Milwaukee, WI ACA Hurricane underneath shot

That blower sure sounds like it's dying but at least the siren is still kicking good. I really enjoyed being able to experience an ACA Hurricane siren up close in person.

[@NoisySirens]

Absolutely amazing to see this thing from directly underneath, you can really hear the blower surge when it starts up.

[@ThunderboltSiren1003]

So that's what that was

[@Engineer_Anton]

@@ThunderboltSiren1003 Come on Thunderbolt u should know because u have a blower too!

[@ThunderboltSiren1003]

@@Engineer_Anton I dont

[@Engineer_Anton]

@@ThunderboltSiren1003 u do

[@ThunderboltSiren1003]

@@Engineer_Anton NO I DONT

[@TriangIe]

My god, they have got to lube that blower, I’m sure that’s all it needs. I understand the “run it ‘till it breaks” concept they’re doing, but that doesn’t mean they should let the damn thing explode.

[@ThisChannelIsNoLongerActiv-i7m]

True, true

[@Goetterdaemmerung86]

While I'm sure it puts out a decent amount of volume, I can only imagine how much louder it would be when the blower is running wide open and proper. IIRC it is said that the blower has an approximante 450cfm output, pretty insane if you ask me. The Hurricane in the 2002 Garland Texas recording, which has the blower running healthy, gives off a very aggressive, buzzy, raspy tone, no doubt because that blower is throwing a very high amount of air through the chopper. I can't imagine it would be THAT difficult to service the blower, at the very least perhaps the belt might need to be looked at, and the blower might need some oiling.

[@minnesotaoutdoorwarningsirens]

was rewatching this and noticed you can actually hear the activation tones coming from the siren, wild!

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

Actually the activation tones are coming from a scanner radio not the siren itself.

[@misanthropistmusic]

damn, one of the sickest sounding blowers i've heard thus far. siren sounding dope tho

[@mattmakesmachines]

To fix the blower issues They just need To put some new grease In the blower. the motor is working fine but the blower gets harder to rotate as the gears heat up and expand due to excessive friction from lack of lubricant causing the motor to slow down. Grease this baby up and it will run like new again!

[@faceplant755]

it didnt really sound like the blower motor ever hit nominal rpm, do you know why? was the friction from the lack of grease enough to stop that?

[@BlakeWasketa]

imagine they use a thunderbolt blower if the hurricane blower motor dies

[@demo2497]

Pretty sure this is the only hurricane that actually functions, as of now. Really hope they can get the blower fixed, this siren leads the hurricanes to live up to their name.

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

Yep and 1 of 2 still standing

[@crowblunt536]

the cool thing here i guess is that the siren and the blower harmonizing their sound from that angle

[@johndeerefan725]

That blower has definitely got a lot of internal damage all these years. I wonder how long it will go for before it completely locks up and catastrophically fail.

[@Thomasveum]

One quick curious question, why didn’t they replace the Darien hurricane if it only broke beyond repair? Just asking.

[@johndeerefan725]

@@Thomasveum Darien's Hurricane was already replaced in May 2021 with a T-128 which was a needed replacement.

[@ilwx]

That blower 🥴 🥴

[@midmaple9418]

That blower sound! Sheesh!

[@CentralOHSirens]

That blower....

[@emmax1ynn]

i didn’t know these were still around! nice shot!!

[@johndeerefan725]

This Hurricane is the only one that's still active, 2 in Texas were inactive and the one in Darien was recently removed and replaced by a T-128.

[@bacbisairwaysfictional]

Why couldn't have they just make it 10HP? That would get no sign of oil leaks. or if it was made from Sutorbilt,

[@mindyabeezwaxxdoodes]

I can mostly hear the blower of what it sounds like. They might have to take the blower from the factory and replace this blower with a fully functional hurricane blower so we will know what is truly sounds like

[@traintraveler5413]

The only question now is... Who on earth will get this thing once it's taken down? Although they are in general low quality sirens, someone needs to preserve this one.

[@AmericanSirenProductions]

Well as of last week they put a new radio on it

[@traintraveler5413]

@@AmericanSirenProductionsI was unaware... That blower is still dying though.

