Federal doesn't use the red cap anymore. They stopped using that around 2014 or so. They use a big black plastic cap now with rubber seals. That really has nothing to do with pitch fluctuations in 2001s unless the slip rings are damaged in some way. With regular use, the brushes will scrape off any miscellaneous dirt and debris. That cap doesn't degrade like that unless it was exposed to the sun constantly.
Seeing that the 2001 series still uses the same collector ring setup as the Thunderbolt makes me consider piecing together a Thunderbolt from a 2001 rotator just for the hell of it
@@Vyclops Are you referring to the little rain cap at the bottom? Yeah, I can see that, but the collector ring tube looks just the Thunderbolt's, sans the four threaded bosses for the chopper cap.
That's what I thought. They still make thunderbolt choppers and motors in the model 2 sirens, and the 2001 rotators are practically the same as the thunderbolt. Just make the thunderbolts again.
Federal doesn't use the red cap anymore. They stopped using that around 2014 or so. They use a big black plastic cap now with rubber seals. That really has nothing to do with pitch fluctuations in 2001s unless the slip rings are damaged in some way. With regular use, the brushes will scrape off any miscellaneous dirt and debris. That cap doesn't degrade like that unless it was exposed to the sun constantly.
Who ever owns it is the reason why it broke. Can’t become brittle like that if who ever has it wasn’t taking the back cover off 24/7
Seeing that the 2001 series still uses the same collector ring setup as the Thunderbolt makes me consider piecing together a Thunderbolt from a 2001 rotator just for the hell of it
I thought about using 2001 Parts to Fix Thunderbolts or Build one.
I want to see a Thunderbolt rigged onto a 2001 rotator
It's not the same
I have to agree with you on that
that appears to have become brittle to UV exposure... which would happen due to the covers being off of the back for extended periods of time.
Well I'll be damned if that isn't a Thunderbolt chopper tube... interesting the 2001 still uses it.
Thought that was super interesting! Guess the design simply worked well enough to not warrant a redesign.
the thunderbolt chopper tube is more rounded, they switched to this chopper tube design later in the production of the 2001 series
@@Vyclops Are you referring to the little rain cap at the bottom? Yeah, I can see that, but the collector ring tube looks just the Thunderbolt's, sans the four threaded bosses for the chopper cap.
@@LNERMallard mustve been good enough to keep after they started improving the parts like the rotator in newer models
That's what I thought. They still make thunderbolt choppers and motors in the model 2 sirens, and the 2001 rotators are practically the same as the thunderbolt. Just make the thunderbolts again.
Its because their not upposed to be constantly exposed to the Sun, it has a back cover for a reason.
A lot of siren
Burger
Damn that socks, don't make them like they used to, also when do you plan on using your whelen 3000 or your sth10,
I didn’t know that plastic was so brittle
The sun f*cked it pretty badly, I would guess. Plastic crumbling/snapping apart like that is a tell-tale sign of UV and sun exposure damage.
It isn’t unless exposed to direct sunlight
I happen to be born in 2007!
Do you know the manufacture date on this?
@@HSETM he said it in the video it was made in 2007..
@@northdakotasirens1520 yes but what date though? I was born June 15 2007 and it's coincidentally the same age as me.
@@HSETM the tag doesn’t say the exact date just year I’m sure
@@northdakotasirens1520 says month and year for most federal sirens
I AM positive It had to do with the SON.
That plastic piece has nothing to do with pitch fluctuations. All about airflow.
Omg it’s 5bt man
yes