I remember when we were kids in the 60s and possibly into the early 70s, the local fire station in Horton Kirby & South Darenth had an air raid siren they still used to call the firemen in to a shout. They used the all clear rather than the attack sound. They later issued them with these 'new fangled pager things' and alas, the siren fell silent.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

We’re told this is progress. How ever for a firemen call out. It’s kinda understandable that sounding a siren, perhaps is a Socail disturbance to much in the middle of the night etc. But thank you to that insight on how some of these were used.

@coolpaul69

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt I shared this to a group in my old village and it has created a lot of interest. Someone suggested that particular siren ended up at Woodlands fire fighting museum in Kent

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

coolpaul69 there was a few story’s. But no this is the very same siren which was removed. I tracked and traced via 2 sources, one of which was via the person that approved its removal. What group was it on in Facebook.

@coolpaul69

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgtThe Horton Kirby fre Station siren is in the Woodlands fire museum. Different siren but the Hastings siren story stired up memories in my old village when I shared it to there. 👍

@insuranceman6453

3 жыл бұрын

@@coolpaul69 the siren at the Kent Fire Fighting Museum was made by Gents of Leicester. Not many around like this anymore.

I am as fascinated as I am disturbed by the sound of a Carter Gents siren.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

It’s something you just shouldn’t like, yet draws you in

@thesimplestalex7348

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt imagine *CARTER CS8*

@kazuin_fan885

3 жыл бұрын

Gents and Carter are two different companies lol

@lightningfun6486

2 жыл бұрын

@@kazuin_fan885 same sound

@lightningfun6486

2 жыл бұрын

@@kazuin_fan885 but castle castings was also gents

This is the siren with the most disturbing sound, so penetrating, makes your heart stall. Plaintive and urging at the same time.

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

It’s the loudest siren I’ve ever heard. Could feel it across your chest

@Jacloch

Жыл бұрын

No it makes me jump out of my chair and sprint to the fire station lol.

@leximatic

Жыл бұрын

@@Jacloch Yes, when it's not just on KZread.

@20v552

Жыл бұрын

average grandpa

@faceplant755

Жыл бұрын

I like the castle castings better

What fascinates me about these videos is that the sirens slightly different up close. In those old recordings of the Blitzkrieg, they sound so ghostly and almost "natural". In these, you can tell they're actual machines and they have a harsher sound.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

There not being sounded in anger. Which gives it a less moody sense to start with

@Stevieboy74

Жыл бұрын

Also I think it’s the fact that there aren’t several going off at the same time. In the old footage of the air raids across London in particular, you would often hear several going off at the same time, some in the distance and some close by. This gives the overall sound a real haunting effect that chills you to the bone!

@Stevieboy74

Жыл бұрын

This is the sort of thing I’m referring to, the sound in this video…. kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6aBsZWmYNKyptY.html

@emrilbennett8704

5 ай бұрын

Wow, interesting. It definitely gets the message across.

@helisoma

2 ай бұрын

i think because a microphone at close range cannot handle the volume and you hear distortion of the signal

Those types of sirens are still commonly used in my country as fire alarm and also to evacuate the shore towns in case of a tsunami. Even in some military HQ are used to warn about fire threats and impending hostile attacks.

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Would you need so kind as to record some footage and send me to use on my channel.

@OriginalParadigm357

Жыл бұрын

or tornadoes

The best siren I have ever heard

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly.

@erion0_042

3 жыл бұрын

Look at the french siren too 😉

@uicidalheppard2284

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@loukasmallios5811

3 жыл бұрын

@@erion0_042 We have a french in my village but I prefer the British

@dennyleung111

3 жыл бұрын

Oh

You can actually hear it blasting into the mic! Carter’s never die! That’s why Vopak in Thurrock still use them! Btw Vopak uses Secomak sirens

