@@sirensofsouthusa6397 this is in NZ. We don’t use fire sirens in the UK as we don’t have many volunteer fire stations however in New Zealand many require a siren to notify the volunteer for a call out. Here in the UK the only sirens we have are for floods, chemical complexes, oil refineries, nuclear waste material, factory warning systems, high security psychiatric hospitals etc We don’t have that many Carters in the UK. Mainly Klaxon/Secomaks, Castle Castings and electronic sirens
The volunteer fire station I used to be at used the pager in the sky. I still miss the sound of the relay going clunk if I was near by when a job dropped. Now we all carry pagers. No more sirens.
Is it sad that I knew it was a Carter just from the sound or maybe because they where so common here in the UK for many many years. Sadly loads gone now since the end of the Cold War.
New Zealand Fire Callout Sirens are standard, and must make the same sound nationwide - thus they will always use the same type of siren. If this one ever breaks, they will get a new one ( there is a company in Wellington that makes them).
Gerard Reijman In 2020 the whole sirene system in NL is going away. They are currently just loudspeakers in NL by the way. In the UK they still have the old skool air raid sirenes like this one.
I've been searching forever to see what happens in the fire station when the siren goes off. As if in what type of lever is pulled or button is pushed and the actual mechanism itself. I got so close with this video and you didn't even bother to show what the fuck he was doing behind that open cabinet door. Total fail!😲
If it's an old system, it will start on Y (lower voltage) and then go to Delta (higher voltage). If it has a soft start using power electronics, it probably runs on whatever.
Let's see, based a little, on my American siren (and controllers) experience.... A receiver, a timer, motor starters(s), fuses, switches, and indicator lamps typically. The motors are between 5 and 10 HP, 230/400 ( 3ph 208-480/60Hz USA) three phase in most cases.
@@RODALCO2007 must be such a cool feeling to flip them switches during a test, id literally pay money to have a go. You can't beat the sound of an air raid siren.
Volunteer fire brigades; not worth paying people to sit around at the station in case they're needed. This is the bat signal, but not relying on clouds.
The sound of a 10/12 port siren on 50Hz is hard to beat! Sounds amazing
Great sounding siren - love the star / delta change over!
no idea what that means but ok
@bah low to high voltage
Love how it changes from a slow wind-up to a fast one.
That's a star delta start
It had a hiccup
@@sirenmaster1735 No hiccup, Its a Star-Delta starter, can be safer for motors.
The fist-pump dance from last time was more impressive than the "smack your hand against the cabinet door" dance :-)
is that guy doin a mad dab
scampers yep
Yeah, he's just a big kid!
@@dragondancer1814 I'd be a big kid if a was gonna test a fire siren. Keep doin what ya doin. PEOPLE LEAVE SIMON ALONE. I PITY YOU JEALOUS FOOLS
Gotta love hearing a 3 phase siren on a star-delta contactor ;D
Wow you really tuned that up. All sounds great and you can tell your good nature is rubbing off on those wonderful gentleman in there.
Ours goes off at 1:00 PM every first Saturday of each month. :-)
Good old Aussie Fire Stations have the same ones. They’re the best
I believe it's a Carter.
@@sirensofsouthusa6397 it think it is but in NZ they also use PSL Firemaster and Carrel Electrade sirens which are made and installed now.
@@alarmmuseum This is in the UK and they have many Carter's and no Aussie sirens.
@@sirensofsouthusa6397 this is in NZ. We don’t use fire sirens in the UK as we don’t have many volunteer fire stations however in New Zealand many require a siren to notify the volunteer for a call out. Here in the UK the only sirens we have are for floods, chemical complexes, oil refineries, nuclear waste material, factory warning systems, high security psychiatric hospitals etc
We don’t have that many Carters in the UK. Mainly Klaxon/Secomaks, Castle Castings and electronic sirens
@@sirensofsouthusa6397 and PSL sirens are made in New Zealand, not Australia!
That's a star delta controller on the siren isn't it! Awesome vid great sound!
