Now that you mention about it, Its likely that VCU may actually now have a system of these Alertus sirens. Back in August of last year when I stopped by Richmond to visit the Eclipse-8 atop the West Carry Parking Deck, I noticed that the disconnect was locked off for no apparent reason. This made me believe that it was replaced by something nearby, or simply shut it off to prevent tampering, but I couldn't see/spot anything nearby that would've replaced it or how someone would be able to tamper with it.DJ2226 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:07 amThe WAVES siren at VCU is an Alertus HPSA. They replaced one of their 2001-130s with a HPSA-2400 after the rotator gave out. I don't know when that system initially went up, but Federal at one point shipped a bunch of 508s, 130s, and possibly some Equinoxes that used a nylon bushing in the rotator assembly that would swell up from the moisture in the air and lock the siren up. There is a 130 here in Georgia that locked up like that, and that siren ended up being replaced with a refurbished 2nd gen 2001-SRN. It might be possible that they are starting to install more HPSAs to eventually phase out the old system. They apparently have a full Alertus campus warning system.
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