[@Thomasveum]

i wish I could go film this, but I live in Minnesota. And I don't have time to drive 4 and a half hours. By the time I would have gotten there, the blower would have finally kicked the bucket.

[@faceplant755]

hey its still moving now it just gets worse and worse

[@minnesotaoutdoorwarningsirens]

Blower sounds like it’s going to start a fire, that probably happened before, and it’s probably why there’s burn marks on the blower

[@indymetrosirens5643]

The burn marks are oil

[@minnesotaoutdoorwarningsirens]

@@indymetrosirens5643 I would imagine that the blower was on for a while and the oil got really hot and started leaking

[@johndeerefan725]

@@minnesotaoutdoorwarningsirens The oil leaks are mostly caused by the blowers flawed design.

[@minnesotaoutdoorwarningsirens]

@@johndeerefan725 idk what it looks like inside, can you link a picture of one?

[@SignalMan9292]

Hey maybe they can fix the defects

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

This is definitely on my bucket list to see it in person before the Blower motor dies and it's in need of a NEW BALDOOR SUPER E MOTOR WITH A HPM DESIGN AND A VARIABLE SPEED H2 VFD CONTROLLER AND IT COULD USE AN OIL CHANGE TO SHELL OR QUAKER STATE OILS MAYBE EVEN THE OIL THAT DIESEL ENGINES USE WOULD WORK WELL IN THE COLD WEATHER ON THE BLOWER . How loud is the siren in person? Do I need to have hearing protection for when I get there?

[@The09creeper]

Bro are you ok?

[@SWMOWoodsman]

Um... its a siren. Anyone with half a mind would wear hearing protection to one. You'll lose your hearing sooner than later if you don't.

[@josephlaviolette6399]

Are you serious sirens are loud. I would definitely wear hearing protection if I were that close lol

[@Godzilla20191]

I think they are around the same loudness (if that’s even a word) as a Thunderbolt siren so near 120 DB

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

Any updates on the blower still sounds like the motor is dying definitely needs a new motor.

[@Godzilla20191]

The blower sounds like it’s depressed near the end

[@SignalMan9292]

This siren is protected so it can’t be replaced as far as I know

[@TheOfficialDorianelevator]

what does it mean when a siren is protected, does that mean that its a piece of history and that its illegal to remplace it ?

[@SignalMan9292]

Yes. The city and fire department can’t replace it or significantly change things. (Like how it sounds)

[@TheOfficialDorianelevator]

@@SignalMan9292 great

[@Godzilla20191]

Doesn’t stop it from being indirectly replaced there’s rumors of it getting indirectly replaced by a tempest when the blower is dead

[@jav13123]

that blower though

[@GunnarWuollet]

I hope this is not going to die soon.

[@ImEpic854]

Note: Nope, It might not die soon.

[@Engineer_Anton]

That sound you here that sounds like a car rev isn’t the siren but rather the blower turning on which is loud like a car engine start up!

[@blurplemurple4960]

It would be cool if the blower pipe would fit in a thunderbolt blower

[@haleythemau5]

awesome shot!

[@lorwinad1]

Why does the blower slow down slowly while the siren is on?

[@Siren1000T1]

Possibly worn-out drive motor.

[@this_furry_hates_uwucutesingle]

​@Siren1000T1 or possibly friction is making it slow down

[@Acoustic_Theory]

Two possibilities. One is misaligned bearings, and the other is that the bearings are worn enough or some other part of the blower case is warped enough that the rotors are making contact with the end plates, which is producing heat and heating up the rotors to cause them to expand, then make more friction. If run long enough like this, the blower will lock up. Either way, it needs to be removed and rebuilt.

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

I'd have to agree that the drive motor is worn out definitely time to get a new motor.

[@thelampcollections8190]

We have Ati and sentry and a model 7 and few thunderbolts sirens here in the Philippines. And no ACA Hurricanes.

[@nolongerused0000]

you got any locations of those thunderbolts?

