Carstairs SIREN IN ACTION! - Carstairs Junction (North /Siren D)

[@Nthuziast]

it's insane how 5 years i was sat at the edge of my chair watching these videos within minutes after they were uploaded. thank you for giving us a unique childhood, matt.

[@alfiewoolard2598]

You really are spoiling us now with these! Brilliant video.

[@seanjuth]

I believe that the few manufacturers of the cs8 marketed the shutter primarily for blocking birds and what not from entering the siren

[@yeongsuma]

Can’t believe this was over a year ago now! Very good memories of waiting for these videos!

[@obalarms]

4 years ago now 😢

[@UNIX32]

The next siren hunt should be the Severn side sirens in Bristol.

[@AutoUnder]

That would be cool!

[@ajs2120]

I don't live far from Bristol (roughly 40 minute drive). When are they tested?

[@AutoUnder]

They are tested on the 3rd of each month at 3pm

[@Alexis_du_60]

What's so special about these? If y'all don't mind me asking...

[@AutoUnder]

The Severnside sirens consist of Federal Signal Modulators and DSA sirens which are very rare in the UK. The only other system I know that also has these sirens in the UK is at Wilton International Complex in Yorkshire

[@ajs2120]

Well worth the wait! Cannot wait for the rest of these videos. Seems a bit strange that they chose to use the CS-8, but not utilise the high-low function.

[@BritishAPT]

Maybe the GP sirens replaced broken CS-8s and they stopped using Hi-Lo or maybe the other way around but probably the first way based on the fact that the nameplate on the CS-8s have the name before Klaxon.

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

its also like the thunderbolt 1003 like some do not use the hilo so mabye thats why

[@FM60260]

Why would they buy an optional extra but never use it? It is like having a trailer hitch installed on your car and never towing anything with it.

[@Alexis_du_60]

That's what I'm curious about, dampers can jam and given that Secomak went with two normally closed dampers... Unlike what Federal Signal went with a normally open damper and a normally closed one on the 3T22 siren... So if the CS8 has its two dampers stuck it'll become practically a glorified bench grinder.

[@the_alex_ellis_channel6923]

It's apparent to me that some of the sirens in this network have been replaced. Does anyone know which ones are the original ones? Because I would hazard a guess that if the system originally had CS8's, then it is possible that it did once use the Hi-Lo tone, and could've been changed when sirens were replaced with non-dampered ones (since you can;t get ones with Dampers anymore, sadly). Only a theory, and I am expecting someone to prove otherwise in the replies at somepoint.....

[@battytec]

As far as I know, the shuttered models were available up until the mid 00's. It is beyond me why the sirens are different, as the ravenstruther siren looks a lot older than all of the other ones.

[@BritishLifeSafetySystems]

@@battytec klaxon discontinued the entire CS Series and GP8 etc in 2004-2006

[@obalarms]

Visited this one today, not in action sadly but was still cool to catch some photos of it!

[@BritishAPT]

Why even have the CS-8 if you don't use the CS?

[@DrpanProductions]

Much like there are thunderbolt 1003 sirens that don't run fire signal/ Hi Lo. Might have been marketed as a multi signal siren as a means to boost sales or market a multi signal siren to use like broadmoor.

[@alarmmuseum]

Good point 👍

[@MichalM]

1st!!! Even more signs of your dedication! Nice video once again Matt!!!

[@ripb7rle253]

Press f to pay respect for the removed Broadmoor sirens

[@Blixt1000]

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[@perhaps3990]

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[@Idkwhattoputhere5092]

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[@1b2b-videot]

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[@shodowhater]

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[@valrabellkeys9867]

Very cool! I thought they only system of these was Broadmoor, thank you very much for filming these! I find it interesting how they are installed so low.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

There are apparently some more, but not sure about Hospital escape sirens. I'm glad these are so popular, but the best is yet to come...! Thanks for the comment.

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

Plymouth have CS8's

[@jezcolborne6329]

@@hmsirensandfirealarms not forgetting the KLAXON GP12 and a CLM

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

@@jezcolborne6329 There is no CLM. That siren is actually the "official" Devonport GP12 and the Bull Point GP12 they are running on 60hz crazy right!

[@jezcolborne6329]

@@hmsirensandfirealarms also that dockyard siren dousnt have the fast wind up of a GP12 as it also has shutters so its a secomak CS8 siren and its far far louder than the other sirens as it was and is for shift change plus the nuclear reactor leak

[@kasenschwab6296]

The Rundown Is Beautiful

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Agreed! Interesting sounds with both shutters closed and the noises the siren makes as it's running down! All the CS8's seem to do the same.

[@smashbrawler957]

Did Carstairs just reuse the Bagshot Broadmoor siren because this one sounds just like it when it starts up?

[@aedanjharvey1868]

Hey! Totally off topic , but does anyone know if Broadmoor siren E still works?? Used to be the one I heard every Monday till I moved, planning a road trip soon to hear it again. Many thanks

[@MichalM]

Nope! Only Siren G works, the faults it has are unusual though.

[@perhaps3990]

1:53 it goes off

[@NattyTheGreatest]

It’s all clear start up is similar to the Bagshot siren. Nice slow start up. How well are the sirens maintained? It seems like a shutter is stuck open in this video so maybe not great maintenance?

[@childishtombino1275]

Nah it’s a very healthy unit. The shutters are fine.

[@childishtombino1275]

OC_Nathan Ya know what, nevermind, it sounds like you’re right. It sounds like the 12 port shutter is stuck open.

