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{{infobox siren
{{infobox siren
|company= [[Whelen Engineering]]
|company= [[Whelen Engineering]]
|produced= ?-?
|image= [[File:WPS-2740 Columbiana.jpg|200px]]
|caption= A WPS-2740 in Columbiana, Ohio.
|produced= ?-~1995
|type=[[Electronic]]
|type=[[Electronic]]
|output= ?-?
|output= ?
|succeeded=[[2800 Series]]
|succeeded=[[WPS-2800 series]]
|sucdate=1995
|sucdate=1995
}}
}}
The '''2700 Series''' was a line of [[electronic]], [[:Category:Omnidirectional Sirens|omnidirectional]] sirens produced by [[Whelen Engineering]].
The '''WPS-2700 series''' was a line of [[electronic]], [[:Category:Omnidirectional Sirens|omnidirectional]] sirens produced by [[Whelen Engineering]].


They can be identified from the [[2800 Series]] by the screens being closer to the center of the cells and from the [[2900 Series]] by the lack of handles to remove the drivers (EZ-Pull system), as well as the support struts being gray.
They can be identified from the [[WPS-2800 series]] by their smaller screens, and from the [[WPS-2900 series]] by the lack of EZ-Pull handles to remove the drivers, and their gray pole mount brackets.


==Models==
==Models==
The model numbers for the 2700 Series count up differently from the 2800 and 2900 Series.  They count up in the tens place (2710, 2720, etc.) instead of in the ones place with the 2800 and 2900 Series.
The model numbers for the WPS-2700 series count up differently from the WPS-2800 and WPS-2900 series, incrementing in the tens place (2710, 2720, etc.) rather than the ones place used by the WPS-2800 and WPS-2900 series.
{{models table 6 rows
{{models table 6 rows
|model1 = 2710
|model1 = 2710
|output =  
|output1 =  
|drivers1 = 1
|drivers1 = 1
|model2 = 2720
|model2 = 2720
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|drivers6 = 6
|drivers6 = 6
}}
}}
== Example videos ==
* {{Link-inline-video |link=wHEtaPNxxSI |name=A WPS-2740 with an older analog ESC-864 controller, running a noon blast}}


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[[Category:Omnidirectional Sirens]][[Category:Electronic Sirens]][[Category:Single Toned Sirens]][[Category:Dual Toned Sirens]][[Category:Whelen Engineering]][[Category:Sirens]]

Revision as of 23:57, 23 July 2016

WPS-2700 series

A WPS-2740 in Columbiana, Ohio.

Company Whelen Engineering
Produced ?-~1995
Type Electronic
Sound output ? dBc at 100 feet
Succeeded by WPS-2800 series (1995)

The WPS-2700 series was a line of electronic, omnidirectional sirens produced by Whelen Engineering.

They can be identified from the WPS-2800 series by their smaller screens, and from the WPS-2900 series by the lack of EZ-Pull handles to remove the drivers, and their gray pole mount brackets.

Models

The model numbers for the WPS-2700 series count up differently from the WPS-2800 and WPS-2900 series, incrementing in the tens place (2710, 2720, etc.) rather than the ones place used by the WPS-2800 and WPS-2900 series.

Model Image Output Drivers Notes
2710 1
2720 2
2730 112 dBc 3
2740 115 dBc 4
2750 118 dBc 5
2760 6

Example videos