@pokemonjawatimurpro1

2 жыл бұрын

Vintage Horn Siren LoudSpeakers

Great siren.... there happened to be one of these being a Carter model with a badge riveted onto the front of the motor housing. This was located on top of an old cinema in 1998 where I live in Yorkshire. I discovered this after having to get onto the roof to look at a TV aerial problem up there, that served a take away food shop below under the old cinema. As I had the key to get up there, I returned later taking a friend onto the roof with me armed with a shifter & a socket set. We got the four mounting bolts released, but it was so heavy that even both of us could not lift it!. It was in the city center, & I was told this this was one of the bigger 50 mile radius sirens. It even had a lifting eye mounted on top in the center of the motor housing, with a large white number stenciled on the top of it. They pulled the building down around the year 2000, & as soon as I discovered the start of the demolition, I went to see if it was still available, but was told it had already gone. I wonder who if anyone got their hands on this.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Well you hope it’s in safe hands. But given the weight. £20 to a scrap yard at least. Not everyone knows they have a decent value on the open market.

@galaxion62

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt Yes... me too... :) looking at your siren here, I recollect the one on the cinema roof was longer than the one you have. Also the ends of the siren rotors were enclosed within the casting, only having an open hole of approx 3 or 4 inches at either end in the center, where the central rotor fastening nuts could be seen. We could rotate the rotors through the end holes & even that felt heavy, it was indeed a beast!. Wish I could have got it down, but the weight of it, was unbelievable!.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

@@galaxion62 mines somewhere bettween 90-100kg we think. What your possibly describing maybe a gents, which are round 120kg It’s not something anyone’s weighed. Educated guesses, in honesty when I shifted the Carter’s between me and the other bloke. Feels about right. Maybe a tad closer to 95-105kg going on lifting known weighted items etc

What a blood curdling sound it produces. It puts tears in my eyes just imagining the fear of thousands of people were put through when this siren went off during the cold war. I send out my heart to those who have had to witness the wails of this siren.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Quite often in talking about interests in ww2. People ask what’s the things you liked the most. Some people talk about individuals. Some it’s the tanks. Commonly your find a lot of people like the planes. For me and I appreciate the fear factor Associated with sirens, but like gas masks and the shelters. Sirens where a warning system that provoked people in to running for cover. So it’s actually an item, a sound that I often neglect the fear it also gave people. So it’s a life saving device all wrapped up in the middle of what is about to be the start of tragic events coming next.

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

@@dj-la--wolf1288 thanks mate

@pokemonjawatimurpro1

2 жыл бұрын

Vintage Horn Speakers

@chriswathen9612

3 ай бұрын

They didn't go off during the cold War? They were maintained and updated in case they ever had to be used, but never used in anger. Kindof the whole point of the cold war

Such a awesome sound. Please upload more of it in time

Sound is more powerful than we realise.

@mintysgt

6 күн бұрын

I’m sure certain places around the world it’s a very powerful sound, an here in the uk, there’s the older generation still with us that know the sound for real life changing events moments later. How ever I do think people of my age and younger, we only hear mainly in films an don’t really grasp how fearful it really is. I like to think of them as life saving sounds.

That reminds me of when there was a car accident, that needed the Fire Department & Ambulance, these are the sirens that our town had until the early 80s. 3 blasts was a car accident, 5 a fire in town, 7 a fire out of town, long held blast was a tornado, & the worste of all a long wavering blast was an air raid. Since there are 3 missile silos & the launch control facility, less than 3 miles from town, we knew if we ever heard that wavering, we were done.

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Ouch. Liked the most of that. But last bit is a bit to real

@ZA-mb5di

2 жыл бұрын

What's the difference between the long wavering blast and 3,5,7?

@prairiepatriotpreacher9738

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZA-mb5di I'm not sure I understand your question. If you understand how these sirens work, the explanation is in my comment. A wavering blast would be when the siren would get Loud & then quiet down about half way & then loud again & keep going like that. rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr 3 blasts was when the siren would bow & stop 3 times like rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr 5 times was just 5 blasts, like rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr 7 times was just 7 blasts, like rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr rrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrr . I hope this explains what I meant.

@ZA-mb5di

2 жыл бұрын

@@prairiepatriotpreacher9738 so they're pretty much the same

@prairiepatriotpreacher9738

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZA-mb5di NO! It's like honking a car horn. Holding the horn a long time is not the same as honking it 3 times, 5 times, or 7 times. None of them are the same.