[@blurplemurple4960]

There are no bolts in the Philippines but there are some 2t22s

[@triclamite]

That poor blower…

[@ThunderboltSiren1003]

It ain't even sound that bad

[@Dewey122]

@@ThunderboltSiren1003 yes it does sound bad, it's going to lock up if it doesn't get the maintenance it needs

[@PN20____]

@@ThunderboltSiren1003 you deaf or something?

[@ThunderboltSiren1003]

@@PN20____ no you deaf you f****** lunatic

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

Does anyone have a video of the insides of a Hurricane blower? I saw the Thunderbolt Roots blowers before, but I haven't seen the insides of a Hurricane blower.

[@Siren1000T1]

I wish!

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Hurricane blowers look a lot like thunderbolt blowers but they’re way smaller

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

@@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL I remember seeing a manual for the hurricane and it showed the inside of the blower. Yeah it basically looked like a vertical roots blower. Mush smaller too, witch is why the Huirricane was quieter.

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

⁠@@PlatinumEagleStudiosI have the same manual myself in PDF format and the blower is a smaller size of the roots blower design but it doesn't say who the manufacturer is all I know is the manufacturer of the motor that drives the blower is BALDOOR.

[@ThunderboltSiren1003]

Fucking awesome 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@bacbisairwaysfictional]

If the blower was a Sutorbilt, I would agree.

[@J19_vlogger74]

Nice to see you wear ear protection. Don't see too many siren enthusiastics wearing them. Just a reminder that SIRENS WILL MAKE YOU DEAF

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

lmao the blower

[@loggaming4106]

It is sick

[@SignalMan9292]

Does anyone actually know the flaw with this and a possible fix

[@faceplant755]

neglected the blower by not changing the oil so it heats up, expands, and overloads the motor

[@paulsmith5398]

Now, thats cooler than being at the geographical North Pole! No, wait............maybe that was the North Pole it was on!

[@finnythao1548]

I’m surprised they haven’t replaced it because they don’t have enough money so they’re just fixing it over and over

[@ThisChannelIsNoLongerActiv-i7m]

This unit is protected, so it won’t be removed or replaced any time soon

[@legendarygodzilla3577]

It's pretty much a tourist attraction, they aren't removing the "kiddie magnet"

[@J19_vlogger74]

Is it's blower supposed to sound like that. What M is this like 5M 6M on the thunderbolts also what should it sound like

[@Siren1000T1]

I'm not sure which M blower this would be cause afaik, Hurricane blowers I believe were NOT built by Sutorbilt like the Thunderbolts were. Despite this working on the same principle, Sutorbuilt blowers are built like tanks. I barely know anything about a Hurricane blower.

[@J19_vlogger74]

@@Siren1000T1 me ether. but i sure hope they go through with fixing it and not replacing it because then there's no active hurricane sirens left. it's sad to see all of the older sirens fading from existence. siren enthusiasts like you are the only hope they have. glad to see that at least some people still care for these epic sirens

[@NoisySirens]

@@Siren1000T1 Don't quote me on this, but I seem to remember hearing ACA built these blowers in house. That could explain why they were unreliable, considering they wouldn't have had any experience building blowers/compressors before they started building Hurricanes.

[@Siren1000T1]

@@NoisySirens "In house" ?

[@NoisySirens]

@@Siren1000T1 I just meant that iirc ACA would've been the company building them, not a separate contractor as in the case of Sutorbuilt.

[@jav13123]

the blower sounds like a windown

[@loggaming4106]

Tell them to replace the motor for the blower

[@awesomegaming8617]

I wonder if it's an easy process or not... What's causing this? Shorted windings or bad bearings?

[@I_also_like_sirens_hehe]

Motor oil Is my guess

[@mattmakesmachines]

They just need To put some new grease In the blower. the motor is working fine but the blower gets harder to rotate as the gears heat up and expand due to excessive friction from lack of lubricant

[@centralillinoissirens.]

Is the blower fried still?

[@Siren1000T1]

Most likely, yes.

[@centralillinoissirens.]

@@Siren1000T1 That's sad

[@Creeperboy099]

What keeps killing the blower on these things? Is it the fact they’re sideways?

[@Siren1000T1]

I wonder the same thing too. They definitely aren't built like tanks like the sutorbilt ones that were used on Thunderbolts.

