How Does A Siren Work? (Mr. Wizard)

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  • @david-barna
    @david-barna 3 роки тому +407

    "Here, let me pull your hand toward this serrated disk of death." - I love the 80s

    • @johnwagner4776
      @johnwagner4776 2 роки тому +10

      Nice spinning circular saw blade for a kid to put their hand next to

    • @blaircox1589
      @blaircox1589 2 роки тому +4

      I watched this show every morning before school. Truly natural selection at its best 😁

    • @ShotgunGrammy
      @ShotgunGrammy Рік тому +1

      Same

    • @bobcratchet3736
      @bobcratchet3736 Рік тому

      😂 Almost as fun as Lawn Darts.

  • @KingCreeper562
    @KingCreeper562 5 місяців тому +10

    I just spent 10 minutes searching for how these things worked, this is not what I expected to find but it finally answered my question.

  • @seanshnizzy
    @seanshnizzy 7 років тому +465

    Siren to the face, hand an inch from circular saw, looking inside an open siren spinning without eye protection. Oml

  • @caillousdad5786
    @caillousdad5786 10 років тому +291

    that's why the 80s and below were awesome, dangerous shit could be gotten away with lol

  • @marshallbrooksmusic
    @marshallbrooksmusic 3 роки тому +46

    for years I've wondered how these things work and never got around to looking into it. glad I did, this is neat stuff

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish 2 роки тому

      How was that dangerous unless you were an idiot who touched it?

  • @zackplyler4484
    @zackplyler4484 5 років тому +85

    This is a great informative clip, im an adult who had no clue. I thought it was some sort of speaker or something

    • @pedrorltrooper3964
      @pedrorltrooper3964 4 роки тому +6

      A few of them do if i am not wrong, but mostly not

    • @onefastslimjim
      @onefastslimjim 4 роки тому +10

      @@pedrorltrooper3964 sirens with the "chopper" disk are considered mechanical sirens. Federal Signal 2001-130 and ASC T-128 come to mind. Sirens with literal loud speakers are considered electrical sirens. Federal Signal Modulator and Whelen Vortex come to mind. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Hope this helped somewhat 👍

    • @pedrorltrooper3964
      @pedrorltrooper3964 4 роки тому +5

      @Slim Jordan holy... now that is a lot of information! Thanks tho

    • @abdullaharif6455
      @abdullaharif6455 10 місяців тому

      ​@@onefastslimjim*Electronic

    • @abdullaharif6455
      @abdullaharif6455 10 місяців тому +2

      There are also speaker sirens, but this is about the more mechanical type of siren.

  • @kagome122885
    @kagome122885 Рік тому +5

    My 8th grade teacher had us watch episodes of Mr Wizard in class, and this was one of the episodes I saw. This is how I learned how simple these things are.

  • @tomr200199
    @tomr200199 9 років тому +229

    I love the world before health and safety was a thing!

    • @calito44
      @calito44 7 років тому +12

      I think he is referring to the fact that the girl was allowed to put her hand near a sharp cogwheel

    • @Calvin5040
      @Calvin5040 6 років тому +1

      @StormChaser Yeah because kids didn't have violent cartoons back then.

    • @thebeststooge
      @thebeststooge 6 років тому +3

      @Calvin5040 We have had violent cartoons for 80+ years. The problem is the Internet and all of this inter connectivity we have today where one click and your child just saw a porno or ISIS/Al Qaeda sawing off someones head or hands. The Internet is really an evil thing and I knew where it was headed even back in 1996 when people started to get it on dial up. By the time broadband came the writing was on the wall but then to put the icing on the shit cake parents are giving mobile devices to 7+ year olds. You do realize that the children of the founders of Tech are not allowed to have the Mobile Internet until they are 17, right? There is a reason for that.

    • @thatonethattalksalot7656
      @thatonethattalksalot7656 6 років тому +2

      I truly agree with you!!

    • @blueszooz9031
      @blueszooz9031 5 років тому +4

      @StormChaser You know how you can tell you're getting old? It's when you think your generation had all the answers and could do no wrong unlike the "wannabe gangsters" of today.
      Enjoy your life, old man.

  • @walrusdojo
    @walrusdojo 9 років тому +20

    The last ten seconds are pure gold when taken out of context.

  • @alicar1
    @alicar1 6 років тому +22

    It breaks the air into little chunks, and your fingers into little chunks.

  • @JMAction_UK
    @JMAction_UK Рік тому +4

    "Yucky sound". Bruh, I don't know what you're hearing but I hear sweet fire truck music.

  • @Bryan198026
    @Bryan198026 5 років тому +24

    I don’t know that I would’ve wanted to do that. Even for getting the possibility of losing a finger or an eye or worse, I can only imagine how loud that must’ve been.