Woah! Thats the origin of Ceará eas alarm😮

@mintysgt

10 ай бұрын

Sure

I love this! 10/12 port sirens always sound so musical to me.

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I, for one, am fascinated by sirens, how they work, and the different types and sounds they make. To the point where most siren sounds aren't scary to me. but this is one of the few that gives me chills. It almost makes me feel like a bad person for being fascinated by it, knowing there are people who have heard it, knowing it's NOT a test, and they may very well be dead before it's over. I just have to tell myself that the siren itself isn't the bad guy, but the things they warn of.

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Nail on the head. When talking to people, they all ways say how scary they are. No it’s not the siren. It’s what comes next is the scary part. This is to warn you an save your life

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Ps, this carters is the only siren that’s made me want to stand much further away. It’s certainly the loudest one I’ve ever heard

@J19_vlogger74

Жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt so true.

@jorgepais2876

6 ай бұрын

During my entire 48 1/2 years of life this was the scariest sound that I heard from a siren. It was heard during a fire when I was on vacations at my parents hometown, here in Portugal. I heard a lot of different ones from other towns firedepartments, but this one was the chillest of them all... kzread.info/dash/bejne/p6yarMmzgc3Qobw.htmlsi=Y9vOhw1ZCNAZvbjh

My favorite part about the Carter Gents is they're bare bones-just the chopper for the dual tone sound output and that's it. If anyone wonders how a siren works, this is the make and model to look at just to see it in action.

@mintysgt

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment

@emrilbennett8704

5 ай бұрын

That is awesome! I’ve always been fascinated with how those work.

This sound pleasures me the same way the V10s in F1

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha. Brillant

Beautiful sound!! I don't think the video would have been the same without the distortion of the sound output in the video - gives you a perspective of just how loud this is! Got your message - will get back to you tomorrow.

@mrmattandmrchay

3 жыл бұрын

BTW, I've given your video a link on my community page :)

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

mrmattandmrchay you guys are amazing. Thank you so much. Me and father are both big fans of your channel.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

mrmattandmrchay in regards to how loud it was. I’ve stood under castle castings previously yes that was loud. But this carter. Have to admit was with out doubt so much louder. Even when stood outside the building on the second run

@mrmattandmrchay

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt Do you guys have an email that I can reach you on? Or pls send me an email at mattw.youtube@virginmedia.com Thanks :)

Love the design of these, simple (a modified Bench grinder) yet as capable if not more so as more complex designs.

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Sure is.

There used to be one of these on a platform resting on a pair of tall metal posts at the top of our estate when I was growing up in the 80s. I remember it being tested once. Such an eerie sound, especially from a distance where it doesn't seem to have a source direction. It's in the air all around you.

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Very few remaining now in the wild. I’d assume the ones you talk about long gone now

@limpet7r63

2 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt yes this one was torn down in the early 2000s when they dug a new entrance to the underpass it was near to and re-landscaped the area around it. I have no idea what happened to it.

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

@@limpet7r63 if removed as late as that, quite possible it still exists in someone’s collection now. How ever it’s origins may be long forgotten. I’m 93/94. The sirens that came down was just scrapped

@bryanwilkinson6859

5 ай бұрын

@@mintysgt i heard that many were moved to flood plains.

Great video! What a beautiful sound!

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Happen to agree with you

@purpleviolet207

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt Thank you

@clone_cop

3 жыл бұрын

its not gonna be beautiful until you hear it for real . .

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

@@clone_cop let’s hope we don’t ever need to hear them in that sense.

A beautiful symphony of sirens.

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. There be a few more Vids coming soon, as added a few more to the collection nown

Finally found the siren noise used for Silent Hill 1 (game).

@mintysgt

19 күн бұрын

Indeed

Our fire department still uses an old Carter siren for certain call outs (wrecks /w fatalities, major brush fires, etc.), only it's mounted on/atop a 54" sawmill blade in a tower; amplifies the sound and gives it a deeper reverb, can still hear it 10 miles away over high winds/traffic noise...

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

I think I’m the current world. It’s hard for them to be used for a single use now. Like in ww2. But I do think like you say can be heard for 10 miles. Doesn’t discriminate anyone not looking or listening to Socail media etc.

