The haunting SIREN OF RAVENSTRUTHER - hear it sound next vid!

[@ChayWard]

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[@mrmattandmrchay]

Although you are sitting right next to me, you need to be FASTER LOL! When I say "it's public", post it quicker!!

[@ChayWard]

@@mrmattandmrchay :(

[@mrmattandmrchay]

=)

[@simontay4851]

Why don't you say anything in these siren videos if you're sitting next to matt.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

@@simontay4851 Ah, no, I mean Chay is sitting next to me at home in the house when I activated the video. The plan was, he was going to get the first comment but even though I said "now", he still wasn't fast enough! :)

[@randomores]

HOW DID I NEARLY MISS THIS? IVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Well, don't miss the siren sounding video this Friday :)

[@randomores]

mrmattandmrchay I didn’t! What a beauty!

[@dykodesigns]

What camera setup do you use for the driving sections? Is it a dashcam or a camera mounted on a tripod? I bought a Jobi suction cup mount for a GoPro and did a test with it today. Works allright for side angles when the camera is pointing at me for talking sections but the windscreen view needs a more central camera position. How do you do this, and how do you get it so steady and shock free?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

My dashcam I rarely use, as the image and audio quality isn't as good as my action cameras. Also the file format is not as 'friendly' as the action cameras when editing. I have recently bought the GoPro 7 Black as a better replacement to the Gitup2 which I still use from time to time. In this video I'm using the Gitup2 to film the 'driving' sections. At the time, the Gitup2 had the best stabilisation from all the budget range of action cameras (providing you have enough light that is - doesn't work too well in low light). In the car it's just on a favourite mini-tripod of mine, held down by whatever I could lay my hands on! I don't like the suction cups as the camera position is not as flexible as using a tripod facing the windscreen. The tripod is easy to remove and replace as the tripod I use is fairly unique and holds it's shape, so you can put it back and it's spot-on where it was before. Also, with the tripod resting on the top of a cushioned dashboard top, this takes out any vibrations which would otherwise transfer from the glass to the suctioncup on a windscreen. Hope that helps :)

[@ethancedrik]

1:02 thanks for being considerate, I’ve had to, especially as a pedestrian crossing a street step out in front of the road because someone parked a car right in front of where I’d look to see if any cars were coming

[@mrmattandmrchay]

yep, to me it's common sense, but for others they don't give it a second thought! (or care, or both!)

[@thunderchild2756]

Imagine being the spider in that web at 3:15 when the siren activates... 🤪🤯🕸️🕷️

[@ajs2120]

Can't wait to hear this one!

[@chrismayer3919]

if it does still work, that spiderweb on the intake is NOT long for this world (or the spider that spun it for that matter)...

[@Alexis_du_60]

Doesn't look too bad, a coat of paint and I'm sure it'll buff out [/sarcasm] seriously tho, that's the charm of the ancient as they say! It adds more of a "character" to it :)

[@battytec]

Ooh that sounds really rough! I like it though! It actually looks older than the CS8s strangely enough.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I love this one! I was hoping to find out from you guys, which model number of siren this one is, as it looks different from all the others (more spooky!)

[@battytec]

@Jack P It is probably a sekomak. It is definately older than the other GP12 and the rotors are huge, but I cant be certian.

[@randomores]

battytec videos she looks potentially even older than a Secomak- MASSIVE rotors for a GP12, I’m really not sure what it is

[@randomores]

Jack P don’t know when Secomak became Klaxon but I’m betting that’s a Secomak as all the CS8s are

[@battytec]

@@randomores yep. The other one is definately klaxon but its highly likely that this is sekomak. It cant be older than the CS8s, its probably just not as well looked after.

[@danielletripkoff4199]

That Klaxon BP12 is a beauty! I like the sound!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Siren sounding video this Friday :) Hope you like it

[@RaisedLetter]

This one would probably be the first to go looking that the state it’s in.

[@Richardincancale]

Love the lichen growing round the heater junction box. Epic video! Did Mr Chay accompany you - surely he could’ve got time off school for such an important and educational outing?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

haha, yeah I'm sure I could have worked out something with his school as an educational visit! :D Sadly no, he wasn't with me else he'd been doing the sat nav and making more wittier comments that mine!

[@Idkwhattoputhere5092]

no more broadmoor sirens, now these!

[@MichalM]

Siren G at Broadmoor does still work, albeit a bit badly! Amazing to hear though.

[@Lighting_Desk]

Oh how you tease.

