CICCA
| Headquarters | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Founded | Unknown |
| Products | Automobile equipment, air raid sirens, signalling devices |
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale du Cycle et de l'Automobile (CICCA) was a automobile brand from the mid/late 1800s. CICCA continued to make automobile equipment for quite a while up until the first world war, where they found a niche market for air raid sirens. Ever since that point, they made some of the highest quality french air raid sirens in existence. CICCA disappeared at a unknown date in the 80s-90s.
Known sirens
These are their easiest to spot and most common sirens, only one of these has variants, it being the "R3P", with a varying cage height, but otherwise they do not change.
"Mystery 8 port"
(Mystery 8 port is a nickname, we do not know the actual model of this siren, so people ended up calling it that.)
(WIP)
"R3P"
(R3P is a nickname, we do not know the actual model of this siren, but this was written on the motor tag so everybody thought it was that even tho it isnt.)
The "R3P" was CICCA's most successful siren ever, which is still one of the most common in the entirety of France. The "R3P" also has insane tolerances leading to it being as loud as a normal siren reverse wired, and way louder than a normal siren wired correctly. The "R3P", like almost every french siren, consists of an 8 port rotor and stator with horn attachments tilted at 45°. The tilt helps project sound better. The "R3P" has a cage below the rotor to help it stand up and act as a intake. Some "R3P"s were equipped with dampers, but sadly not a single damper unit is known to work. These sirens use a 1.5kW 2850RPM three phase induction motor to spin the rotor. Some "R3P"s have shorter or longer cages than others for some reason, but nobody knows why such is the case.
"Birotor"
(WIP)
PCT-1481
(WIP)
Miscellaneous sirens
CICCA also made other sirens, but these are insanely rare and usually look nothing alike. Because of that, these sirens will be categorized by towns which have them.
(WIP)