying or building a control box that I could use with it next.
You can buy a cheap generic timer(someone please link it!), or you can buy a AR/AF timer that 'ole federal sirens use. Unfortunately, they are hard to come bye. The only one's on ebay are AF timers(which supports a hi-lo signal, which model L's can't do), and its quite expensive. Around $280. I personally have a newer Model L hooked up to a AR timer!
If I could get hold of an AR timer for a decent price I would. Short of that, I think it might be a good project to make my own control box. Tinker with it and learn something in the process perhaps
Re: Hello from Idaho! And my first siren
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 7:59 am
by Ziginox
Re: Hello from Idaho! And my first siren
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 5:24 pm
by SiratoneGuy612
Hello, welcome to the board!
Re: Hello from Idaho! And my first siren
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 3:52 am
by Daniel
Welcome! I just returned from the Coeur d'Alene area, where I've never seen a siren. The only one I saw was a Model 5 in Potlatch.