Man I would be exited too if I tested it as I love the two tone sirens like that one. Yeeeeha. Rock on simon
this is a legit firefighter
Spin-down time was so long Ray gave up waiting for it to stop!
LakeNipissing Maybe he went to push a broomstick in between the rotor and stator ;)
The volunteer fire station I used to be at used the pager in the sky. I still miss the sound of the relay going clunk if I was near by when a job dropped. Now we all carry pagers. No more sirens.
He dabbed so hard the siren turned on
Very nice! Awesome sound. That thing takes some time to stop then, haha
Is it sad that I knew it was a Carter just from the sound or maybe because they where so common here in the UK for many many years. Sadly loads gone now since the end of the Cold War.
0:34 Party begins
Sounds like a Broadmoor Escape Siren
AwesomeFireFan they are the same makes of siren.
They are the same siren except broadmoor has solenoids on the air intakes to give the hi-lo sound
They are NOT the same make. They are definitely not the same siren. The sound is the only thing that is Similar is the sound even that's not the same.
Mr.Someone \Tom/ I meant in the sense of basic design principles
Iain Stenhouse SHUTTERS!
YOU BLEEDING IDIOT
What's the model of the siren
It's a carter siren
Love the old flip number clock.
That makes two of us!
If they ever decommission that siren (hopefully they never do) but if they did you have to take it!
Yeah, Ray should have it as his doorbell.
New Zealand Fire Callout Sirens are standard, and must make the same sound nationwide - thus they will always use the same type of siren. If this one ever breaks, they will get a new one ( there is a company in Wellington that makes them).
Firefighter Simon did an awesome job testing the siren dab on that
Did the siren do the same tone for an emergency or a different tone
No, same tones, it is a two speed siren. Star Delta start 230/400 Volts
This siren is gone the whole tower is removed
This sounds much better dan the sirens in The Netherlands :)
Couldn't agree more!
Gerard Reijman yep hahaha
Gerard Reijman In 2020 the whole sirene system in NL is going away. They are currently just loudspeakers in NL by the way. In the UK they still have the old skool air raid sirenes like this one.
Yh cuz we only have a modulator
@@Engineer9736 2020 now and there not gone. ( why u always lying)
In my county we had a mostly volunteer system and we would set off all alarm Sirens at 12 noon on Saturday for a test
Sounds exactly like the Rampton and Ravenstruther sirens cause of the star delta wind up 😍
where does someone get a clock like that
heith85 ebay
1:30 is that originally a British WW2 air raid siren?
I think it’s a Klaxon CS6, one of those..
Its a ww2 carter siren
In Lansing, Michigan they test ours on the first Saturday of the month at noon also.
Was a little kid in the Cold War days
Knew it was going off at noon every day,
got scared anyway
Awesome video! We have one of those sirens at my station
Such a badass sound!
OW! Nothing hurts like hitting your knuckle on the corner of something!
0:37 me at home with my imi al 1578 be like xD
Carter Air RAID Siren!
Simon is a little too excited by this!
Well he loves his job so let him do what he loves doing ya crazy FOOL
Simon is a legend
Leave Simon alone as I would love to test a fire siren in nz or Australia
Heck yeah Simon!
My Town Siren Goes Off Everyday except weekends At 7am, Noon (12PM) And 5pm only at Monday-Friday Only
You are aware who you did it all for
I've been searching forever to see what happens in the fire station when the siren goes off. As if in what type of lever is pulled or button is pushed and the actual mechanism itself. I got so close with this video and you didn't even bother to show what the fuck he was doing behind that open cabinet door. Total fail!😲
Also I know little about motors, but does it start up slow because you're starting on Y and running on delta? I forget the order, sorry
Something like that, I can't remember either.
If it's an old system, it will start on Y (lower voltage) and then go to Delta (higher voltage).
If it has a soft start using power electronics, it probably runs on whatever.
ElectroBlood the start up current would be to high to start it in delta
Ok, cool - so that's why it spins up in like 2 steps
World War II Carter Air Raid Siren!