[@Alexis_du_60]

And to add insult to injury I misread "watch the siren in action" ouch..

[@ContentDeleted-mr3rt]

I assume that the heater doesn’t work anymore judging by the condition of the junction box?

[@childishtombino1275]

It seems to be connected alright still. Just missing the cover

[@mrmattandmrchay]

That's unknown really - think of the summer 32 degrees, down to -5 degrees in the winter (multiplied by many years), wind, rain, snow and an exposed junction box. Corrosion? I'd be very surprised if that heater still works, and surely if the heater is maintained it wouldn't have taken much to put a lid back on?

[@BrendanW0214]

By chance, do you know when the carstairs system was installed?

[@alarmmuseum]

Nice one, I like the sound!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

This siren is so cool!! Just wait to you hear it!

[@perhaps3990]

What type is siren is it? I know it isn’t a klaxon CS8 but what is that one called?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

That's what I was hoping to find out from you guys as this one looks distinctively different that the others - love the inside of the rotors!

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

Secomak GP12

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

@@mrmattandmrchay Its a Secomak GP12

[@christopher-2000]

awesome

[@chrismayer3919]

Aw, scaring the poor cows with that damn siren...

[@sirenealerte85]

the video arrives Thursday is that?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Sorry it's going to take a little longer than that. I'm a little busy at work and home this week and over the weekend. Probably going to be next week now.

[@sirenealerte85]

@@mrmattandmrchay lundi prochain

[@perhaps3990]

Mrmattandmrchay you just missed a siren test in may :(, I was at carnwath again

[@mrmattandmrchay]

@@perhaps3990 Missed it by 400 mile though! ;)

[@mallan9952]

Filmed this today and I have uploaded it - thanks for the heads up that these sirens exist! @mrmattandmrchay

[@randomores]

I just checked the video out, dropped a comment too. Why do the cows run around while it’s sounding, it’s brilliant haha

[@ajs2120]

04:59 you can hear the contactors close.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I'm going to have to listen to that more closely!

[@notfirefox599]

Post Code for you is for us in America an Address with Zip code. A Zip code (obviously) is a five number code telling the mailing service which city you live in without saying the name

[@simontay4851]

Why are they called zip codes in america?

[@notfirefox599]

@@simontay4851 I don't know. I think it has something to do with how we say "mail" more often here whereas (not offensively) people in the UK say "post". So a post code there is for post is equal a zip code here for mail.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

yep, exactly right! First two letters in our post code is the area. For example, the ML in these postcodes is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ML_postcode_area .It's always an educational day here! :D

[@sirenealerte85]

the video of the siren H with the ringtone or the sound when?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

When I've finished editing it ;) I hate giving time predictions as it depends how much free time I get, but I'm aiming for Friday (and it will be a premiere hopefully also)

[@sirenealerte85]

@@mrmattandmrchay does it ring what days the one mermaids there?

[@sirenealerte85]

the video of the siren F with the ringtone or the sound when ?

[@MichalM]

Gaining a lot of attention here! LOL

[@trainzinnit9232]

I can just tell that you want to see the ones you saw in 2014

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

3:13 spider web in siren

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

3:53 😳

[@joelneiltrinidad6339]

Siren b is a carter siren siren h is a carter siren

[@friedmanirit]

Release the video already.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

it's coming this Friday! :)

[@friedmanirit]

@@mrmattandmrchay I heard!

[@LukiRudaka]

This might be a castle castings!

[@friedmanirit]

No, it's a Klaxon.

[@LukiRudaka]

Edaan Friedman Shut up. Klaxons don’t have that big of a rotor

[@friedmanirit]

@@LukiRudaka Yes they do. This is an older GP12. It's got the exact same rotor and stator design, control box, stator front plate, motor placement, motor junction box placement, motor flanges, motor mount, and more. Carter, and Castle Castings both used slanted rotor vanes on their sirens. They also both had longer rotors and stators relative to their diameter. To add to that, both of them had extremely different bases.

[@friedmanirit]

@@LukiRudaka Also, not all Secomak/Klaxon sirens are CS8s. They don't just make one type of siren lmao.

[@LukiRudaka]

@@friedmanirit Thats true.. However.. This thing unlike the others looks like its been through a war zone, Like carter sirens. Or somebody used it for target practice again -_-

[@therealvbw]

eigth, how lucky :v

[@dominikkarkowski]

FIRST

[@headblockhead]

yes

[@ArgaTheRexouium]

Third