Whelen 295HFSA5 User Manual

®

ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

51 Winthrop Road
Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Siren/Power Control Center

Installation Guide:

Model(s) 295HFSA5

295HFSM5

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DANGER! Sirens produces extremely loud emergency warning tones! Exposure to these

tones without proper and adequate hearing protection, could cause ear damage and/or hearing
loss! The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (www.osha.gov) provides information
necessary to determine safe exposure times in Occupational Noise Exposure Section 1910.95.
Until you have determined the safe exposure times for your specific application, operators and
anyone else in the immediate vicinity should be required to wear an approved hearing protection
device. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS RECOMMENDATION COULD CAUSE HEARING LOSS!

Safety First

This document provides all the necessary information to allow your Whelen product to be properly and safely installed.
Before beginning the installation and/or operation of your new product, the installation technician and operator must
read this manual completely. Important information is contained herein that could prevent serious injury or damage.

• Proper installation of this product requires the installer to have a good understanding of automotive electronics,
systems and procedures.

• If mounting this product requires drilling holes, the installer MUST be sure that no vehicle components or other
vital parts could be damaged by the drilling process. Check both sides of the mounting surface before drilling
begins. Also de-burr any holes and remove any metal shards or remnants. Install grommets into all wire
passage holes.

• If this manual states that this product may be mounted with suction cups, magnets, tape or Velcro®, clean the
mounting surface with a 50/50 mix of isopropyl alcohol and water and dry thoroughly.

• Do not install this product or route any wires in the deployment area of your air bag. Equipment mounted or
located in the air bag deployment area will damage or reduce the effectiveness of the air bag, or become a
projectile that could cause serious personal injury or death. Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for the air bag
deployment area. The User/Installer assumes full responsibility to determine proper mounting location, based
on providing ultimate safety to all passengers inside the vehicle.

• For this product to operate at optimum efficiency, a good electrical connection to chassis ground must be
made. The recommended procedure requires the product ground wire to be connected directly to the NEGATIVE
(-) battery post.

• If this product uses a remote device to activate or control this product, make sure this control is located in an
area that allows both the vehicle and the control to be operated safely in any driving condition. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO ACTIVATE OR CONTROL THIS DEVICE IN A HAZARDOUS DRIVING SITUATION.

• It is recommended that these instructions be stored in a safe place and
referred to when performing maintenance and/or reinstallation of this
product.

• FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND
INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE PRODUCT OR
VEHICLE AND/OR SERIOUS INJURY TO YOU AND YOUR PASSENGERS!

ACTIVATION OF THIS
SIREN MAY DAMAGE
UNPROTECTED EARS!

CAUTION

Loud siren noise can cause
hearing damage and/or loss.

Wear

Refer to OSHA Section 1910.95 prior

Protection!

to putting ANY siren into service!

Automotive: Sirens/Switches

For warranty information regarding this product, visit www.whelen.com/warranty

©2000 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.13491K (050208)

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WARNING!

DISCONNECTING THE VEHICLE BRAKE LAMP
CIRCUIT USING ANY SIRENS WITH RELAY OUTPUTS
OR SWITCH CONTROLLERS COULD CAUSE
VEHICLE OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, SERIOUS INJURY
OR EVEN DEATH.

DISABLING THIS CIRCUIT IS A VIOLATION OF THE
FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD
FOR THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT, AS WELL AS REAR
BRAKE LIGHTS.

FUNCTIONS THAT BLACK OUT THE REAR BRAKE
LIGHTS (SOMETIMES CALLED “BRAKE LIGHT CUT
OUT”) MAY INTERFERE WITH THE BRAKE SHIFT
LOCK MECHANISM, AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO
MOVE UNEXPECTEDLY AND DANGEROUSLY.

DISCONNECTING THE BRAKE LIGHTS IN ANY WAY
IS AT YOUR OWN

RISK AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED

BY WHELEN.

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READ BEFORE INSTALLING!!!

Do not install this product or route any wires in the deployment
area of your air bag. Equipment mounted or located in
the air bag deployment area will damage or reduce the
effectiveness of the air bag or become a projectile that could
cause serious personal injury or death. Refer to your vehicle
owner's manual for the air bag deployment area.

The User/Installer assumes full responsibility to determine the
proper mounting location, based on providing ultimate safety
to all passengers inside the vehicle. Whelen Engineering Co.
assumes no liability or responsibility for determining individual
applications or exact installation location criteria.