Cool One!🚒👨🚒🔥🧯⛑🚨
Absolute *mad lad*
Good job
Sounds like Lake Tekapo's fire siren but at 12:00 pm
How come dose it speed up quickly as it winds up
Hey when was this????
Why are they mucking about with a air raid siren?
It's the fire siren
sounds like a carter siren used here in the uk during WW2
Is this a test alert?
Y E S I T I S
Love it man
So funny! I would do the same if I would start a siren ^^
is that carter air raid siren
Yes it is.
@@RODALCO2007 oh. ok
Thats going to be me when i finish making my thunderbolt siren and test it!!
Why do you do that?
That's a cool clock
is it still running on the Nilsen siren controls?
Yes, I put the old Nilsen controller relays back in, as after the switchboard upgrade the motor was started up in direct delta only.
Why do I feel like I have seen him
It must be the thunderbolt.
WTH? Not even close to a thunderbolt, it's a carter air raid I think.
SBCuber Carter's are only in UK, and this is in the US
its in new Zealand
This is NZ which is a British Colony
How in NZ????
Nice job simon
That’s a carter siren
i got to set off a siren
0:39 Did he just dabbed? 😂
Those trees need tidying up
Is this a Grifco 999?
Carter
what siren was that a carter siren or is it a 2t22 siren
A White Carter Siren.
nice
Did you put up that clock?
Yes, it's one of my Solari Cifra 5 clocks.
Where i can buy one of these clocks?
olavo muquia
They can be found on eBay occasionally. They're quite expensive, though, and they need a master clock to work.
ebay italy
there was one a speaker one beside it I think
what's inside that switchboard
Let's see, based a little, on my American siren (and controllers) experience.... A receiver, a timer, motor starters(s), fuses, switches, and indicator lamps typically. The motors are between 5 and 10 HP, 230/400 ( 3ph 208-480/60Hz USA) three phase in most cases.
BPM Productions of Colorado thanks
A switch. :-P
Chocolate! :D
What's the brand of the siren? Castles Castings?
Yep. Grifco made similar sirens up until their acquisition by Chamberlain, after which they entirely switched gears to making garage door openers...
@@douro20its a british ww2 çarter siren
I ment carter
@@jezcolborne6329 Similar ones were also made by Castle Castings.
@@douro20 also GENTS WW2 SECOMAK cold war and KLAXON
excited AF
The waiting is the worst bit
Nice carter siren
Is it a 2 phase start up ? ( 2 switches )
3 Phase. Star 3 x 230 Volts / Delta 3 x 400 Volts.
@@RODALCO2007 must be such a cool feeling to flip them switches during a test, id literally pay money to have a go.
You can't beat the sound of an air raid siren.
neat clock
Is this a carter siren?
Either Klaxon/Secomak GP8 or Castle Castings
That is a crater ww2 siren i think.
This siren was gone now
Unfortunately yes, This is now a piece of history of the Titirangi Fire brigade.
And why was it gone
Which type of siren is it?
Carter siren.
@@RODALCO2007 Oh Thank you
What is that type of siren device?
Jason Fontanoz carter air raid siren
I'm guessing a Klaxon/Secomak GP8 or Castle Castings
@@AverageGamer817 I don't think its a Carter cause Carters have thicker motors
Good siren sound like a the castle castings use in linares in chile
Carter Air Raid
and this is why the public hates the fire departments using them
SHAME. THIS IS WHY THE FIRE SIREN HATES YOU😂😃
where is this fire station located
Titirangi
New Zealand
This is uk?
NZ
Whats the siren for?
LifeOfAnEnglishman To alarm people
Volunteer fire brigades; not worth paying people to sit around at the station in case they're needed. This is the bat signal, but not relying on clouds.
+Richard van Pukkem "To alarm people": You made me laugh enough I started choking on my drink.
Dabbed on it!
It sounds a little bit like a sd40-2 startup and shutdown
that was funny he starts dancing
RING THE ALARM- Beyonce
*Siren plays*
10/12 port world war 2 Carter air raid siren
Poor Simon he banged his arm on the door xd
It sounds like a 2t22
his poor hand LOL
YD Starter?
Yes.