Whelen ALPHASL User Manual

®
ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.
CAUTION
Loud siren noise can cause hearing damage and/or loss.
Refer to OSHA Section 1910.95 prior to putting ANY siren into service!
Wear
Protection!
ACTIVATION OF THIS SIREN MAY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED EARS!
51 Winthrop Road Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684
Alpha SL Siren Amplifier
Installation Guide:
Phone: (860) 526-9504 Fax: (860) 526-4078 Internet: www.whelen.com Sales e-mail: autosale@whelen.com Canadian Sales e-mail: canadiansales@whelen.com Customer Service e-mail: custserv@whelen.com
DANGER! Sirens produce 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.
Failure to use specified installation parts and/or hardware will void the product warranty!
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!
Automotive: Sirens/Switches
For warranty information regarding this product, visit www.whelen.com/warranty
©2010 Whelen Engineering Company Inc. Form No.14279A (011713)
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#10 X 3/4" PPHSMS
16 Position Input Connector
Scan-Lock™
Fuse
Trunk Wall
Trunk Wall
Trunk Wall
Congratulations on selecting the Alpha SL Siren. This siren offers a unique and distinctive collection of features designed to allow the
20
18
16
14 12
5
INS
7.5 4
12
6
19.5
9.5
31
15.5
10 20
22
3
INS
Wire Gauge / AWG
TABLE 1
Current Draw AMPS
Distance in Feet
10
49
24.5
3
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
5
6
CHASSIS GROUND
BATTERY
N/C
WHT/RED
WHT/ORG
WHT/YEL
WHT/GRN
GRN
BLU - Siren in Use
RED/WHT +V
ORG - Speaker #1
YEL - Speaker #2
1
2
15
16
BLK - Ground
BLK - Ground
RED -(+12 VDC
)
RED -(+12 VDC
)
Siren Amplifier
Wiring Diagram
20 AMP
FUSE
4
BRN
Siren
Speaker
Siren
Speaker
7
WHT/BRN
Activation Switch
CNTRL 1
Cycle
Switch
CNTRL 2
CNTRL 3
AIR HORN
ALTERNATIVE CONNECTION
HORN
RELAY
+12V
VEHICLE
HORN
TO HORN
BUTTON
HORN RING
CONTROL - input
O
PERATION
AIR HORN - switch* HORN RING CYCLE -& switch
CNTRL 1 CNTRL 2 CNTRL 3 AIRHORN*
Wail Yelp HF-Standby Airhorn
Airhorn Airhorn Airhorn Airhorn
Yelp Piercer
Airhorn
HF cycle (Wail, Yelp, )Piercer
HF cycle (Wail, Yelp, )***Piercer
*** HF cycle: tones are activated by a single tap on the hornring or cycle switch.
The first tap produces a WAIL tone (a steady rise and fall tone). A second tap produces a YELP tone (a fast rise and fall tone). A third tap produces a
The next tap returns the siren to a wail tone and the cycle repeats itself.
Two successive taps will stop the siren.
tone.
quick
*** *** ***
Piercer
***
* The AIRHORN switch produces airhorn as a main tone as well as an override tone.
CONTROL / input
O
PERATION
AIR HORN / switch*
H
ORNRINGCYCLE
/& switch
CNTRL 1 CNTRL 2 CNTRL 3 AIRHORN*
Wail Yelp MANUAL-Stby Airhorn
Airhorn Airhorn Airhorn Airhorn
Yelp
Wail coast stop Airhorn
Piercer
,to
* The AIRHORN switch produces airhorn as a main tone as well as an override tone .
MODE 1
MODE 2
The following tables show the factory default tone settings. See the "Siren tone programming procedures" section to make desired changes.
CONTROL / input OPERATION AIR HORN / switch*
H
ORNRING
C
YCLE SWITCH
&
CNTRL 1 CNTRL 2 CNTRL 3 AIRHORN*
Wail Instant** HF (Wail, Yelp, ) Instant** MANUAL (Wail, Coast) Airhorn
Piercer
Airhorn Airhorn Airhorn Airhorn
Yelp No Change No Change Airhorn
*** HF cycle: tones are activated by a single tap on the CNTRL2 switch. The first tap
produces a WAIL tone (a steady rise and fall tone). A second tap produces a YELP tone (a fast rise and fall tone). A third tap produces a tone .
tap returns the siren to a wail tone and the cycle repeats itself. successive taps will stop the siren.
*** *** *** ***
Piercer™
The next The next
** The word 'instant' implies that activating CNTRL2 will generate the HF cycle on
it's own , and that activating CNTRL3 will generate the Manual tone on it's own. CNTRL 2 & 3 should be momentary switches for this application.
** **
* The AIRHORN switch produces as a main tone as well as an override
tone .
AIR HORN
*
MODE 3
user to customize the operation of this siren to suit their individual needs. Features include:
• Compact design
• Power to drive two 100 watt speakers
• Title 13 compliant operation
• Scan-Lock™ siren tone programming
• Hands Free operation
• Simulated mechanical wail tone
Specifications:
Input Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8 V DC
Input Current: . . . . . . .@ 15 V DC @ 5.5 OHMS 16 AMPS Max.
Input Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 amps
Speaker Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 ohms Minimum
Operating Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-30°C. to +60°C
Storage Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -40° C to +70°C
Humidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99% Non condensing
Output Voltage . . . . . . . @15 V DC @ 11 ohms 34V RMS Max.
Output Power . . . . . . . .@ 15 V DC @ 11 ohms 105 Watts Max.
Mounting:
1. Locate a suitable mounting location. The vertical wall between the trunk and the passenger compartment is often a good choice and is the method described in this manual.
2. Be sure that the remote amplifier fits properly and does not interfere with any parts of the trunk lid or seat back.
3. Position the amplifier onto the
mounting location. Using an awl or
other suitable tool, scribe the
mounting surface where the
mounting holes are to be drilled.
4. Carefully drill the mounting holes using a #16 drill bit.
5. Using the supplied #10 x 3/4” sheet metal screws, secure
the remote amplifier to the vertical trunk wall.
Wiring / Power:
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!
1. Extend the two (2) RED wires along the factory wiring harness to the POSITIVE +12VDC battery terminal.
2. Connect the RED wires to one end of a user supplied fuse block.
Do not connect this fuse block to the battery yet.
3. Extend the two (2) BLACK wires along the factory wiring harness to the NEGATIVE battery terminal.
Control Switches:
This siren amplifier has six control inputs available, however; not all control inputs will need to be wired depending on the “Mode of Operation” chosen by the user. Five of the control inputs (CNTRL 1-3, air horn and horn ring) are activated by applying positive voltage (Vbat) to them, the RED/WHITE wire (pin 14) is a current limited output that can be used for this purpose (see wiring diagram).The last input (CYCLE) is activated by applying ground to it. Refer to the Air bag warning on Page 1 before
extending any wires into the interior of the vehicle.
Speakers:
1. Extend the ORANGE, YELLOW and BROWN wires along the factory wiring harness towards your speakers.
2. Connect YELLOW wire to POSITIVE (+) terminal of speaker #1 and ORANGE wire to POSITIVE (+) terminal on speaker #2.
3. Connect BROWN wire to NEGATIVE (-) terminal on both speakers.
• 3 Programmable modes of operation
• Harmonically rich composite air horn tones
Operation:
Siren in use: This output will become active (+VBAT) whenever a tone is being produced by the siren.
Modes: There are 3 modes of operation. Mode 1 is the factory default mode. See “Mode Programming” to change the mode of operation.
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