  • @JonnyDIY
    @JonnyDIY 5 років тому +18

    3:02 "Don't back away, it won't bite you" 🤣👍🏻

    • @jmWolfe2585
      @jmWolfe2585 4 роки тому +2

      Jonny DIY but the priest will

    • @stephensnell1379
      @stephensnell1379 4 роки тому +2

      The young girl didn't like the noise due to the horrid sound the siren was making

    • @Vacuum_And_Siren_Expert
      @Vacuum_And_Siren_Expert Рік тому +3

      Siren Head: let's see about "it won't bite you" 😈

  • @Polymershik
    @Polymershik 6 років тому +94

    Cool, but was it necessary to use SHARP DISC? )

    • @jj987987987
      @jj987987987 4 роки тому +7

      kids are not retarded.

    • @scottrogers2971
      @scottrogers2971 4 роки тому +23

      Kids are retarded

    • @jj987987987
      @jj987987987 4 роки тому +7

      @@scottrogers2971 kids are what you made them to be. If they dont have any specified mental issuee they only relect their mentor's intelligence.

    • @14.quachanhkhoa78
      @14.quachanhkhoa78 4 роки тому +3

      @@wjjanshsbaan8599 *i am

    • @da4127
      @da4127 4 роки тому +7

      Yeah, the risk or getting your fingers chopped off is the essence of the program

  • @cjmarsh504
    @cjmarsh504 6 років тому +10

    I miss this show

  • @dylaneliot3582
    @dylaneliot3582 8 років тому +72

    no thought of losing fingers!

    • @shawnwheat6259
      @shawnwheat6259 6 років тому +1

      DylanEliot Williams fuck you

    • @The_JEB
      @The_JEB 6 років тому +11

      you have 10 fingers, you dont need em all.

    • @RazorSharp369
      @RazorSharp369 5 років тому

      That's Drew Barrymore

  • @leandro4552
    @leandro4552 7 років тому +42

    Safety it's too mainstream.

  • @gyorgykozmer7714
    @gyorgykozmer7714 6 років тому +13

    "You wanna take one apart?" "No." lol 😂

    • @POVTrucking
      @POVTrucking 2 роки тому +7

      he says "have you ever taken one apart ?"

  • @hikingviking8309
    @hikingviking8309 5 місяців тому +2

    When I initially clicked play it started the video off at 2:30 in.

  • @lmoore3rd
    @lmoore3rd 9 місяців тому +3

    They didn't have to put a legal safety disclaimer when I watched this as a child in the 80's. I turned out ok. 😆

  • @BananaPhoPhilly
    @BananaPhoPhilly 5 років тому +59

    That girl was very smart for her age, or she was given a script lol

  • @j3ttagrl420
    @j3ttagrl420 4 роки тому +2

    that's all i needed to know! i miss mr. wizard. 💕

  • @jansenart0
    @jansenart0 Рік тому +2

    1:00 Don't mind the saw blade....

  • @l-vaeronautics2734
    @l-vaeronautics2734 7 місяців тому

    Miss this show!

  • @joshuaryanferguson3702
    @joshuaryanferguson3702 5 років тому +2

    The 5th holes make it sound like a thunderbolt

  • @rippspeck
    @rippspeck 7 років тому +6

    Fuck hearing protection!
    *WHAT?*

  • @TEAMWHIRLWINDINTERCEPT
    @TEAMWHIRLWINDINTERCEPT Рік тому +2

    Emergency warning sirens Control by using two things a chopper and a stator The chopper will make the wind chop up into little pieces in the stator controls the sound and if you add horns to it it will Echo more

  • @wheresmyclicker
    @wheresmyclicker Рік тому +1

    Like, why is it a saw blade? Why not at least grind the teeth off? He wasn't even holding her hand steady for her at the end. Easter candy time.

  • @chadrowland5234
    @chadrowland5234 Рік тому +3

    Nowadays, sirens use a pre-recorded noise on a sound card that plays on a loudspeaker.

  • @EvilForgemaster
    @EvilForgemaster 6 років тому +7

    Am I the only one who found the ending very funny?

  • @RazorSharp369
    @RazorSharp369 5 років тому +6

    Drew Barrymore loses fingers to my favorite Scientist.
    Eat your heart out Bill Nye

  • @neilsmith9066
    @neilsmith9066 2 роки тому

    Mr Wizard was The Best!!!!

  • @Chuzzlepuff
    @Chuzzlepuff 3 роки тому

    mmm yes small child, get CLOSE to the sawblade!

  • @Валзрии́пачивзнко

    Alright ,tonight idea we will put siren on a child face and let her know how it sounds "clearly" and how much air flow from it .and ask her to close her hand to "decorated" an industrial electric saw disk .

  • @RideToLyf
    @RideToLyf 2 роки тому

    Great explanation!