An awesome, yet terrifying sound.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

I remember seeing that on top of its pole many times over the years and wondered if it was still live, disconnected etc. Sorry to see it's been removed in a way as it was almost iconic but I'm glad it's been saved! Let's hope humanity never needs these again.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. Wasn’t actually disconnected, been left live, how ever the siren was seized and wouldn’t of turned. But would of burnt out had someone broke in the control panel and tried it.

@jaydee6329

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt it was still live? - wow! Where was it controlled from then? - town hall? As it was live, will it be replaced with another?

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Jay Dee the warning system was dropped in 93. This siren was left behind/abandoned. In this rare Occurrence yet another rare occurrence happened maybe, or the two go together due to the nature of the 1st. The power feed for the siren was not cut off meaning that it was left live and disused. Was cut off in 2019 after the siren was removed. How ever the control unit in the cabinet below was stolen between 2016-18 I believe Bt and the police stations I believe would of had control of setting them off. In the 80s Bt set the local warning system of by accident in the middle of the night. When working in the exchange in the town centre at least that’s what I’ve been told.

@coolpaul69

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt The siren going off in the middle of the night would have promoted a few bathroom trips I bet. Lol

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

coolpaul69 certainly would of been a few dramas

I love that sound! Reminds me of my own one when I had it tested. The sound of fear for an older generation though. Can’t wait to come and see this when times allow!

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Your local person to this then. Yes be great when it’s open for the public. In fact I can’t wait to hear it again myself. Was expensive toy to pass straight on to a museum but it the best hands now.

@duprebs4401

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt Only about 1/2 hr away and never been before. Looks like a fantastic museum with the added bonus of a siren now. Great it’s been saved and preserved. Well done.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

@@duprebs4401 I’ve got a video on here of the steam engines they have there. It’s well worth a visit, pretty sure there Cold War bunker I have a video on. How ever that’s all changing soon. Now they have my siren. A few things have been planned

@duprebs4401

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt Great stuff. All being well, if there are open days this year I will get along.

@duprebs4401

3 жыл бұрын

Did you have an auto wailer with the siren? Or did you just interrupt the power supply?

Almost had me running for cover!!

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

It is after all the warning sound.

Excellent! This siren sounds similar to Federal Signal 2T22 & 3T22 sirens in some states...

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Kinda does don’t it.

@baul104

Жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt Yep!

I can only imagine the sheer terror of being under an air raid. You got the terrifying hum of the air raid siren in the distance, the low droning of 1000+ enemy air craft and a grey cloud on the horizon of enemy aircraft and eventually, the whistling sound of falling bombs and the explosions of said bombs impacting.....no thanks......

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Ekkkkk

@emrilbennett8704

5 ай бұрын

Agree with both of you… Nope

@BobaCat_Jewerly

4 ай бұрын

Can I use this description for my essay 😭😭

I would *love* to find one of these!

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a very odd siren this one. But there’s a lot of more common ones available should you wish to find one.

Awesome.

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I think so too

This is my favorite siren

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

The one KZreadr that has name duprebs is the most loudest thing

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Sorry the expression is lost on me.

Good set of barings

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Brand new in restoration. Have original ones saved still. Not sure why

If you get some coments saying "ceara eas alarm" its because some guy used this sound and said this ceara eas alarm (ceara is a state of brazil) + i live in there and i never heard it

@mintysgt

8 ай бұрын

Ah right. Thank you for that. I wondered why it gets commented

So you managed to get the Hastings siren after all! I saw Paul’s videos of it and wondered if you knew.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

like to say was never any doubts, was always going to be when the time was right for the previous owner. Shocked how quickly the chance came up. was aware his uploaded a few vids. id of like that not to of happened but hey ho thats life

Metalheads, this is the siren sound used on the intro of the Greatest Metal Song Ever, War Pigs by Black Sabbath

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that interesting fact

@RodBeauvex

3 жыл бұрын

It can also be heard in the 1960 version of the Time Machine.

@emrilbennett8704

5 ай бұрын

@@RodBeauvex interesting facts

Top friend 👊👊👊👊

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Do have some fish vids to edit real soon

This is carter's good brother, barter.