Mounting:

An aftermarket center console is recommended for the mounting
location. If console mounting is not possible, the unit includes a bail
strap mounting kit for over or under dash mounting.

Wiring the 295HFS_5 (refer to wiring diagram on pg. 6):

WARNING: All customer supplied wires that connect to the
positive terminal of the battery must be sized to supply at
least 125% of the maximum operating current and FUSED at
the battery to carry that load. DO NOT USE CIRCUIT
BREAKERS WITH THIS PRODUCT! (see customer wire chart)

Power Wires

1. Insert the Siren Input Connector (P4) into its port.

2. Splice the 2 RED wires together, then extend this single RED
wire to the battery. Install a 20 amp fuse block (customer
supplied) to the end of the wire and connect it to the POSITIVE
(+) terminal on the battery (remove the fuse before connecting
any wires to the battery).

IMPORTANT: There must not be more than 2 feet of wire between the fuse
block and the battery. The wire between the fuse and the battery is
“unprotected.” Do not allow this wire to come in contact with other wires.

1. Route and connect the GREEN wire to the desired lightbar
function control wire(s).

2. Route and connect the GREY wire to the desired lightbar
function control wire(s).

3. Route and connect the BLUE wire to the desired lightbar
function control wire(s).

Horn Relay Wires / White & Grey Wires

1. Run the WHITE and GREY wires to the vehicle’s horn relay. If
possible, follow the factory wire harness.

2. Cut the wire that connects the vehicle horn to the horn relay.

3. Connect WHITE wire to wire coming from horn relay.

4. Connect GREY wire to wire coming from horn.

Radio Rebroadcast / Blue Wires (Optional)

Radio rebroadcast will NOT work with amplified speakers. If your
remote speaker contains a power amp in the speaker, do not
enable the radio re-roadcast feature.

1. Locate the two wires that connect the external speaker to the
vehicle’s two-way radio.

2. Cut one of these wires and splice one of the BLUE wires into
this circuit.

3. Cut the remaining speaker wire and splice the remaining
BLUE wire into this circuit.

Siren Shut-Down / Violet Wire (Optional)

The 295HFSA5 can be configured to cease all automatic siren
tones whenever the VIOLET wire from P4 is grounded through a
switch. If this is not desired, cut and cap the VIOLET wire.

Backlighting

3. Splice the 2 BLACK wires together and connect them to the
negative terminal of the battery.

4. Run the RED wire from Output P1 to the battery and connect it
to a 3 Amp fuse block, (customer supplied) then to the positive
terminal of the battery.

Speaker Wires / Yellow, Orange & Brown Wires

This section outlines a two-speaker installation. If using one
speaker, cut and cap the ORANGE wire, and skip steps 3 & 4.

1. Run the YELLOW, ORANGE and BROWN wires to the vehicle
siren speakers.

2. SPEAKER 1 -YELLOW to POSITIVE speaker connection and
BROWN to the NEGATIVE speaker connection.

3. SPEAKER 2 - ORANGE to POSITIVE speaker connection.

4. Splice a wire from the NEGATIVE connection on SPEAKER 1
to the NEGATIVE connection on SPEAKER 2.

Slide Switch Control Wires / Green, Grey & Blue

NOTE: The push-button and slide switch control wires are

designed to activate relays with a coil rating nogreater than 250
ma. Do not connect them to any circuit rated higher.

When the power switch is on, the HFSA5’s backlighting is on.
When the power switch is off, backlighting can be turned on by
connecting the WHITE / RED wire from P2 to a +12VDC source
that is activated with the vehicle’s ignition switch.

REAR VIEW

P1

P2

1

P4

20 AMP FUSE

12 POSITION SIREN INPUT CONNECTOR

COLOR & GAGE

PIN #

RED 14GA

1

BLACK 14GA

2

BLUE 18GA

3

RED 14GA

4

BLACK 14GA

5

BLUE 18GA

6

FUNCTION

+ BATTERY
GROUND
RADIO
+ BATTERY
GROUND
RADIO

COLOR & GAGE

PIN #

BROWN 16GA

7

ORANGE 16GA

8

VIOLET 18GA

9

GRAY 18GA

10

WHITE 18GA

11

YELLOW 16GA

12

FUNCTION

SPEAKER COM
+SPEAKER #2
REMOTE ACT.
HORN
HORN/RING
+SPEAKER #1

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