We did it, we fucking did it.
This is a 1986 Federal Signal Thunderbolt 1000BSC, currently in service in Julian, Nebraska. This siren used to belong to Cooper Nuclear Power Plant and was removed and sold when they upgraded their system. This replaced a Federal Signal Model 5B. This siren has been having issues for a good few years due to a piss poor wiring job on the RCM and lack of maintenance. I started working on this alongside the town hall board in late November 2023, I couldn't get the control box to work, so I contacted my siren enthusiast buddies in Omaha to help out. After two weeks of them getting everything corrected and functional, it was time to put it back together. Saturday, December 16th, 2023, was the final day for all major work to be completed. A new 120v relay was added for a more effective way of sounding off the siren rather than the transformer seen. At 4:26 PM CST, the Sheriff's office sounded the siren for the final test. It roars like a Thunderbolt once again. The siren will be maintained by me and my buddies from Omaha from now on.