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Lik

Cool and scary sound👻😨❤️

@mintysgt

5 ай бұрын

Only scary when the warning sound stops

Good God If I heard that sound crap my pants mowing i am about to die

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Oh dear.

@brucejackson1153

Жыл бұрын

Sorry

That was a very quick start up!! 🤣

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

3phaze on tap here.

My grandpa wasn’t too happy when I played this video. Now he’s in the garage cleaning his M1

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

I showed this to great grandpa and he has flashbacks

@mintysgt

3 ай бұрын

Mine reached for his old rifle an started looking at the sky

The sound of doom

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Or the sound that aided people to know when to take shelter an survive 🤔

Wow 😮

@mintysgt

4 ай бұрын

Yes wow indeed

TACTICAL NUKE! INCOMING!

WOW

@tobiasbreitenfeld6836

2 жыл бұрын

400V

This guy had the setup lol

This sound was in the movie the day after in 1983.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Not firmiliar with that film

Vintage Horn Siren Speakers!!!

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Plays a wonderful sound

Gives me goosebumps

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Does me, not sure it’s for the same reasons. Had I heard one for real it be different story.

Sir, I just got word of German bombers crossing the channel

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t panic.

@tonybarde2572

2 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt Really?

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonybarde2572 Yh was false alarm, pilot wasnt vaxxed had to return

@tonybarde2572

2 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt Oh

Rare footage of Essex,Carter,Castle Castings Wail again

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

yh

Who else know much about sirens or who else is a siren enthusiast because im not the only one

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

There’s many out there

@jezcolborne6329

3 жыл бұрын

Try me as I love these sirens

You should do a video on the Siren doing the all clear

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

John Kordish there’s a video. Already done.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

John Kordish will be uploaded soon

Hi Minty I'm back looking at this old girl again!

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Take at look at the other vids mate

You know sometimes I wonder - why don’t those things have small brakes on them to slow down the rotors? It seems so weird that they take sooooo long to spin down, and having all that extras spinning below the audible pitch range seems like extra unneeded wear and tear on the motor. Food for thought...

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Designed cheap at a time of Need I guess

@insuranceman6453

3 жыл бұрын

No need for a brake, more to maintain and go wrong. These were relatively maintenance free as they were apart from an occasional lick of paint.

Siren seems similar to the H.O.R super sirex

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Fair point

0:30 my grandpa has bringed his rifle out of excitment

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Lol

I wasn`t born until 1970 , but this is blood curdling and scary, it must be in ancestry memory. My mum who was a baby during the war cant listen to this.

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

See to me. This making noise is not scary. It’s when the warning sound stops I’d be scared

0:29 THE WAR HAS BEGUN

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Let’s hope not

0:30 siren started 0:50 siren ended

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Suspense not your thing I guess lol

Ceará eas alarm origin!

@mintysgt

3 ай бұрын

Yes

the wind down sounds like a 3t22

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Yh does abit

E a r r a p e W a r n i n g

Serious question: I know a local sports franchise is looking to to purchase one of these. How would one go about locating?

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm. Sorry late reply KZread kindly hasn’t shown me comments for quite sometime now. An only just seeing many I have one for sale if your serious

R. I. P people without ear protection

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Loudest siren I’ve heard to date. Only one to ever make me feel slightly unnerved

@George-jz9fk

2 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt how many miles could you hear it from?

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

@@George-jz9fk I’ve heard story’s of sirens being heard quite some distance away. But the landscape is the main issue. This particular siren my father was late to the 1st local sounding of this siren. On arrival perhaps 6-7mins after it was sounded. Said approximately a mile away as he came over the last hill to the location. Thought he missed his chance as he neared the the top could hear the siren winding down very clearly Real bad conditions 2-300 meters away you could easily have enough landscape etc to not hear it at all. As demonstrated at a fuel depot a few years ago to me, in the right conditions you could hear it easily 2-3 miles after that I think the noise unless you knew it was going off and listened out for it would just be in heard back ground noise etc. How ever it’s effective range in all conditions is obviously key factor. Hence why some sirens in towns were located as little half a mile from each other. Hope this is of some use this reply. Despite a long response

See the light: Feel the heat! I survived the Cuban Missile Crisis, and if you think about it, SO DID YOU.