  • @entityk14
    @entityk14 4 роки тому

    2:39 Little blades. He called them little fans.

  • @Cemoman17
    @Cemoman17 11 років тому +2

    Awesome.

  • @mariestick6636
    @mariestick6636 Рік тому

    Awesome

  • @skiddzie9291
    @skiddzie9291 2 роки тому +1

    why the fuck did they use a circular saw LMAO

  • @valleyfirebuff9694
    @valleyfirebuff9694 7 років тому +9

    It’s not a bad sound

    • @spaceedementia
      @spaceedementia 5 років тому +1

      I think you may be a little bias ;)

  • @trentonjenkins5025
    @trentonjenkins5025 Рік тому

    Mom: How did you sleep last night
    Me knowing I didn’t because I wanted to know how sirens worked at 3 in the morning

  • @gerardonavarro3400
    @gerardonavarro3400 5 років тому +13

    I just came here to see how siren head works lol

  • @induvenugopal9956
    @induvenugopal9956 6 років тому +2

    Now I know how that works....

  • @maxwellcrazycat9204
    @maxwellcrazycat9204 3 роки тому

    For me it's when I'm speeding on the freeway. Siren works.

  • @PedroGomez-bd9ro
    @PedroGomez-bd9ro 4 роки тому

    This wouldn't make sense without the serrated edge on the wheel

  • @hokiangateroroa
    @hokiangateroroa 4 роки тому +9

    LOOK!! RISK MANAGEMENT BEING USED!! instead of all the care being taken by someone else, she is taking care for herself. WOW! Kids aren't idiots, who knew!

  • @danielesposito9705
    @danielesposito9705 2 роки тому

    Did he invent lawn darts next?

  • @airraidsiren260
    @airraidsiren260 4 роки тому

    What sound she think is yucky is the best sound for me

  • @MrWolfSnack
    @MrWolfSnack 9 років тому

    That's a good way to make someone deaf.

  • @alisadashaflushinghillsbri6329
    @alisadashaflushinghillsbri6329 4 роки тому

    Nice👍

  • @GeraldBlack1
    @GeraldBlack1 2 роки тому

    OMG safety first lol!

  • @seebradrun
    @seebradrun 5 років тому

    At least it was safe

  • @jimmymelonseed4068
    @jimmymelonseed4068 6 місяців тому

    So much anxiety

  • @TheAllroundniceguy
    @TheAllroundniceguy 4 роки тому +1

    THAT IS A SAW!

  • @SuperRiki81
    @SuperRiki81 10 років тому

    I wanted to know what would happen if she put her hand in there at the end...

    • @rdfox76
      @rdfox76 10 років тому

      She would have lost her fingertip.

    • @SuperRiki81
      @SuperRiki81 10 років тому +2

      rdfox76 i cant even remember posting this. but it sounds like me....hahah

  • @jurtra9090
    @jurtra9090 2 роки тому

    Why this kid sounds smarter than kids nowadays? Perhaps it's a good decision that i never touch TikTok

  • @Pegasus-dm1oe
    @Pegasus-dm1oe 4 роки тому +1

    2:30

  • @nic3guy5585
    @nic3guy5585 5 років тому +2

    LMAO girls ears start bleeding

  • @shadygaming6523
    @shadygaming6523 6 років тому

    is this tim?

  • @ComradeDt
    @ComradeDt 2 роки тому

    1:04 ahahaah u wot m8

  • @Manzie1000
    @Manzie1000 6 років тому +1

    The sound is chopped into pieces just like your hand if it gets too close to the blade sweetie 😝

  • @zzoinks
    @zzoinks 7 років тому

    So it is pretty much a really loud whistle.

    • @GOVT-fy5pi
      @GOVT-fy5pi 7 років тому

      It is really a fan that just chops air. The resulting chopped air creates sound waves. The waves are what you hear

  • @eddiejones.redvees
    @eddiejones.redvees 4 роки тому

    Safety first be careful now

  • @djvelocity
    @djvelocity 6 років тому

    Hahahaha what the fuck?! SOOO dangerous!!! Only in the 1980’s eh?! No way in hell a TV show or anybody who had a kid would tell a kid to put their fingers near a spinning chop saw spinning at 3000 RPM 😅😅😅 omg hilarious how nuts this is!

  • @bananacat3985
    @bananacat3985 3 роки тому

    I heard a siren today ;-;

  • @shawnwheat6259
    @shawnwheat6259 6 років тому

    Ok I'm going to try to get a chance I would like to know if you have any messages from you know that u to be home

  • @zeldon3684
    @zeldon3684 5 років тому

    Theres a fkn saliva

  • @thatonethattalksalot7656
    @thatonethattalksalot7656 6 років тому +8

    Safety and health killed the freedom of doing amazing things although that don't stop anyone from doing what they love right!

