Underpowered 2t22?

[kswx29]

Well I went and recorded one of our 2T22s, but it sounds like it is either underpowered or it has one of those intake tubes blocked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l03nN1Z7Uow

You can hear faintly a 2001DC mixing in at parts.

[sirenman1bd]

Sounds like an Intake tube is blocked, but my question is, what could it be blocked by?

[red04stanggt]

Yeah somthin dont sound right here

[SirenMadness]

The higher-tone rotor is blocked. Maybe one of the solenoids got rusted and jammed up. Nice sound, though.

[kswx29]

It is a 2T22, so perhaps birds have built a birds nest? It has been there for years so there is no telling...

[holler]

You should notify your EMA about that, since it's reducing the sirens output.

[FS T-Bolt]

Maybe the city purposely did that to reduce noise production. There is a 2T22 next to a middle school here in Bartlesville that sounds like that. Maybe our city blocked an intake tube since the siren is next to a school.

[tboltkid520]

Maybe the city purposely did that to reduce noise production. There is a 2T22 next to a middle school here in Bartlesville that sounds like that. Maybe our city blocked an intake tube since the siren is next to a school.

That would be a very stupid move by your City if that were the case, but most likely something got in there. I've seen it happen on a few Xt22s.

[kswx29]

You should notify your EMA about that, since it's reducing the sirens output.

As long as it makes noise...they don't care.

[coyoteunknown]

Maybe the city purposely did that to reduce noise production. There is a 2T22 next to a middle school here in Bartlesville that sounds like that. Maybe our city blocked an intake tube since the siren is next to a school.

That's actually very possible. Derek tested a 3T22 that seemed to have a blocked intake tube, but as it turned out, the city had permanently wired one of the dampers shut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y28OP4LRl8Y