As soon as you add a front red warning light to the C5 it becomes a C6. So, here it is with a nice long coast. It's currently mounted on my 1972 Superior hightop Ambulance.
these guys have NO idea what they are talking about... Mechanical sirens are the best... they will blow any electronic siren out of the water ... we have a old 38 fire truck at my station ( out of service of course) and we cranked it up the other day... love the sound man.
This is probably the best ambulance siren that was used. It was loud enough to clear traffic but did not have an annoying, grating sound inside the rig.
The first sirenlight Federal used was a plain horizontal oscillating light. Then they went to the PropelloRay, which was a clear fog sealed beam rotating. The flat beam would catch your eye as is spun around. Lousy electrical connection: used a brass strip instead of a real brush. Then they went to the light that you describe.
The siren is connected to a heavy duty wire. (number 4ish) and that is connetcted to a heavy duty solenoid. (125amps) Which is in turn activated by a momentary switch in the cab of the old ambulance or fire Apparatus. Either a push button switch, floor foot switch, or activated through the cars horn. Every time you push the button it sends power to the siren via the solenoid which gets it's power from the car battery. The longer you hold the switch the loud the siren gets. Hope this makes sense?
Kicks butt! I wish Federal still made those for mounting on ambulances. They don't drain amps like the Super Chief or the Q. My hospital uses the E-Q siren. You don't get any advantage other than low tones (and making the unitiated think it's a fire engine).
The Super Chief only draws 60 amps with a full stand on the foot pedal ramp up. The larger Federal sirens draw double that at least the later models of Q2b, 66 and C5/6 as they all used the same 12 volt "amp hog" motor. Now the eQ is a serious amp hog.. Up until recently, I believe Federal improved the latest model of eQ2b.. The previous ones equiped with two 100 watt siren speakers pulled a 60 contiuious amps. You would do much better with a Super Chief siren any day! Less amp draw and louder than a Q2b at 100 feet.
We used the CAM 104b and c on our squad cars, before our 1958 chevrolets the siren switch was mounted on the floor next to the dimmer switch, and those cars were stick shift. The shifting of gears, and getting the siren working could be tricky when you tried to blow the siren but dimmed your lights. Cams put out 108 Db, ours were on the roof, and my hearing suffered for it. The C6 here lost some output due to the light in the way of the airflow.
The Federal Solar Ray is designed to oscillate up and down. But, you could turn the entire unit and have it oscillate as you described. I tried it a while back. When I took this clip I had not wired the Solar Ray up yet. It's working now though, I'll see if I can get a clip of it working tomorrow for ya.
Did the driver have to keep pressing the button as he was driving code 3? I remember when i was a kid some older man telling me that it was acuated by the foot throttle on the floor.
Please explain, you don't like the mount? the sound? the light?? This was one of the most popular sirens that Federal Signal made for many years. Especially in the Ambulance market through the late 40's and 50's.
these guys have NO idea what they are talking about... Mechanical sirens are the best... they will blow any electronic siren out of the water ... we have a old 38 fire truck at my station ( out of service of course) and we cranked it up the other day... love the sound man.
This is probably the best ambulance siren that was used. It was loud enough to clear traffic but did not have an annoying, grating sound inside the rig.
Great siren for an ambulance. Loud enough to clear traffic, but had a pleasant tone on the interior of the vehicle.
The first sirenlight Federal used was a plain horizontal oscillating light. Then they went to the PropelloRay, which was a clear fog sealed beam rotating. The flat beam would catch your eye as is spun around. Lousy electrical connection: used a brass strip instead of a real brush. Then they went to the light that you describe.
The siren should be used on every emergency vehicle these days with his quiet is the cars are being made
The siren is connected to a heavy duty wire. (number 4ish) and that is connetcted to a heavy duty solenoid. (125amps) Which is in turn activated by a momentary switch in the cab of the old ambulance or fire Apparatus. Either a push button switch, floor foot switch, or activated through the cars horn. Every time you push the button it sends power to the siren via the solenoid which gets it's power from the car battery.
The longer you hold the switch the loud the siren gets. Hope this makes sense?
Kicks butt! I wish Federal still made those for mounting on ambulances. They don't drain amps like the Super Chief or the Q. My hospital uses the E-Q siren. You don't get any advantage other than low tones (and making the unitiated think it's a fire engine).
The Super Chief only draws 60 amps with a full stand on the foot pedal ramp up. The larger Federal sirens draw double that at least the later models of Q2b, 66 and C5/6 as they all used the same 12 volt "amp hog" motor. Now the eQ is a serious amp hog.. Up until recently, I believe Federal improved the latest model of eQ2b.. The previous ones equiped with two 100 watt siren speakers pulled a 60 contiuious amps. You would do much better with a Super Chief siren any day! Less amp draw and louder than a Q2b at 100 feet.
If mechanical sirens could get below 60A that'd be great. Surprising that Federal would have the same motor in a smaller siren than the Q.
You should’ve flash the damn light!
Yes sir, no siren brakes!!Just like my
"Q1B"But I threw my braking mechanism in the rubble of the demolition pile of the old old fire house
We used the CAM 104b and c on our squad cars, before our 1958 chevrolets the siren switch was mounted on the floor next to the dimmer switch, and those cars were stick shift. The shifting of gears, and getting the siren working could be tricky when you tried to blow the siren but dimmed your lights. Cams put out 108 Db, ours were on the roof, and my hearing suffered for it. The C6 here lost some output due to the light in the way of the airflow.
That coast is so sweeeeet
The Federal Solar Ray is designed to oscillate up and down. But, you could turn the entire unit and have it oscillate as you described. I tried it a while back.
When I took this clip I had not wired the Solar Ray up yet. It's working now though, I'll see if I can get a clip of it working tomorrow for ya.
Kinda good graphics for 08
*Federal Q siren friend intensifies*
@911caddy Probie firefighters. Always getting fingers cut off from their FS's...
i take what i said back, the two sirens that we have are C6B's not the C5..it had been a while since i looked at the siren on Engine 1..my bad lol
Did the driver have to keep pressing the button as he was driving code 3? I remember when i was a kid some older man telling me that it was acuated by the foot throttle on the floor.
Please explain, you don't like the mount? the sound? the light?? This was one of the most popular sirens that Federal Signal made for many years. Especially in the Ambulance market through the late 40's and 50's.
he's nuts not to like it
Do you still have this siren?
you're gonna loose your finger when you put it in one of the holes while its turning around at full speed!
leslie speaker kind of idea!
Wow... At least ya know what you like.. Or don't.
cool
Sounds like a tiny sth-10 .
Doesn't it look like a Federal q to you?!
can you make a q siren one please?
Why would you do such a thing???
@jks2 He might even lose a finger.
there are Emergency! vids on youtube
the guy is still uploading more vids
he is the username: gneissschist1
No la vende te la compro
war of the worlds head lol
Lol
Laugh out Loud.
Its Old.
But I hate the Sound, and the look of it.
Is it even possible to call it a Siren?