  • @Michael-pl4vn
    @Michael-pl4vn 5 місяців тому

    Is that a fucking saw?!?

  • @middleclass4137
    @middleclass4137 4 роки тому

    इतनी age mai mujhe ghanta smjh nhi aati thi science , upar se teacher भी chomu the

  • @WS-gw5ms
    @WS-gw5ms 6 місяців тому

    Lol why use a saw blade?

  • @All_Time_Fresh
    @All_Time_Fresh 3 роки тому

    More noise, waw!

  • @ryuga475
    @ryuga475 4 роки тому

    who needs speaker

  • @ayoolamehmehmehmehmehmeh5784
    @ayoolamehmehmehmehmehmeh5784 4 роки тому

    Am I the only person that See's saliva dripping from the girls tube

  • @michealarburn9861
    @michealarburn9861 Рік тому

    Yes it was dangerous but can kids these days give such intelligent answers 🤷

  • @ithken
    @ithken Рік тому

    sirens are not yuky some poeple like them its thire hoby

  • @herold4566
    @herold4566 3 роки тому

    Smort

  • @whitbyretreat145
    @whitbyretreat145 9 місяців тому

    Todays the woke liberal parents wont even let the kids near such loud siren

  • @mikgus
    @mikgus 7 років тому

    took 3min before a saw who mr wizard was

  • @Elpoyoloco1
    @Elpoyoloco1 8 років тому +12

    wuttttt.......the little girls fingers were so close litirely sooo dump thing to put the girl into these.....i mean come on a cicrular saw??

  • @FreeSoundLibraryEffects
    @FreeSoundLibraryEffects 7 років тому +1

    Yucky sound. Lol

  • @rotempeer-raviv4859
    @rotempeer-raviv4859 4 роки тому

    Joe Biden teaching science!

    • @neilsmith9066
      @neilsmith9066 2 роки тому

      Mr. Wizard was a bada$$ Joe Biden not so much

  • @ZacharySalman
    @ZacharySalman 5 років тому +1

    I take issue with his comparison of nice and "yucky" sounds. The explanation of a siren chopping air into little pieces was completely correct and a perfect explanation in itself of how a siren works. However, the "yucky" part is both irrelevant and incorrect. First of all, a siren's rotor openings are evenly spaced, not irregularly spaced. Secondly, the siren speeding up does not make the sound yuckier or distort the sound waves in any way. It's just the same sound sweeping upwards in frequency.
    A siren may sound "yucky" due to the way its housing funnels the air, the presence of dual rotors, or other physical factors. However, most single-rotor sirens (especially Sentry's models in my opinion) sound generally pretty clear and un-"yucky."

    • @dforbesjr99
      @dforbesjr99 2 роки тому

      The explanation does make sense. The holes the air is being pushed through are constantly changing size due to the rotation of the fan. Compared to the nice sounds where the holes are of constant size

    • @ZacharySalman
      @ZacharySalman 2 роки тому +2

      @@dforbesjr99 No, the changing size of the holes doesn't have any relevance to the "yuckiness" he was previously referring to, and he was wrong to imply that it did. The same hole size change was occurring with the "nice" sounding holes.
      The "yuckiness" he was referring to is an uneven placement of the holes, causing the pulses of air to be irregularly timed. The demonstration with the saw makes some sense as the sound frequency is actually being modulated irregularly because the holes are spaced unevenly around the disk, but when he demonstrates with the real siren, it disproves his point, because the holes in it are evenly spaced. The real siren he uses is actually the same thing as the "nice" sound on the saw. The only thing happening with the siren is the pitch increasing, there isn't any of the "yucky" as he described it earlier. "The faster it spins the yuckier it gets" doesn't make sense because, again, the only thing changing is the pitch, while the frequency, though increasing, is still even and regular.

  • @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446
    @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446 2 роки тому

    Isn't she so beautiful x

  • @rodkarch6578
    @rodkarch6578 8 років тому +5

    that is not how an air raid siren works

    • @duanecottrell
      @duanecottrell 8 років тому +9

      Yes it is.

    • @childishtombino1275
      @childishtombino1275 8 років тому +7

      It is

    • @dylxnchn
      @dylxnchn 8 років тому +6

      Rod Karch it is you dummy

    • @flyoversirens3704
      @flyoversirens3704 6 років тому

      That's exactly how an air raid siren, and all electromechanical sirens work, well, minus the whole part where he explains that the sound is because the hole gets bigger and smaller.

    • @SoonerStateSirens1
      @SoonerStateSirens1 6 років тому +1

      They aren’t speakers

  • @audiodood
    @audiodood 4 роки тому

    Thats actually not how that works

  • @tsherman6434
    @tsherman6434 9 місяців тому

    3:10