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

From spinning at such a high RPM, the oil dries up fast, and these things are very dependent on oil. So lack of oil will kill it. Im surprised this one is still here.

[@VirtualSimulations-Sirens1954B]

@@United_HVAC_and_Fans that’s basically why the blowers on Lansing are dying.

[@Creeperboy099]

@@United_HVAC_and_Fans I was wondering if the orientation contributed to the oil issues as well

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

@@Creeperboy099 most likely

[@SignalMan9292]

So we need someone to actually make a blower that is not flawed

[@bacbisairwaysfictional]

It needs new oil, and possibly a new blower motor.

[@Godzilla20191]

Hurricane blowers have the craziest oil leakage problems

[@bacbisairwaysfictional]

@@Godzilla20191 Because they are mounted verticially and do 30HP and the blowers were made IN FACTORY.

[@JerryWick]

The blowers were not made in the ACA factory. They are an off the self model 4012 MD Pneumatics postitive displacment industrial blower ​@@bacbisairwaysfictional

[@legendarygodzilla3577]

They need to either fix that blower or find some sort of way to keep the blower from gettin hot. Either that or replace it eith a 5M

[@northdakotasirens1520]

Blower problems

[@NSSignalGuy]

The blower looks like an engine

[@ToothlessTheCreepydragon9]

It is but it does not sound like a vehicle the chain/belt is on there for it to be loud

[@ThisChannelIsNoLongerActiv-i7m]

Does anybody know what an ACA hurricane blower looks like?

[@Siren1000T1]

file:///C:/Users/danny/Pictures/Dan's%20Files/Pictures/Siren%20PDF%20Files/Hurricane%20130%20Literature.pdf Scroll down to page 9.

[@faceplant755]

@@Siren1000T1thats a local file we cant see it

[@Siren1000T1]

@@faceplant755 drive.google.com/file/d/1MHevD9YxbuuImIUm0aztY44eHjX12-Fl/view?usp=sharing How about now?

[@faceplant755]

@@Siren1000T1 yeah works thanks man

[@faceplant755]

@@Siren1000T1​​⁠whats that assembly labeled 11 in the blower box

[@tornadosirenroubik4124]

WOW

[@Eastkentuckysirensandtrains]

Jesus, that blower is horrible. You can hear the tone get lower as the test progresses. This thing is gonna die soon, I feel it.

[@hubcapfam2145]

I hope it doesn't. Hurricanes are getting pretty rare nowadays.

[@soccerisaac1283]

@@hubcapfam2145 this one is the last active one I believe

[@faceplant755]

they should just retro fit the blower with one that’s widely available, they aren’t that uncommon

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

@@soccerisaac1283and one of 2 still standing

[@Godzilla20191]

@@BRISTOLFORCE2009 no this is the last one still active darien is now gone

[@FranklinSharesStuff]

I can tell that blower is messed up because it had a weird startup and a weird ending

[@FranklinSharesStuff]

and it had a malfunction 5 or 4 years ago

[@RealSkullage]

Aca microwave 130

[@siackchooiyeoh7593]

Power is aca hurricane 130 2019 is power broke is new one aca hurricane

[@bacbisairwaysfictional]

They stopped making them 30- 40 years ago. get with the times

[@jordanriley3261]

This is gonna wind up being replaced by the end of the year, i hate to say it. The blower sounds just awful. If they do replace this, hopefully it'll be with a T-112 or a T-121.

[@That_2_guy2T]

Doesn't even know...

[@WhelenWPS3000]

@cornflakes211 let’s hope they do keep it take it down for a tiny bit for a full restoration a refurbishment and FIX THE DAMN BLOWER Let’s hope they don’t remove this thing this so so rare! (From what I know the ONLY active one in existence as of 2023.

[@jordanriley3261]

​@@WhelenWPS3000 Refurbishment would be a good idea, though. And yes this is the only ACA Hurricane in existence, because Greenville, Texas got rid of both of their inactive hurricanes last month.

[@WhelenWPS3000]

@@jordanriley3261 damn is the now the rarest siren? Let’s hope they don’t remove it! If my town got an ACA Hurricane that would be cool! I gotta go film this before it’s gone at least a tour.

