RSH-10A Thunderbeam Test

[@murrfarms]

No, the disk's gearbox has a slip clutch in it to prevent any damage to the gears whenever the disk has too much force applied to it. Works in the same general way as a Thunderbolt's horn does, where it slips whenever the winds are too high and forces the horn around.

[@Bonemeal2]

So THAT'S the anatomy of a Thunderbeam!

[@ThisChannelIsNoLongerActiv-i7m]

I’ve been wondering how these worked for a while

[@Mr_Ardyn_Izunia]

​@@ThisChannelIsNoLongerActiv-i7m same here, ive been always wondering that too

[@SubwaySandwichBossIngo]

These are some of the most satisfying sounds I have ever heard a siren make.

[@joshualewisyoung]

A Thunderbeam RSH-10 works by the chopper cover letting the sound go onto the rotating slanted circle which the sound waves bounce off and it sends the signal

[@Madnessess-Forever]

That’s actually a reflector

[@Bill-bj9fn]

I wondered how this siren worked for so long. Great video

[@form109]

ive always Been Curious to see what the insides of a Thunderbeam looked like...nice Vid. :-)

[@gabrielhoward8575]

This is what my town has. Theres one right next to the court room LOL. It went off right when someone was being tried for a hit and run. Lol I think the siren had an objection.

[@TexasRailfan2008]

Chessie System ayyyyyy chessie system!

[@Siren1000T1]

That's pretty cool Charlie! Thanks for posting!

[@SouthernRailfan]

That is educational about a thunderbeam siren. Thank you for sharing!!

[@volodia07]

That is by far the best siren video I have ever seen!

[@djmario2381]

2:38 I see other siren.

[@NickSilcox3]

do you have the horns? and does the motor work?

[@weasel2htm]

The nerd in me would so love to come out and look at thing closely in person, where did you get this anyway. And out of curiosity, what is the hp rating on the motor.

[@Redbird45]

I know I’m wicked late but typically sirens our powered by a 10-15. Hp motor

[@carlosethangodinez6656]

Thunderbeam comes with the rotors of STH-10, and SD-10 9/12 ports does SD-10 rotors connect to the thunderbeam it's called RSD-10 Rotating Special Dual tone 10 horsepower 12 ports and 9/12 ports in thunderbeam production lineup 1981-2000

[@NickSilcox3]

Any luck with the thunderbeam today??

[@badischerheuler5997]

Wait... Is that the same stator like the STH-10?

[@Creeperboy099]

yes, a thunderbeam is a rotating sth 10

[@valrabellkeys9867]

Yes. It is definitely the same chopper and stator as a STH-10. The only difference is between the sirens is the STH-10 is omni-directional with horns. the RSH-10 is directional with a disc. So as far as the chopper and stator goes, they are the exact siren.

[@sirensofnewjerseyissimplyt429]

Badischer Heuler yes it is

[@sirensofneohio3979]

Yup

[@ThunderTrain2930]

I'm guessing this is RSH Rotating Single High

[@Droideka133]

Is that spinning plate used for slight sound distortion? Or is it just a part that no one knows what it's for ?

[@samanli-tw3id]

It works like the nozzle of rotating sirens

[@Zombiepwnage117]

i know i read the title but can this even BE a siren, tornado? flood? air raid?

[@SouthernRailfan]

What hertz is that siren? Put a 435 Hz siren chopper on the bottom of this siren, would is sound like a 550-AT siren? That is a cool siren.

[@bait28]

@MaxxFordham i also took a video of the furnace a minute ago, i can't get the camera abel to see the 1hp but i did run it up with the cover open and tried to show the blower blades, i will upload them later. lol,

[@JPa311979]

Looks large! Is that chopper used in any other siren model? I assume there would be only single tone versions of this.

[@TheTechnologymachinery]

JPa311979 Yes STH-10s have the same chopper as this

[@thatonethattalksalot7656]

The gearbox driving the reflector is it planetary gears that are driven by the turbine at the top?

[@russelD9]

what siren is the red one 2.39 and whaere did you get them from?

[@W5KVV]

At least you know the motor isint froze up. These are getting rare...

[@SantaFebuff]

@SebNormandy Called the Chrysler Siren. Search it, it's powered by a V8 hemi

[@bait28]

@MaxxFordham ya thats been a problem, also, have you been getting the 502 error as well. i have alot.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Really, even though you asked it--your question about e-bay--(what people do when they're not sure)?

[@djifirealarms]

i finally know which way it rotates!!!

[@ScarOne314]

AND WHERE YOU GOT THIS FROM?? PLS?

[@BobbytheBongoPlaya]

What do you mean by you don't have access to the third phase? What is a phase?

[@N617A]

carter castle castings or gutner (i think is how its spelled) siren at the end there?

