_(Edit) Well, it was a pretty sick siren. With the following issues:_ _- The rotors of the siren was spinning in the wrong way. They was sucking up air instead of supercharging it, that explain why that sounds quiet. (Reversed-Wired)_ _- The motor was toasted and all the copper bars in the rotor melted. (Struck by lightings.)_ _But I was surprised that even after those failures, the siren continued to function before being replaced._ R.I.P.
@MrLazyBones I do have to credit the siren for that the fact that it still works despite how damaged it is it's clearly beyond safe condition though with it already having heat damage and the rotor being melted it would have eventually already died though it was replaced with a siren that also failed in 2012
Yep, and this is one of them here. They had a 10hp Doerr capacitor start/run motor, and more times than not they would wind up like this due to armature trouble Doerr had with those motors. The P-15 we just refurbished and installed had a 15hp Doerr single phase motor on it, and sounded at about the same pitch as this one.
Awesome. I'd have to say that the dual tone ACA Allertor is my favorite siren overall. This lower-pitched one sounds downright creepy, too. Thanks for posting.
I hear these sirens every Saturday while eating lunch. I never took much notice of it going to Stangel, but it's really cool that the old CD logos are still on it!
The Allertor is one of my Favorite Sirens...it Looks Good and Sounds Good too......i wish the FS 2001's sounded like them. :-)...better yet i wish they were still made!
think that thing needs a new capacitor, either that or the motor is on its way out. slow startup and even after it got going i would of thought the pitch would of been a little higher.
I believe tests are done at a precise time, like exactly 11 a.m., or Noon or 6 p.m. If exactly on an hour in good weather, it is a test. They do notest if weather is threatening.
we used to have a alletor or sd 10 where I live and it was so loud I had to cover my ears and we lived 1 street over from it. the siren was on top of a school but was replaced in 2002. it would have hi lo attack for 3 minutes.
One is on the air intake, one is on the air output. If you use the sound generated on both sides, you increase the percieved loudness, especially on a directional horn.
The Allertor is not Correctly warning the area, that low tone most likely means that the motor is broken and can go out at any time during a real warning or test and not producing the 125 dB at 1000 feet that it should be.
Does anyone have video of an ACA Hurricane??? We used to have one in town, but it was taken down way before i got a camera. It was quite old, and barel audible when it did sound. The most quiet siren i've ever heard. It was sadly replaced by a DC 2001.
Wonder why the motor is slower? Very lucky that it stopped pointing towards you! But time to get a tripod. Too difficult to hold a camera steady when zooming in. Thanks.
This one sounds really eerie. This one really gives me the chills. Can you re-tape this one again, and get closer? Do they sound these in repeated high-low tones?
The bad thing about fully-electronic sirens: They can be hacked to broadcast any sound, so internet meme-wise pranksters could rickroll an entire town! lol
Siren looks very saddened to its sound poor siren rip aca allertor 125 1975-2008 and 2014 till the thank of the video thank to the siren for its hard work to alerto the people for tornados
Problems: Bad phase on the rotors, power feed, the chopper motor is spinning the wrong way & it's sucking up air instead of supercharging (Reverse Wired) that's why it's so quiet & most of the chopper motor had been melted badly, later it got replaced by a ASC T-128 which had malfunctioned in early 2012. That was a very sick siren
Are you sure these were the only sirens? I've seen a photo of an ASC Cyclone on the siren archive which was taken in 2004, but I have no idea when that siren was installed.
On Google Maps I saw a T-135. They look like T-128s but with a longer motor box and horn projector. It looks almost exactly like T-128s, which is probably why you thought it was one. Good guess, though. Too bad they replaced the Allertor, but at least it wasn't a 2001 or ATI. T-128s are good sirens.
Dorian Lopez it most likely got filled up with snow which melted and then froze again locking the rotor in place. Motor has power applied to it and it can’t turn and boom... one cooked motor.
These types of Sirens look like there maybe like over 100 Watts. The thing about these types of Sirens is that they would have a fan that goes fast. The thing about the fan is that its more like a chopper and a blower.
I think it's the 2 tones combined that create the high pitched 3rd tone. I remember from my childhood memories..WAY back like around 4 yrs. old, me and my friend tried to see who could scream the loudest and with both of us screaming at the same time, we heard another tone. Well, that's my theory anyways...but who knows. LOL
The ones we have in the more 2000 ages are bad because they are high tone and loud. High tone is usually louder and travels faster, faster and louder alert - more people saved.
_(Edit) Well, it was a pretty sick siren. With the following issues:_
_- The rotors of the siren was spinning in the wrong way. They was sucking up air instead of supercharging it, that explain why that sounds quiet. (Reversed-Wired)_
_- The motor was toasted and all the copper bars in the rotor melted. (Struck by lightings.)_
_But I was surprised that even after those failures, the siren continued to function before being replaced._ R.I.P.
