Upgraded Whelen WPS-2810 Siren Test - Columbus, GA 9/28/24

[@prodbyicewolf]

I need to get back to recording sirens, haven’t heard one of these in a while

[@1000BT]

The ESC controls are old and needed to be replaced

[@DJ2226]

The siren probably took a lightning strike or suffered some power surge that fried the controls. The boards in these sirens aren't falling from age, at least not yet, anyway. The main thing that fails electronic sirens, in general, is really the drivers. The controllers are about as reliable as any modern digital mechanical siren controller.

[@MichiganderVenusEAS]

1:58 what tone/wail was that?

[@rockstar5919]

😂 560

[@MichiganderVenusEAS]

​@@rockstar5919 Hm?

[@rockstar5919]

@@MichiganderVenusEAS it’s a 560hz they have different pitches of wail tone it’s hard to explain

[@MichiganderVenusEAS]

@@rockstar5919 OOOOOHH alr thank you!

[@rockstar5919]

@@MichiganderVenusEAS np

[@rockstar5919]

Oh double windup

[@CentralVirginiaEAS]

Do you think they plan to upgrade most of the warning sirens in Columbus?

[@DJ2226]

Nah. They replace the boards on an as-needed basis. There's really no need to do a system-wide upgrade since the existing boards work fine and are compatible with other activation systems if the county ever decides to move from the Motorola system to something else.