WWII Carter Air Raid Siren

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  • čas přidán 7. 10. 2011
  • Siren half way through restoration, this being a full speed test via 3 phase power. This was the first time it had operated for nearly twenty years and did so without fault! Motor manufacturer is Brook Motors of Huddersfield. Siren is Carter type 1H.
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  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 11 lety +18313

    At full speed, this siren runs at 2840 rpm.

  • @RileyGoss
    @RileyGoss Před 11 lety +25867

    That would be a badass alarm clock.

  • @domlols9841
    @domlols9841 Před 10 lety +14972

    It's 10 holes on one and 12 on the other in case anyone is wondering

  • @nicklombardi6265
    @nicklombardi6265 Před 11 lety +6463

    I can only imagine the chills people got back during WWII when they heard these sirens sound.

  • @Murdoch493
    @Murdoch493 Před 11 lety +7091

    Reminds me of the THX Intro...

  • @josienkamp8049
    @josienkamp8049 Před 10 lety +6235

    He starts at 1.25

  • @980username
    @980username Před 11 lety +8408

    you wont love the sound when you hear it for real..

  • @argenmerican
    @argenmerican Před 10 lety +6047

    These things scare the fuck out of me

  • @lukeharman9015
    @lukeharman9015 Před 10 lety +11813

    Sounds like a plane at low speed

  • @peejay1954
    @peejay1954 Před 10 lety +14255

    How many decibels is that?

  • @dunebasher1971
    @dunebasher1971 Před 12 lety +3163

    That was a scary enough sound during WW2, but come the nuclear age, to hear the sirens tested was truly terrifying.

  • @ecosmart1565
    @ecosmart1565 Před 10 lety +7712

    made popular in WW2 but spent a far longer period of time on standby all the way up till 1992, all over the uk, controlled by British telecom and could be activated by the police or civil defence, (several thousand at the same time) not easy to ignore..there was an incident in 1986 in Edinburgh where the sirens were accidently activated at 6am one morning leaving the population petrified for several minutes.

  • @ethelthefrog6572
    @ethelthefrog6572 Před 10 lety +13026

    The sound of doom. As a child of the 70s/80s I grew up knowing full well what these things were for and can well recall as a kid seeing them on poles or atop police stations.
    Having been in close proximity to a couple running at full pelt in later years I can confirm that they are VERY loud..

  • @Dutchaholics
    @Dutchaholics Před 10 lety +19417

    The germans ! The germans !
    wait...
    Am i german ?

  • @munchkinhead15
    @munchkinhead15 Před 10 lety +3014

    I was going to skip to the siren but Otis Redding kept me around.

  • @PianoMastR64
    @PianoMastR64 Před 10 lety +3159

    That was actually kinda nice to listen to.

  • @PandaLikesTofu
    @PandaLikesTofu Před 10 lety +1104

    There's always been something so fascinating and frightening about the sound it makes. Is always been so eerie to me when I was younger.

  • @digitalbroadcaster
    @digitalbroadcaster Před 10 lety +6148

    I used to have three of these, but somebody really must have liked them enough to scale a wall, and take all three to seemingly borrow, long term. As in forever. I never got them back. They also took some telephone signal receivers that were used to receive the alert signals in a cold war.
    However, having lived near a dockyard as I was growing up, I heard its sirens blaring out every lunch and home time as a signal for the workers, so grew used to them.

  • @AuSSiEJaZzA
    @AuSSiEJaZzA Před 10 lety +2040

    I need one for the neighbors.

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 12 lety +865

    @ccoraxfan
    This siren was deliberately powered up slowly incase it seized up, as it had been stored away unused since decommissioning.
    In actual fact, it has the most amazing bearings in, and motor wise, is in good shape :).

  • @BULL3THOL3S
    @BULL3THOL3S Před 10 lety +4274

    I kind of want one. You know just in case lol

  • @Well_Edumacated
    @Well_Edumacated Před 11 lety +429

    it is amazing that pulsating air can makes such a loud noise

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 12 lety +661

    The power was increased slowly for the test, and in ordinary circumstances it would have reached full speed quicker, but the wind up sounds really good :-)

  • @mchagnon7
    @mchagnon7 Před 10 lety +1549

    ONE OF THE MOST BADASS NOISES OF THE 20TH CENTURY!