[@bait28]

@MaxxFordham good point, you should look into why they don't

[@Texas_siren_fan125]

@charlie davidson it is a thunderbeam but the siren itself is a sth 10

[@Droideka133]

What are you going to do with this when you restore it? See if your town will use it?

[@bait28]

@Droideka133 it reflects the sound so it becomes more audible at a farther distance

[@tigolbitties8352]

I always see you on these videos lol

[@IndyTheGreat]

Oh cool, Charles has this now? He has a ton of train horns too.

[@bait28]

@MaxxFordham 502 is an error where the sever is unable to complete your request.

[@Blue10AEMia]

Let me guess, your M-5 has a keyway in the shaft with a "hooked" end?

[@bait28]

@MaxxFordham that, and save poles that keep on tipping over and bending from the weight of these things, like Tempest 135's

[@CSX8663]

and what is that diaganol piece of flat metal for inside the siren?

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Hmm, so if Charles Gillespie is out of California, then what state is he IN?

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@bait28 Ya know something, though? I do kind-of wonder why these sirens, whose choppers are about 2 feet wide, have blades that are so dang heavy that they even do need 10-HP motors, which are usually 3-phase motors. There are some blower blades that could be about this big but probably still wouldn't need motors that strong. I guess these blades are pretty thick, but I wonder also why they need to be that thick and heavy. What if they made a siren this big but with thin, light parts?

[@dangerousdan4184]

The neatest part about the old sirens is the "wind down", ie, how long they take to stop.

[@TheN1Chris]

Where do you get these sirens. I might want one lol

[@SoonerStateSirens1]

TheN1Chris pay 600 bucks at a siren graveyard, give a full restoration, and maintain it

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@markzins, who errantly said, "well u could use like an old blower motor off of a furnace or something like that. Oh, no, you absolutely could NOT! This thing is much bigger and WAY heavier than any furnace fan that you or I will probably ever come into contact with! No little furnace blower motor will spin this thing very well at all!

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@bait28 Oh, and I don't expect the video anymore. When you told me about the decimal in the "1.0 HP," that took care of it for me. :) Of course you can still post it if you want, though. :)

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@bait28 I haven't seen the 502. What's that one?

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@MaxxFordham Dang it, KZbin STILL has a problem of posting some comments out of order!

[@tjleo209s014]

what is that disk thing in the center?

[@jaimeekinman3701]

What does the disk part do besides rotating?

[@samanli-tw3id]

It bakes pizza

[@jaimeekinman3701]

@@samanli-tw3id lol!

[@crazywarriorman]

WOW! One more lucky guy to own a siren over 120 dB lol.

[@DarkstalkerThePrimagen]

it's the same stater as the sth 10 but instead it has the chopper inside and a projector

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Because, as I said before, for more than one model of their siren that's this size, it makes the most sense to just use the same basic core unit for all of them. No sense in bothering to make a whole separate mold without horn dimples just because that unit's going to be part of a model that doesn't have horns. And it also wouldn't make sense to build a bunch of sirens up into what only become STH-10s once ya put the horns on them, just to take the horns back off and then make this model.

[@KiddBloo86]

It's called.... Ebay?

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@bait28 Oh, and one more thing I just remembered to say: So the final result of all this discussion, especially after you finally noticed that decimal there in the "1.0 HP" on your furnace motor label IS.... (drum roll, please...): No, your furnace motor, just being at ONE horsepower, would NOT be able to drive this siren. ;-)

[@sizzlin321]

Where you get it???

[@bait28]

@MaxxFordham wait, if it's 1 hp, that means it is one Horsey, but i can't ride it :(

[@RetroCat969]

I want to see how that gear mechanism works for the rotator disk

[@sirenmaster1735]

Are there any of these in Ny? I am from NY

[@youngestpilotinGa]

what was the other siren

[@sizzlin321]

Brushless motor drives work as a phase converter.

[@bait28]

@MaxxFordham I in the end didn't find it embarrassing, more than i looked at it and said, WTF, i seriously hate my eyesight now, i also am getting contacts on Friday, lol, i need them, 20/80 vision FTL. also, to simulate my vision, take your camcorder, and turn it on manual focus, and put it 1 full rotation right, and that's what i see. i hate my vision. lol

[@priyangshudas2290]

THIS THUNDERBEAM MAKES LOUD SOUND

[@Connor78255]

when and where is it going into commission

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@bait28 Yes, you're right now, indeed it did: it got better for what *I* was saying all along.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@bait28 Okay, I've removed all of mine from up above now, and we'll even remove all of these too, once we know we've seen these new ones, too, right? Kind-of embarrassing, huh, to later find the decimal there, and then go, "Oh my heck, I yelled at this guy for nothing"? Okay, well I won't rub it in anymore. Thanks for the apology. :) Oh, and I don't expect the video anymore. When you told me about the decimal in the "1.0 HP," that took care of it for me. :)

[@bait28]

@MaxxFordham well this just got better, there's a little . between the 1 and 0. 1.0 hp? by AO Smith

[@CSX8663]

HEY CHARLIE this is a cool and rare siren i think you shoulda kept it :P

[@TheTechnologymachinery]

CSX8663 It is a sound reflector

[@SouthernRailfan]

Yeah, if you put a 435 Hz siren chopper on the bottom, them that siren would have been s good attention getter.