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Righty o

Fun factoid: This August 29, 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Skynet becoming fully self aware.

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

Oh right

Where can i purchase this exact model?

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

I do have a castle castings siren for sale. But no idea how much that would cost to ship to Canada

You should do all clear but with a fast wind up

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

I can do that

@olliemccoy3342

Жыл бұрын

Have you done the video yet

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

@@olliemccoy3342 afraid I haven’t been able to as of yet.

Blimey that thing can sing

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Have to confess, i was pre warned that carters were very loud compared to others, and having been stood as close to a seacomak a few times when tested, i don't mind admitting this thing actually made me and a few others step back

starts at 0:29

@mintysgt

5 ай бұрын

Suspense not your thing

Where was this sited in Hastings? I seem to remember one in the Silverhill area. 🤔

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Briars Avenue.

@frogmaster83

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt Thats it ! At the junction at the top, on the end of the parade of shops. 👍

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Jim-Bob Outdoors that’s the spot. It’s amazing how many people lives in our town. Didn’t even know it was there.

Bloody hell! What are the gerries up to now!?

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

lol

Are you going to do a video of the Gents Siren yet?

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Soon as I rip it of the 4K cam

@laurenloukinen5425

3 жыл бұрын

Lol nice.

Is song like ceara Brazil eas alarm

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

😮

Para millones de personas ese sonido fue lo ultimo que escucharon 😢

@mintysgt

19 күн бұрын

Not millions.

That should to be heared if ww3 starts

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Well let’s hope not

Sounds like ceara eas alarm Brazil states

@mintysgt

5 күн бұрын

Indeed

Ceará state of Brazil siren/eas alarm

@mintysgt

Жыл бұрын

😳

I ann so sorry I didn't respond to you sooner I am actually in USA in California.

Is this a 3D printed model or the real one? Because in the thumbnail it looks small

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

No it’s very real.

Where do you find these Carter sirens? I can't find them online anywhere

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Well this one. Is from my home town. Was removed a few years back. Just got lucky that the owner was happy enough to let me purchase it and have put on display locally. Carter’s do come up on eBay from time to time.

Why do i smile while there is siren playing wtf is wrong with me?

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously I can’t tell your age here. But If like me we’re not old enough to ever of heard one sounded in real fear of what happens nexts. Our Association of sirens perhaps come’s from films which often followed by a great dog fight. Or destruction of town. To which the heroic scene starts of people throwing rumble of someone to rescue them. Ok not all films have happy moments. But the point is from someone not having been affected by the following moments. I think we appreciate them as life saving devices. Perhaps if we heard one with consequences afterwards we wouldn’t like them So much

@soheilvalizadeh9647

2 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt ok thanks

When Reactor 4 is unusual warm up : 0:30

@mintysgt

2 жыл бұрын

Let’s hope not

If I'm not mistaken, this is a Secomak siren, not a Carter. The generously chamfered air holes and screwed in balance weights on the rotors note some of the differences. They look really close at first glance though and are commonly mistaken for Carter units.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

No it’s Carter’s. But your not wrong ether. Eventually I will do a up close video and the restoration on it. These sirens are very uncommon only 3 known to of survived, it’s a genniune Carter’s motor. With like you say the chamfered ports, were not over positive why this is the case. Speculation is that it’s ww2 motor with later rota’s and stators fitted in the 50s for the Cold War I do agree doesn’t look like it. But when you see the motor housing and plaque your see it’s Carter’s.

@philhodges4608

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are right, it has all the signs of a Secomak, chamferred ports, balance weights etc. The motors were made by Brooks and if supplied to Carter had a Carter badge riveted below the Brooks motor rating plate. When Brooks supplied a motor for Secomak, the Brooks rating plate was replaced with an aluminium Secomak motor rating plate and the two rivets below fitted but with no extra plate. Even at that time manufacturers seemed to be sharing components. Unusually, this was definitely badged as a Carter so it is a Carter siren but you will find identical Secomak ones with different badges. Unfortunately as time has passed we will never know what went on.