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 12 lety +112

    Thanks guys for your comments :-). She's not in bad nick, considering she was made in 1936! A lick of paint and she will be as good as new!

  • @LilacStarbloom
    @LilacStarbloom Před 10 lety +744

    1:00 COME ON!!!!

  • @scastle90
    @scastle90 Před 10 lety +84

    One of these is sounded once a month or so in my town (Dover) and it never fails to give me goose bumps!

  • @Lee-70ish
    @Lee-70ish Před 11 lety +143

    That must bring back a few not so nice memories for some people

  • @MrQc2010
    @MrQc2010 Před 11 lety +90

    Damn men, i don't know why but this sound give me chills!

  • @Drobium77
    @Drobium77 Před 12 lety +183

    I live not 4 miles from Coventry, which was entirely destroyed by the Germans in WW2 with the loss of over 2000 lives.
    When I hear these Carter sirens, it always sends a shivver down my spine, thinking that all that death and destruction would have been accompanied by the sound of that siren :-(
    It's such a sad sounding noise and maybe one of the last sounds that so many hundreds of thousands heard.

  • @ShadowOfTheZone
    @ShadowOfTheZone Před 12 lety +160

    That is the most horrifying sound ever.

  • @TheMatsushitaMan
    @TheMatsushitaMan Před 10 lety +170

    Just subtract 3400 RPM by 20% of 3400 and u get the answer. 10hz difference in AC voltage hertz is 20% RPM difference for 3300-3600 RPM motors. Just luv that sound!

  • @ehlejandro
    @ehlejandro Před 11 lety +165

    What did you guys do to my bench grinder?!

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 12 lety +68

    Yes it did and was done on purpose. After siting for so long unused, it was powered up slowly incase it seized up!

  • @henthorn123
    @henthorn123 Před 11 lety +23

    This is the most terrifying sound ever, just hearing it makes my skin crawl :s

  • @ihatealanfitch7718
    @ihatealanfitch7718 Před 11 lety +94

    Imagine if they had an elderly neighbor that was in WWII and he heard that. Some crazy flashbacks

  • @TyCetto
    @TyCetto Před 10 lety +220

    AWESOME noise!

  • @worm1949
    @worm1949 Před 10 lety +83

    I got one on my 1949 chevy

  • @wrightti1
    @wrightti1 Před 12 lety +12

    That's a real beauty!!! Thanks for sharing this!

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 12 lety +30

    MrBigquads! Thanks for your comments :-). She really is a beauty and has been an absolute joy to restore. She is now fully restored and repainted to her former glory.

  • @infinite_dynamics
    @infinite_dynamics Před 10 lety +2743

    Hell yeah!!
    I love that sound, everyone loves that sound, I don't understand why... Cos for a long time it signified death... Maybe all humans are secretly dark and morbid inside? Who cares, sounded sucking sick!

  • @callumrichens7904
    @callumrichens7904 Před 10 lety +459

    How many holes are on each side? I need to know because I'm making one

  • @normaburgess6044
    @normaburgess6044 Před 10 lety +148

    I'd like to put one of these on the roof of my house. Then i'd power it up every April Fool's Day and watch the neighbors go crazy.

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 11 lety +46

    This siren runs at 2840rpm :-)

  • @thecagekeeper9938
    @thecagekeeper9938 Před 11 lety +186

    If you put your finger in there I swear your finger will be off in 0.002 seconds

  • @nicholaswoodyat5444
    @nicholaswoodyat5444 Před 10 lety +252

    theres still one where i live on a telephone pole it probably dont work any more but it would be good to it go off.

  • @HodenkrebsFTW
    @HodenkrebsFTW Před 10 lety +6

    Beautiful, simply beautiful

  • @shortcaaake
    @shortcaaake Před 10 lety +103

    "Did... did I for sure pause the video? *actually hears air siren* OH CRA-"

  • @CodyRayy119
    @CodyRayy119 Před 10 lety +84

    my dad had one of those and scared my neighbors lol

  • @DanWisbey
    @DanWisbey Před 12 lety +22

    Awesome, is exactly like the one I used to own! Same shape, model etc, nice to see how they sound when working! :)

  • @kylekraft8473
    @kylekraft8473 Před 11 lety +7

    That was awesome! I'd love to have one of those!!

