Update on that: Usually that type of horn you would see on the VA4-series signals, like this:
Audibly, it sounds identical to the (later-generation) U-MMT horn/strobe or Wheelock EH horn in Continuous. SAE also made a speaker version, but most I’ve seen use horns.
It’s been a while, but here’s one wiley209 photographed at North Junior High School:
Here’s an old Faraday horn. If anyone knows the model number of it, name that Fire Alarm!
I know this one is a Gentex Commander like those I’ve seen in Ben Schumin’ collection and at Shaw’s in Stoughton, MA, but I’ve never seen one quite like this. Name that Gentex fire alarm.
It looks like maybe a Commander 3? with a weatherproof enclosure.
…and a red lens.
From the State Street MBTA Orange Line/Blue Line connection corridor, name that Space Age fire alarm!
That’s easy; a Space Age Electronics 2DCD horn behind an AV32 light plate! That was a very common SAE configuration in the 1970s and 1980s, especially in FCI systems.
Yup, they still have those there. They also have Wheelock ASs in another area.
From outside Charles/MGH Red Line Station, name that fire alarm!
Here’s a Cerberus Pyrotronics electronic horn from Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, name that fire alarm!
Amseco Select-a-Horn/Strobe with red lens.
The audible signal is one of six things:
1-tone horn
3-tone horn
8-tone horn
mechanical horn
high volume mechanical horn
speaker
The strobe is one of two things:
15/75 cd
110 cd
Yeah, but what’s the model number for the 2nd one?
The audible signal is one of six things:
1-tone horn
3-tone horn
8-tone horn
mechanical horn
high volume mechanical horn
speaker
The strobe is one of two things:
15/75 cd
110 cd
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It can’t be a mechanical horn. They have a grille similar to the -9838.
Also, are the high volume mechanical horns the ones with the silver plates instead of the black ones?
Right. But what’s the model number of this Cerberus Pyrotronics alarm anyway?
There WAS a mechanical horn version of that one, it had a different horn than a 9838. I think it was the horn that the 9219 and U-HN, NH and HNH series had.
Quite puzzling. Does anybody know the model number for this particular alarm:
If it’s a horn/strobe, it’s a Cerberus Pyrotronics MTL.
Thank you. It looks similar to http://www.schuminweb.com/schumin-web/odds-and-ends/fire-alarms-display.php?id=28 this MTL-S15-S.
They were not ALWAYS MTL horn/strobes! There were 3-tone versions and there were speaker versions.
schumin’s collection is not THE BEST COLLECTION… and he does not have the ONLY TYPES… His MTL Is only an example of a SERIES.
When I said MTL, I was just referring to the series, not any specific model. If it is a horn/strobe, it’s most likely an 8-tone version, as those were the most common models. There were single-tone, 3-tone, and chime models, but I have yet to come across any of them.
MTL isnt the correct name for the entire series though. Just saying.
Fun Fact: The strobe is known as W-Series or S15. The Faraday model number for the 15 candella W-Series strobe is 5527-W . This is on the back of the strobe portion of my HES-STW.