[@russelD9]

could you test it ?

[@rca50a]

Get a phase converter if you want to run that siren.You can most likely get one at a shop that sells large electric motors.If you do deside to get one buy a used one thay are less expencive than a new one. = )

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Yeah, exactly, Summer Man.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

They wouldn't have taken an STH-10 and taken the horns off from it and then put this disc on it to make this model. They would most likely start with a basic siren core--not a specific model to turn from one into the other, but probably what an STH-10 is BASED on (only)--and made this from one of those basic cores, and then take another set of core parts like it that they can then make an STH-10 from.

[@wydeahross5937]

Thunderbeam is the siren

[@Zombiepwnage117]

what kind of siren is this?

[@SoonerStateSirens1]

RSH thunderbeam

[@sumairscreations]

Stator is like Sth-10 siren or idk

[@Blue10AEMia]

Actually a 10KW would run that t-beam on 208-230 with no problem.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Oh yeah, by blowing at it up through the bottom! (Easier to do with the gear cone taken off, though.)

[@ChicagoSirens]

Thats because it is.

[@junbote1]

Why Is The Reflector Not Rotating

[@bnsfbandit9807]

jun bautista Because the chopper is spinning to slow

[@dangerousdan4184]

It is rotating - very slowly. The reflector drive is geared down from the main siren motor, which would normally reach speeds of around 3300 RPM if powered properly. In the video, he is spinning the siren only a couple hundred RPM's at best, using compressed air.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Sounds like you're not sure, dude!

[@AngusVFF]

That look's like the motor and chopper assembly is for an Sth-10

[@gabrielhoward8575]

(Btw when I said that I meant outside like right outside the courst room.)

[@Blue10AEMia]

Actually a 10KW would be more than enough.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

STH-10 has horns.

[@bait28]

@MaxxFordham well i didn't find it a big deal cause this was a minor thing and i don't exactly know you so i felt like i hadn't done anything huge, but yeah i can understand what you are saying, and don't you hate shit vision?

[@SkyGameZZZZ]

Is it an 8 port

[@TheTechnologymachinery]

Skywtaker Productions 12 port

[@tjleo209s014]

thanks

[@saludariverwalk1965]

It's Not Spinning The Reflector

[@FireRescue80]

If you look, its spinning very slowly.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@bait28 So-uh... if this is the time when you feel like a little "sorry" might be in order, I'll be ready to happily accept that. I think we should go through here and remove all our mean postings to each other, all the way up to and including where you said your furnace motor was 10 HP, so that the whole ugly conversation is gone. Better yet, we should ask Soccerdude to do it for us, so that there won't even be the placeholders with the word "removed" sitting in them. What do you think?

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

"California...?" What? No, Soccer Dude, ya can't be out of a place and in a place at the same time. If someone is OUT of California, then they're IN somewhere other than California.

[@TheJakeman789]

The Thunderbeam is the most stupidest design on my opinion. That reflector does little to no good when the siren sounds. It's a great sound and reaches far but yea.

[@dangerousdan4184]

I thought the same, but another member pointed out to me that the effect is most noticeable at a distance from the siren, not up close.

[@sirensofneohio3979]

The Thunderbeam is basically a Rotating siren because of the reflector dsc.

[@ImRyanP3756]

TheJakeman789 I don't like it either

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@bait28 Yeah... it would just solve a curiosity, is all...

[@youngestpilotinGa]

there like olny 5 that run in eczistancce

[@T_rey421]

what does it do? its not a siren is it?€ lol

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@bait28 Okay, agreed. Done.

[@promopal]

impressive and quite hi-tech for it's day.....noisy little bugger too....lol

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

@bait28 NOW I believe you! ONE horsepower. For a furnace blower, that's completely within the realms of likelihood. I was betting on something like that. I should've suggested that maybe a decimal got missed. Yep, you have egg all over your face now, for all of that rude, vulgar screaming you did at me, before now finally discovering that you WERE indeed wrong, don't you?

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Heh, how can something be something but not that thing at the same time? Pssch... "Hmm, so this kettle is black, but it's not black"?

[@theconsoleinthecloset]

It Is Not Covered siren!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!???????????????????????????????????????!?????

[@dilloncarpenter]

well, an sth-10.

[@KiddBloo86]

I am pretty confident in my assumption...lol