[@erwinbesmonte7678]

Wi1kin5 the rundown sounds like bagshot broadmoor siren

[@al66class59]

I’ll be going to that or another CA8 as a compromise on my two failed broadmoor attempts... I’ll still see shutters opening but no hi-lo tones sadly

[@liverpoolfcforlife3321]

al66class59 been disconnected

[@TrainsAndSirens1]

Nice job!

[@AutoUnder]

Did the shutters eventually close back up again?

[@childishtombino1275]

They close every time the siren winds down.

[@AutoUnder]

Oh yes I can tell now. I think it’s because these sirens are mounted much lower than the Broadmoor ones so they still sound loud even with the shutters closed

[@the_alex_ellis_channel6923]

This area is called "West End".

[@liverpoolfcforlife3321]

What the name of that intro from 1:20-1:32

[@matthewiles5714]

The poles which these sirens are on are much shorter than the Broadmoor siren poles.

[@ivybesmonte2577]

2:53 bracknell station broadmoor siren a runup to all clear?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I have one movie of Bracknell stn siren in action, but its impossible now as it was removed a year a ago!

[@alfonsgamingtornadosirenfan]

Sounds scary the run down

[@josefbodden4]

This siren Sound Remeber me on a Zoomby Movie what i saw vor a Long Time a Go

[@Alexis_du_60]

Ah what a pity that they don't sound in Hi-Lo :/ but then, why did they bother install CS-8 sirens in lieu of GP-12 sirens? And wow, 4 minutes to stop fully... I surely did not expect these to have a long wind down!

[@alfiewoolard2598]

I think it was because it was the most versatile siren at the time and the marketing men wanted to sell the most sophisticated (i.e most expensive) siren they could for all thir sirens needs. It was probably also because the two main signals, attack and all clear, were being used for the Cold War, so a third signal needed to be used. Considering where the GP-12s are in relation to the CS-8s on a siren map, I have a feeling they were added later on in the hospital's life.

[@Alexis_du_60]

@@alfiewoolard2598 it's most likely thar the GP sirens have possibly replaced failed CS-8 units (after all, the CS-8 units are mostly from the 50s), but the mounting masts clearly look very new (as if the sirens were reinstalled in place...)

[@alfiewoolard2598]

@@Alexis_du_60 They could have, but considering some of them are placed outside the nucleus of CS8s I would think they might be later installs as well as possible replacements. They couldn't have been installed at the same time because the 2 signal sirens we've seen already are Klaxon branded, whereas the CS8s are Secomak branded according to the tags on the siren's stator. I haven't pinned down when Secomak became Klaxon, but it was sometime in the mid to late '50s, if not later.

[@Alexis_du_60]

@@alfiewoolard2598 wouldn't the CS-8 slightly more expensive than the GP-6 or 12 because of the fitted dampers? Seems like Carstairs' system has many odd mysteries that just wait to be revealed... Still using a CS-8 (speaking of which, I wonder what happened to the units that were taken down... In Broadmoor) and not using it's Hi-Lo capacity seems a bit of a waste IMHO

[@alfiewoolard2598]

@@Alexis_du_60 It might seem like a waste now, but the 2 signals sirens could produce were being used by the government because it was the Cold War. A third signal had to be used to warn of other things. Now, any signal can be used because we're not clashing with any other nuclear superpower. Because of this the expense wouldn't matter as it was the only way forward. A GP-8 or 12 is more cost effective, sure, but it didn't do the things the hospital required. Aggressive marketing could also be a very plausible reason (because the more expensive a siren is to sell = more profit overall = more money to use on other things). Broadmoor's sirens, once taken down, are either going to be scrapped or placed in a secure lot for some years until they're no longer assets of the government, because Broadmoor is Her Majesty's Prison.

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

wow i have filmed that. I think my mum knows the person that lives right next to the siren

[@FrostyGaming8394]

Nice video you know the lift a hilton park services on the M6 schindler fully replaced that

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Nope, I was there when the lift engineers were modernising it. Wasn't Schindler.

[@aedanjharvey1868]

mrmattandmrchay Hi, do you know any information of siren E broadmoor?? Planning a road trip!

[@MichalM]

It was Morris Vermaport.

[@MichalM]

@@aedanjharvey1868 Removed - sorry.

[@alarmmuseum]

Good video 👍

[@ajs2120]

The camera work looks pretty good to me. I don't the camera work would be questionable in any of your videos!

[@Vexnatos]

Instead of Hi-Lo, it does a slower Attack signal. Interesting.

[@LukiRudaka]

wonder what it would sound like on 120V 60hz (USA)

[@SouthGeorgiaSirens]

Nice I am an hour late hour because of school

[@ivybesmonte2577]

*Broadmoor siren all clear identifies*

[@petrualdea8414]

This is a slow wind up and wind down is very slow for that long. Maybe a Centrifuge to fast.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

It's nice though!

[@ivybesmonte2577]

mrmattandmrchay sounds like your favorite broadmoor siren!

[@yeongsuma]

I adore this things wind down tho

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I think I prefer the wind-up :)

[@yeongsuma]

mrmattandmrchay A lovely siren either way, but I cannot wait any longer for the Ravenstruther one you keep mentioning!

[@ivybesmonte2577]

Lol runup is broadmoor siren l

[@sirensoftheunitedkingdom]

No

[@alisonhowat1436]

(knows nothing about sirens) I would just like to say that I live a couple towns over from the penny, and every time I hear it I think we're about to be bombed. Nobody ever remembers if it's the third Thursday or not 😅