Solid, reliable, and weatherproof! This is why many of these old B & N units are still in service and even outlasting their later, cheaper made, fiberglass-bodied, ACA Allertor offspring!
@@WR120EZ - That's what I meant... When B & N went to ACA, they started cutting quite a few corners! Nowadays the same company is known as ASC, and now everything is that cheap to make, even cheaper to replace modular electronic junk that doesn't even have that characteristic mechanical sound anymore - Just a bunch of rotating speakers with that loud, sterile electronic "shriek"... Hell, you can even _TALK_ through the damn things now! 😝
“Mobil Directo” sounds less like the name of an outdoor warning siren and more like another suitable name for Comcast. Btw, great video! This thing sounds amazing.
Never knew Tennessee had any active Mobil Directos. I thought the ones in Milwaukee and Pennsylvania were the only active ones left in the country. There are also plenty of inactive ones in Culver City, CA and other places
I wish I was there to see it as well because I have never actually seen a Mobil directo siren in person the only ones I know about are this one in Memphis Pottsville and Milwaukee and that is it and those are the only ones I know of that are still active.
what happened to the grandpa of the allertor, the BN52G, the gas powered one? how come thats not a thing anymore, the only one i can find is jerry wick
There is actually no such thing as a BN44E. The number in the model name is actually the number of parts that make up the siren, and electric mobil directos had 10 fewer parts than the gas powered models, so they called the gas powered units BN54 and the electric units BN44
I'm making a siren map and I can't find the siren on Google Maps. Can you help me find it? I know it's at the school, but I can't figure out quite where the siren is.
I believe that this is just a BN44 judging by the fact that it’s 8 port which tells me this was an old gas powered unit. BN44Es would be the electric motor ones with the 10/12 port ratio.
Solid, reliable, and weatherproof! This is why many of these old B & N units are still in service and even outlasting their later, cheaper made, fiberglass-bodied, ACA Allertor offspring!
The allertor,is,still a,good, siren!
Well these are actually very rare
The Mobil directo is the father of the allertor
@@WR120EZ - That's what I meant... When B & N went to ACA, they started cutting quite a few corners! Nowadays the same company is known as ASC, and now everything is that cheap to make, even cheaper to replace modular electronic junk that doesn't even have that characteristic mechanical sound anymore - Just a bunch of rotating speakers with that loud, sterile electronic "shriek"... Hell, you can even _TALK_ through the damn things now! 😝
@@Jhihmoac yep
“Mobil Directo” sounds less like the name of an outdoor warning siren and more like another suitable name for Comcast.
Btw, great video! This thing sounds amazing.
Had no idea Memphis had one of these! Awesome recording! Sounds great.
Owen you’re the best siren enthusiast of all time
This exact unit was gas powered as it was filmed in a drone video and you could see a gas pipe, it was eventually converted to electric
That is the electrical conduit.
There was never a recorded natural gas mobil directo. One would have to engineer a gas swivel of some sort on the rotator pivot.
I thought this was dead, nice to see it live again!
Never knew Tennessee had any active Mobil Directos. I thought the ones in Milwaukee and Pennsylvania were the only active ones left in the country. There are also plenty of inactive ones in Culver City, CA and other places
Oh. My. God. Legendary!!
Mobile direction
Awesome video, about damn time someone recorded this
YES YES YES THANK YOU!!!
Never thought I’d live to see the day
Yet another common Owen W. Absolutely untouchable
About time someone filmed this. Great video as always son!
I remember an older video of this from years ago not the drone one I think it was in 2012?
Dang that is very healthy!
This also sounds like the Milwaukee Mobil directo
sounds like that dark gray mobil directo in wisconsin
Because it's the same chopper and stator
I’m shocked that thing still standing
Awesome video dude!!
I wish I was there to see it as well because I have never actually seen a Mobil directo siren in person the only ones I know about are this one in Memphis Pottsville and Milwaukee and that is it and those are the only ones I know of that are still active.
those are the only ones still active
Memphis's system is a massive W. Hopefully someday I can film this thing.
what happened to the grandpa of the allertor, the BN52G, the gas powered one?
how come thats not a thing anymore, the only one i can find is jerry wick
Crazy looking rotator
It's a BN44E the E at the end is for electric if it were gas it would be BN44G I think.
I was told many things by many people regarding the name. I’m just going to leave it as the base number.
"BN44G" was misinformation as far as I know
It was originally a gas motored one and sometime before I joined the office in 1990, the remaining ones were converted to electric.
There is actually no such thing as a BN44E. The number in the model name is actually the number of parts that make up the siren, and electric mobil directos had 10 fewer parts than the gas powered models, so they called the gas powered units BN54 and the electric units BN44
@@SuperSirex1272 ah gotcha.
YES THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO THE REAL DEAL
This one has always been electric. Idk how some of you can't see that.
Is this the first recording of this doing a full test?
Second - there was one from about 2010 recorded by an OG enthusiast that has since gone private
Make a playlist of your siren
Awesome!
A electric swapped one. Nice
Haunted siren
Have you seen a toilet on a turn table
I think I died (in a good way)
Awesome
I'm making a siren map and I can't find the siren on Google Maps. Can you help me find it? I know it's at the school, but I can't figure out quite where the siren is.
It's right in the middle of the School's roof.
FINALLY.
Isn't this on East high school??
i thought that was a aca allertor
sounds like a 508
Sounds like any rotational 8 port siren
I believe that this is just a BN44 judging by the fact that it’s 8 port which tells me this was an old gas powered unit. BN44Es would be the electric motor ones with the 10/12 port ratio.
This one is actually a rare example of a factory 8 port mobil directo. Converted GP units would have a funky motor shape
Wait, is this still standing? I thought there was only one Mobil Directo still standing. 🤔
There’s also another one standing somewhere east. It’s on top of a fire station and it rotates extremely fast.
@@Thomasveum Oh dang! I didn't know that. I thought the one in Milwaukee was the only one standing. I guess I was wrong! 😮
@@Thomasveum Potsville PA
when i grow up im gonna take this siren down and convert it into a gas
Good freaking luck xD
its a bn44e
b&n mobile direct SIREN ME
As my character
Sounds like aca p15 lol
???
Beat me to it.
BN44E
this is just an aca allertor
no its not
It's a BN44E big difference. lol