  • @MrJCM1970
    @MrJCM1970 Před 12 lety +7

    That is awesome! It is a really nice siren and in amazing condition too for it's age.
    Hope you can run it again soon!

  • @ChrisRichmond
    @ChrisRichmond Před 12 lety +12

    I'm now restoring my 3rd Castle Castings siren and I'm trying to work out the history on these...
    The 3 Castle Castings sirens I have are all powered by Brooks-Crompton-Parkinson motors, which is part of Hawker-Siddeley.
    The siren in this video is clearly powered by an older variant of Brooks motor, yet it's listed as a Carter&Co type 1H.
    What I can't work out is the link between Castle Castings LTD and Carter&Co.
    The rotor castings and rotor housings look EXACTLY the same on BOTH makes of siren

  • @Pete7647
    @Pete7647 Před 10 lety +32

    Later used to alert Retained firemen to the station, in cities it WAS for Air Raid Warning , but anyone living in a Village or Town would hear this every week for a test oe when their local Fire Station was being alerted for a Fire.

  • @cherrypieisthebest2604
    @cherrypieisthebest2604 Před 10 lety +21

    i like it how it just powers dooooowwwwwnnn...

  • @mangomarvels
    @mangomarvels Před 11 lety +11

    the most petrifying sound

  • @escortmad79
    @escortmad79 Před 10 lety +9

    That would explain why I can remember one being on Brixhams fire station when I was a child. Not there anymore

  • @tomshiba51
    @tomshiba51 Před 11 lety +3

    Now that's a classic sound. Nice!

  • @nordicberserk
    @nordicberserk Před 11 lety +2

    Thank you for your instant replay button!
    Many thumbs up!

  • @Coopstans
    @Coopstans Před 11 lety +1

    That will keep my ears destroyed, thank you very much.

  • @wally23tbm
    @wally23tbm Před 11 lety +3

    Classic! Love it!

  • @Pete7647
    @Pete7647 Před 12 lety +4

    Retained boys have a shout !!! happy memories from the 60's

  • @ivinyo16
    @ivinyo16 Před 11 lety +12

    I don't why I like the sound of air raid sirens so much.

  • @LuIbasaur
    @LuIbasaur Před 11 lety +9

    I used to do this too when I was a kid. Except it wasn't a v8 powered hair horn...it was a fan....and the sound wasn't created mechanically...I made it with my mouth.

  • @dasarge84
    @dasarge84 Před 12 lety +2

    all i can say is absolutly amasing these are so rare i would love to have one just to have it it would be even better if it worked like this one

  • @Digital111
    @Digital111 Před 10 lety +42

    Sounds a bit like the engine of a plane

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 11 lety +13

    @Zachary Brooks Hi. I'm sorry, this siren is not for sale. I think shipping costs to the US would be huge anyway. Good luck searching for a siren, hope you find one nearer to home! :)

  • @mikecrea1900
    @mikecrea1900 Před 11 lety +2

    Such a cool sound

  • @19GN03
    @19GN03 Před 11 lety +1

    Owesome, gives you the feeling of feer people had in WW2, nice job

  • @digitalbroadcaster
    @digitalbroadcaster Před 11 lety +9

    I remember when these things were on on poles everywhere but then over the space of a week, they all got taken down. There must be a warehouse full of them somewhere. I have an old cold war radio receiver somewhere in my house that I was given. Never got to grab a siren though, although I was given a 'grey box' BT siren receiver system many years back. No idea what became of it though so must have thrown that one out.

  • @ginacollecchia6927
    @ginacollecchia6927 Před 10 lety +7

    shephard's tones, i love thee!

  • @DiscoDevilDog
    @DiscoDevilDog Před 11 lety +2

    Some poor old WWII chap down the street heard this, shat himself then barricaded himself in his basement. Worth it!!!

  • @R5H4D0W
    @R5H4D0W Před 11 lety +7

    Possibly the best sound ever employed in getting people out of their cozy love nests and get in a storm or bomb shelter....