@MrLazyBones I do have to credit the siren for that the fact that it still works despite how damaged it is it's clearly beyond safe condition though with it already having heat damage and the rotor being melted it would have eventually already died though it was replaced with a siren that also failed in 2012
Source?
The motor aint molten, its running on the wrong phase
It’s not actually reverse wired
its been replaced by a T-128
Yep, and this is one of them here. They had a 10hp Doerr capacitor start/run motor, and more times than not they would wind up like this due to armature trouble Doerr had with those motors. The P-15 we just refurbished and installed had a 15hp Doerr single phase motor on it, and sounded at about the same pitch as this one.
It's also been hit by lightning several times
uwtitanfan this siren was struck by lightning and it still worked? Then this thing was legendary
There’s the answer of why it’s sick
Wow
The siren is a legendary siren
@@THUNDERBOLTTsirenproduct-nj2qj “Long live the toilet”
For some reason I like sick tornado sirens. This one was the most interesting sick tornado siren I have ever seen.
This is the video that got me into allertors.
Nostalgicmvideo
The angel its on the up on the sky
LOVE THE SOUND OF THAT ALLERTOR!!!!! SAD THAT IT WAS REPLACED BY A T-128 :( T-128s suck a little (not even loud)
According to a compilation video of sick Sirens that this clip was included in that exact siren malfunctioned in 2012 what was that like?
Awesome. I'd have to say that the dual tone ACA Allertor is my favorite siren overall. This lower-pitched one sounds downright creepy, too. Thanks for posting.
I hear these sirens every Saturday while eating lunch. I never took much notice of it going to Stangel, but it's really cool that the old CD logos are still on it!
*you zoom in on siren*
*siren turns and sees you*
You: uhhhhh....hi?
Allerator: jfhoirhdtoiehrtoiyhreoth *wails*
The Allertor is one of my Favorite Sirens...it Looks Good and Sounds Good too......i wish the FS 2001's sounded like them. :-)...better yet i wish they were still made!
Lile
VERY SICK!
Lol!
@@dammionpeaks2209 very very sick
It's a dual tone siren. The motor has issues though.
Finally, I found a full version of the Sick Allertor video I saw. (?)
This one’s been lifted several times
That cyclone is up the road in two rivers by the water tower on the east side of town
It was installed in 1975
that's pretty impressive it's age and all the rough treatment it's been through from nature and it still works though not correctly
I was inside so I don't over modulate the sound levels in my camcorder
Sounds Sick!
Cough-cough-wheeze-wheeze!
4:14 hi camera
They may look scary, but I trust Allertors.
It’s sucking up air instead of supercharging it. That’s why it’s so quiet. And the chopper looks to have been melted.
it was getting full voltage, motor was damaged though. 120 wouldn't even turn the motor over.
The motor works fine it’s just the whole thing is reverse wired and most of the chopper was melted badly.
@@barbaraespino62393 This one wasn't reverse wired at all.
@@BusMaster99 yes it was
@@dank980 Say what you want, but this one wasn't.
Everytime I heard that sound it creeps me out.
I know, I've seen that photo on the siren archive, but that Cyclone is in Two Rivers
think that thing needs a new capacitor, either that or the motor is on its way out. slow startup and even after it got going i would of thought the pitch would of been a little higher.
Holy crap it's VERY sick!😱
That location seems haunted. Where the Allertor almost seems to not get enough power and the t-128 that replaced it went off on its own.
Kyle Dipper yes it it's cursed because of this Allertor lol nah jk it's cursed though
That Siren Is Sick
Sick very sick
OMG that windup sounds scary!!!!! I'd hate to have that go off at night.
How cool,the thing stops staring at you!!!
the allertor looks sad =,(
that would be hilarious. Instead of an alarm, you'd hear the number 1 song on the charts
The sound of it with the sunny day and in a park (perhaps) strikes a big nostalgic nerve in me.
Hearing it crank up at 00:03...it's just so creepy sounding!
I believe tests are done at a precise time, like exactly 11 a.m., or Noon or 6 p.m. If exactly on an hour in good weather, it is a test. They do notest if weather is threatening.
we used to have a alletor or sd 10 where I live and it was so loud I had to cover my ears and we lived 1 street over from it. the siren was on top of a school but was replaced in 2002. it would have hi lo attack for 3 minutes.
Is the new T-128 in that same exact spot to where that Allertor is or is the T-128 in a different spot near by?
that doesn't apply in Harrisburg, IL
I remember them testing sirens when sky looked incredibly menacing, but it was nothing more than very heavy rain
I also wonder if they took the siren to west shore services
Great video. Im from Prairie du Chien WI and we have allertors but they sound nothing like this
@ekoslosky its not 2 sirens. the bottom "siren" is to suck in the air and the top one is to blow it out.
This video is almost ten years old omg
One is on the air intake, one is on the air output. If you use the sound generated on both sides, you increase the percieved loudness, especially on a directional horn.
You ought to tape the allertor at Washington Park again. That was a cool one. I liked the grey color on that one.