Ahhh finally, this is the sound of the siren in Silent Hil 1

@mintysgt

19 күн бұрын

Indeed

Intimidating sound

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps

btw the attack warning red signal is 4s on, 4s off

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Ok !

Maybe its the 3t22 low pitched

Nice - but not WW2! This is a post-war Carter's Cold War siren. Initially, Gents of Leicester solely won the WW2 Home Office contract, although later in the war, Secomak also produced and sold sirens.

@mintysgt

5 ай бұрын

Think I just responded to elsewhere sgt major williams

Do people still make these because I really want one for myself

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Not so much make them. Which I’m told they do. But there is so many second hand one about, your spoilt should you want one.

"ALPHA WARHEAD EMERGENCY DETONATION SEQUENCE ENGAGED. THE UNDERGROUND SECTION OF THE FACILITY WILL BE DETONATED IN T-120 SECONDS."

Cera eas alarm 😄

@mintysgt

6 ай бұрын

Yes 😊so people say

what is the diameter of the rotor?

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Not something I could answer for awhile, it’s been placed in a safe place ready to be erected. But I will measure in time

So that is A Origin of Ceará eas alarm

@mintysgt

8 ай бұрын

Not really sure what you mean

@ArlindoDublagens

8 ай бұрын

Basically, people said that this sound was Ceará eas alarm (Ceará is a state from brazil)

@mintysgt

8 ай бұрын

@@ArlindoDublagens got ya

Approx how many Kilos do you think this one (yours) weighs out of curiosity?... thanks.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

Responded to your other comment, but for others interested. 90-100kg as no one seems to weighed one yet.

@galaxion62

3 жыл бұрын

Minty's GT : Ah... many thanks for the precise info here, you certainly know your stuff... as I now recollect that the riveted data plate on the front of the motor housing read Gent Carter. Also that the motor housing was not a finned type, & that the siren rotors were not coloured red, but appeared to be just some alloy type of casting. I recall that a white powder residue was on the rotor blades that brushed off with a finger, similar to what we often find on alloy engine castings. The weight you estimate I would imagine is somewhere within what this may have tipped the scales at. But items feel heavier than they actually are, when the weight is condensed into a compact unit such as this. The main obstacle we faced, being that the siren was not actually located on the cinema roof, but was in fact on the roof of the building next door, being the old YEB (Yorkshire Electricity Board) offices. There was a large H iron girder which bridged a two foot gap, thus having a sheer drop between the two buildings, which we had to walk across in order to access the siren on the roof of the YEB building. Needless to say, balancing across that carrying such a weight was not really an option. It would not have been a pretty site if we had both 'come down' with the siren so to speak!. Pity I did not take a camera up there with me, as the mobile phone I had back then was a Nokia 3310 I believe, which did not have any such camera facility! lol.

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

@@galaxion62 I know a few bits and pieces on them. Certainly sounds like you made the right choice leaving it at the time. Sadly many do get scrapped even now a few have been demolished with out thought. It’s Becuase of this siren in the video I started photoing stuff. This siren suddenly disappeared from it pole. Assumed removed for safety reasons or even stolen was a rumour someone started. But slowly after speaking with so many people. A council worker confirmed was a permission removal, then pure luck I found the collector. Managed to purchase it and bring it back to its home town. Tried public funding but in the end cost me a arm and a leg. Well worth it thou

@galaxion62

3 жыл бұрын

@@mintysgt : What a fabulous account of how you acquired this, I'm so pleased you managed to trace & acquire it after having disappeared from it's pole. I'm curious as to the location of it when on its previous pole, if you can tell me. I wonder if the one on top of Waterloo station railway bridge is still there. If you Google this, there is a photo of it. Cheers & many thanks :) .

@mintysgt

3 жыл бұрын

@@galaxion62 mine was a reused ww2 location siren. We’re not entirely sure it sounded the air raids of ww2. There’s certain parts that are ww2 about it. But also some later then war parts. The closest guess. Is that it’s a recycled unit that failed to work when the Cold War warning system was being installed. There for modern parts fitted to it. It’s location is no secret. Was briers Ave in hastings.