  • @bettyboop65340
    @bettyboop65340 Před 10 lety +67

    would make a good fire horn

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 12 lety +8

    @Hondaking: a three phase supply was used at a business local to me who test electric motors.

  • @joebell585
    @joebell585 Před 10 lety +26

    WANT ONE!

  • @losingmymind611
    @losingmymind611 Před 12 lety

    So kickass and amazing.

  • @Fresse
    @Fresse Před 12 lety +6

    The sound this thing makes just tears through my soul and activates my primal instinct

  • @Pete7647
    @Pete7647 Před 10 lety +14

    Correct until late 60's upto about 72 in this area when they went to pagers, problem was that responding Firemen would be held up because traffic did not give way has they used to do when the Siren went because they knew there would be certain vehicles moving fast towards the station, guess Lifeboat men have the same trouble now when they are alerted by pagers

  • @mirrorclick
    @mirrorclick Před 12 lety +7

    When I lived in Plymouth (England) I was a bout 3 miles away from the dockyard and every monday morning 11am without fail they test the sirens that sound just like this. *just incase one of the nuclear subs has a leak*

  • @cherrypieisthebest2604
    @cherrypieisthebest2604 Před 10 lety +51

    the sound creeps me out O-o

  • @bigdeano1991
    @bigdeano1991 Před 11 lety +12

    That is a beautiful sound, although if I'd bee around in the days of the Blitz I probably wouldnt be saying that.

  • @triniyankee
    @triniyankee Před 10 lety +28

    I would so put this on my front lawn at 5 in the morning

  • @MasterJediDude
    @MasterJediDude Před 11 lety +13

    That sound reminds me of a hundred nightmares about nuclear war and tornadoes.

  • @nestoralegre5382
    @nestoralegre5382 Před 10 lety +5

    awsome machinery

  • @PlatinumEagleStudios
    @PlatinumEagleStudios Před 11 lety +8

    SONG IN BACKGROUND: Otis by Jay-Z

  • @KFKale
    @KFKale Před 11 lety +6

    It's some kind of eye illusion at the speed it's going at, I forgot it's name.

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 12 lety

    @110samec
    The impellers spin in the same direction, it has a 10/12 port, so as its slowing down it looks like they spin in opposite directions.

  • @enjoypolo
    @enjoypolo Před 11 lety +2

    Goddamn I get goosebumps everytime I listen to this !

  • @kokirivivi
    @kokirivivi Před 12 lety +3

    When you think of how the older telephone poles were basically just de-barked and tarred tree trunks, then I'd say its the right size.

  • @ayh599
    @ayh599 Před 10 lety +6

    that sound is rehminds me of tsaanimi

  • @johnbarnes6920
    @johnbarnes6920 Před 12 lety +2

    imagine that sound in a WW2 lesson in school kids would shit themselves

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 12 lety +1

    bluehazer, :-). I had it tested on a local industrial unit that had horses nearby, luckily they weren't there, so the test went ahead. But it was so so loud, but great to hear it!!

  • @SouthernRailfan
    @SouthernRailfan Před 10 lety +28

    How about if you pit horn on the side of the holes where the chopper turns and turned it on the side where the horns will point in each direction and put it on top of a telephone pole.

  • @dlancier
    @dlancier Před 11 lety +5

    I want one for my home alarm system. That will keep the thieves away.

  • @duprebs
    @duprebs  Před 12 lety +2

    @djoska87 Yes, the green was the primer applied after sandblasting. I have just put in a profile picture,this being the restored siren. I do have other pictures, but hope you can see this pic well enough to get an idea of the completed job!

  • @alexandermakrianis
    @alexandermakrianis Před 11 lety +19

    Very cool, I'm glad people are taking the time to restore these. Does this particular siren date back to WW2 and how long ago was it decommisioned?

  • @c4cypher
    @c4cypher Před 10 lety +8

    I'm waiting for you ... in our special place, in Silent Hill.

  • @azulmarazul
    @azulmarazul Před 11 lety

    Beatifull!!!

  • @D13tell
    @D13tell Před 11 lety +1

    These Carter 1H sirens sound so awesome!