R.I.P ACA Allertor, 1988 to 2008.
I like the lower pitch, even if it is supposed to be higher. Lower tones carry farther than higher tones, therefore can be heard farther.
But not when the volume is so low...
The Allertor is not Correctly warning the area, that low tone most likely means that the motor is broken and can go out at any time during a real warning or test and not producing the 125 dB at 1000 feet that it should be.
I wonder how much one of these goes for, when it's taken out of service...
is the allertor at the public works building still active?
Exactly one year before I was born
WeatherRadiosAndSirens01 me too
@@Benicio_Fols you 14 now?
Wow that actually sounds nice
A ghost is controlling the allertor.
you know what else sucks... a T-128 there not even loud. my dad says so when I recorded the T-128 in limerick.
Poor Allertor! it sounds like it's sick!
Is this a single-phase unit? The motor pickup is really slow, and the siren sounds like it has a cold.
Will you ever record a video of the Stangel Elementary T-128 on a test day?
The tempest replaced it
Didn't know a full test video of this existed
Does anyone have video of an ACA Hurricane??? We used to have one in town, but it was taken down way before i got a camera. It was quite old, and barel audible when it did sound. The most quiet siren i've ever heard. It was sadly replaced by a DC 2001.
4:13 *siren* hello there
Wonder why the motor is slower? Very lucky that it stopped pointing towards you! But time to get a tripod. Too difficult to hold a camera steady when zooming in. Thanks.
the times when you could still see the Original CD stickers pretty well on sirens.
This one sounds really eerie. This one really gives me the chills. Can you re-tape this one again, and get closer? Do they sound these in repeated high-low tones?
No
Bring the allertor back!
Near and elementary school huh? Run for your life, kiddies!!!
That must be a very unhealthy Allertor. Hey Mr.Allertor, STOP EATING MCDONALDS SO MUCH!!!
The bad thing about fully-electronic sirens: They can be hacked to broadcast any sound, so internet meme-wise pranksters could rickroll an entire town! lol
And the batteries
No, I hate when sirens like Allertors are scraped.
what if you can hook your i-pod up to one of them...
The Maan you cant they’re electro mechanical that means there’s a chopper them sucking up the air and making sound
This alliater’s chopper is rotating backwards which is sucking up air instead of shooting out air according to another video
Siren looks very saddened to its sound poor siren rip aca allertor 125 1975-2008 and 2014 till the thank of the video thank to the siren for its hard work to alerto the people for tornados
Please give this 125 some voltage!!
wait! the ACA P-50 is the ASC T-135? or is the T-135 a T-128 only fatter
Wait is that the tornado siren I saw in the last video
i love it's wind up sound!
That sounds sick
@uwtitanfan so did the t128 take place of the alertor?
Problems: Bad phase on the rotors, power feed, the chopper motor is spinning the wrong way & it's sucking up air instead of supercharging (Reverse Wired) that's why it's so quiet & most of the chopper motor had been melted badly, later it got replaced by a ASC T-128 which had malfunctioned in early 2012.
That was a very sick siren
Have the others been replaced with T128's too?
thanks for the info!
Love aca allertor
is it on a phase convertor
Are you sure these were the only sirens? I've seen a photo of an ASC Cyclone on the siren archive which was taken in 2004, but I have no idea when that siren was installed.
On Google Maps I saw a T-135. They look like T-128s but with a longer motor box and horn projector. It looks almost exactly like T-128s, which is probably why you thought it was one. Good guess, though.
Too bad they replaced the Allertor, but at least it wasn't a 2001 or ATI. T-128s are good sirens.
I still don’t get why the motor would burn, why it would spin the wrong way and why the chopper melted
Dorian Lopez it most likely got filled up with snow which melted and then froze again locking the rotor in place. Motor has power applied to it and it can’t turn and boom... one cooked motor.
uwtitanfan oh ok thank you 😊
It sounds like a tuba playing a chord on the same note!!
its totally older you can tell because it sounds different than the modern allertor (if they still make them).
nice old school video
is that the sick allertor?
These types of Sirens look like there maybe like over 100 Watts. The thing about these types of Sirens is that they would have a fan that goes fast. The thing about the fan is that its more like a chopper and a blower.
I think it's the 2 tones combined that create the high pitched 3rd tone. I remember from my childhood memories..WAY back like around 4 yrs. old, me and my friend tried to see who could scream the loudest and with both of us screaming at the same time, we heard another tone. Well, that's my theory anyways...but who knows. LOL
Hahahaha,,,, The thing stopped staring at you!!! lol!!
What a frighting wind up
That allertor is very very sick
It died at age 33
Lol.
was/is there such thing as a single phase allertor? just curious.
The ones we have in the more 2000 ages are bad because they are high tone and loud. High tone is usually louder and travels faster, faster and louder alert - more people saved.
Was just on google maps too, they replaced with a t 128 :(
actually, i think that was an rm-127 being heard
It kinda sounds sick
what installed on 1975