[@legendarygodzilla3577]

Milwaulkee still keeps it up as of now.

[@tornadof25]

The Blower needs some repairs probably

[@emrilbennett8704]

I’d say so. It’s super loud. That’s kind of cool though, and context of the video. It really gives you an idea of how these things work

[@mattmakesmachines]

It just needs to be lubricated

[@tornadoandfiresirensofohio8479]

That blower is bad

[@trainsandsirensofilinmiwi2080]

its not getting replaced

[@tornadoandfiresirensofohio8479]

@@trainsandsirensofilinmiwi2080 which is a *bad* choice

[@ianssirenproductions]

Does anyone know exactly what’s wrong with the blower

[@Siren1000T1]

Lack of maintenance.

[@mattmakesmachines]

It Needs lubricant bad and the motor might need to be replaced soon due to its age

[@faceplant755]

The blower slows down as it runs someone mentioned somewhere else that its because of increased friction due to lack of oil but the blower spin down time is too long for that.

[@ianssirenproductions]

@@faceplant755 An oil change sounds like an easy thing to do

[@bacbisairwaysfictional]

@@ianssirenproductions Maybe for a Thunderbolt but not this.

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Can’t believe how many kiddies here think they should keep the Hurricane just bc it is rare lmfao like think about the people’s lives. I wouldn’t want a siren near me that is basically falling apart. God knows when it would decide to fail lmao. It could just as well be in a real emergency

[@SNIXC]

There’s more than just that hurricane

[@faceplant755]

the hurricane could get removed and the coverage wouldn’t be an issue i don’t think

[@bacbisairwaysfictional]

Even though i am a kiddie, I am experienced

[@JerryPro_m25r]

No stop doing that issue

[@lukep4339]

this siren is falling apart, it needs to either be replaced or fixed. i'd say replaced, just because of the reliability issues these hurricanes had

[@chroma8708]

This siren is gonna get replaced by a t-128 eventually

[@TSAR2010]

No it isnt

[@lukep4339]

@@TSAR2010 the blower sure as heck is

[@TSAR2010]

@@lukep4339 i was talking to chroma

[@lukep4339]

@@TSAR2010 ah

[@loggaming4106]

Thunderbolt

[@bacbisairwaysfictional]

Does this look ANYTHING like a Thunderbolt to YOU?

[@loggaming4106]

A dying induction motor

[@faceplant755]

a dying induction motor wouldn’t slow down as it runs though

[@TheJakeman789]

Holy cow that’s awful. Replace this thing finally.

[@reeeez2369]

Na fam this is a famous one, hundreds of people recorded this exact one

[@ThunderboltSiren1003]

The only thing needs replaced is you

[@triclamite]

fix it

[@Psatir_Rill_no_fek]

Better restore than replace or remove

[@willamshugo283]

Replace the blower maybe

[@warningsirensofpaandny1918]

nice. sadly American signal said there gunna replace this thing in 2023

[@OwenTheMeowstic]

Do you have any proof? Because I don't believe you.

[@warningsirensofpaandny1918]

call american signal they will tell u

[@brodiessirenproductions]

Quit lying, no ones buying it.

[@warningsirensofpaandny1918]

@@brodiessirenproductions call american signal ur self -_- someone will tell u

[@brodiessirenproductions]

@@warningsirensofpaandny1918 ASC isn’t even in charge of the system.. I’m not calling them for them to tell me they don’t know anything about it. I know you’re full of it and you can’t convince me otherwise. You haven’t showed proof and I’m not calling them myself, because I know you’re lying. You can’t convince me otherwise until proof is shown

[@northdakotasirens1520]

If this dies I will be happy because these were overrated because of darian and since these were overrated I’m happy there dying

[@OpenHeadersTV]

There not overrated, you clearly don’t know how rare hurricanes are.

[@Benicio_Fols]

Well same for thunderbolts right?

[@centralillinoissirens.]

@@Benicio_Fols yes thunderbolts are the best

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

@@centralillinoissirens. agreed but they aren’t rare

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

There is at least 4000 still active in the us

[@sirena80]

Nice blower