Whelen CE4AAAA User Manual

®

ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

51 Winthrop Road
Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684

Century™ Elite Lightbar

Installation Guide:

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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 that 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.

• This product contains either strobe light(s), halogen light(s), high-intensity LEDs or a combination of these
lights. Do not stare directly into these lights. Momentary blindness and/or eye damage could result.

• Use only soap and water to clean the outer lens. Use of other chemicals could result in premature lens cracking
(crazing) and discoloration. Lenses in this condition have significantly reduced effectiveness and should be
replaced immediately. Inspect and operate this product regularly to confirm its proper operation and mounting
condition. Do not use a pressure washer to clean this product.

• 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: Lightbars

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

©2012 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.14555 (020112)

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1/4 - 20 X 1-1/2" PPHMS

1/4 - 20 X 7/16" HEX NUT

SET SCREW

MOUNTING

FOOT

ANCHOR

PLATE

NOTE: Mounting foot and anchor
Plate both Slide into extrusion

SET SCREW (2)

STRAP MOUNTING
(optional)

PERMANENT MOUNTING

Fig. 1

TINNERMAN
NUT

MOUNTING SURFACEMOUNTING SURFACEMOUNTING SURFACE

Mounting Screw

(to vehicle)

MOUNTING PADMOUNTING PAD

NOTE: All mounting pads
are left intact for strap
mounting.

NOTE: All mounting pads
are left intact for strap
mounting.

NOTE: All mounting pads
are left intact for strap
mounting.

1/4 INTERNAL TOOTH
LOCK WASHER

1/4 - 20 X 7/16" HEX NUT

1/4 INTERNAL TOOTH

LOCK WASHER

1/4 INTERNAL TOOTH

LOCK WASHER

1/4 INTERNAL TOOTH

LOCK WASHER

Tension

Bolt

Tension

Bolt

Tension

Bolt

MOUNTING

STRAP

MOUNTING

STRAP

MOUNTING

STRAP

DRILLING THE CABLE ACCESS HOLE

For

cables exiting

the Driver-side

of the extrusion

lightbars

with

For

cables exiting

the Passenger-side

of the extrusion

lightbars

with

FRONT OF LIGHTBARFRONT OF LIGHTBARFRONT OF LIGHTBAR

Important: The lightbar should be a minimum of 16”

BLACK

RED

GREEN

BLUE

WHITE

YELLOW

WHT/BLK

VIOLET

WHT/BLU

WHT/YEL

WHT/GRN

WHT/VIO

(+) Front Warning

(+) Rear Warning

(+) Driver Alley

(+) Passngr Alley

(+) Take Downs

(+) Low Power

(+) TA Flashers

(+) Left TA

(+) Right TA

(+) Scan-Lock

(-) Ground

(+) Positive

Wire Function

Fuse

20 Amp

1 Amp

1 Amp

1 Amp

1 Amp

1 Amp

1 Amp

1 Amp

1 Amp

1 Amp

All fuses and
switches are
customer
supplied

BATTERY

SPST Switches

Momentary Switch

Wiring Diagram

CAUTION! DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THESE LED’S WHILE THEY ARE ON.
MOMENTARY BLINDNESS AND/OR EYE DAMAGE COULD RESULT!

IMPORTANT WARNING!

1/2" Minimum Clearance at Closest Point

NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, the lightbar mounting feet must be
sitting as close to the edge of the roof as possible. Mounting feet must
also be in full contact with the roof and not be hanging off the edge.

Be sure you have the right sized lightbar for your vehicle. The lightbar
should be approximately the same width as the vehicle roof. If the
lightbar is too large or small it will not mount properly to the vehicle
and may shift or come loose during driving.

from any radio antennas!

Caution: Permanent mounting of this product will require drilling.
It is absolutely necessary to make sure that no other vehicle
components could be damaged by this process. Check both sides of
the mounting surface before starting. If damage is likely, select a
different mounting location.

Strap Mounting:

Strap mounting uses a mounting strap which is purchased seperately and is avail­able for most vehicles. This strap attaches to the mounting foot as shown in fig. 1 and
is secured to the vehicle with 2 sheet metal screws.

Wiring and Operation:

The lightbar is controlled through the control cable which should be connected to a
customer supplied switch box. Wire functions and fusing are shown in the wiring
diagram.

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
load. DO NOT USE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WITH THIS PRODUCT!

at the battery to carry that

Permanent Mounting:

1. Once you determine the mounting location for your lightbar, remove either the
two outer or inner rubber mounting pads from the mounting foot. Carefully
remove the mounting pad’s guide dart so that the hole through the center of the
pad is exposed.

2. Place the lightbar into its exact mounting location and mark the mounting hole
locations onto the mounting surface. Use the holes in the mounting feet as a
template.

3. Remove the lightbar and drill the mounting holes with a 1/4” drill. Also drill a 1/
2” wire exit hole (see above). It is recommended you install a rubber grommet
(customer supplied) into the wire exit hole

4. Position the mounting pad between the mounting foot and the mounting
surface on each end of the lightbar.

5. Insert the mounting bolt through the mounting foot, hardware and mounting

6. Repeat for remaining bolts and tighten all hardware.

surface as shown above.

Low Power:

Applying +12 volts DC to the Violet wire for more than 1 second holds the lightbar in
low power mode until that voltage is removed. A toggle switch is best suited for this.

Scan-Lock™:

To operate Scan-Lock™, switch the lightbar on and activate the control wire of the
function that requires flash pattern selection.

TO CHANGE PATTERNS: To cycle forward apply +12 VDC to the WHT/VIO wire for
less than 1 second and release. To cycle back to the previous pattern apply +12 VDC
to WHT/VIO wire for over 1 second.

TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT PATTERN: When the desired pattern is displayed,
allow it to run for more than 5 seconds. The lighthead will now display this pattern
when initially activated.

TO RESTORE THE FACTORY DEFAULT PATTERN: With power off, apply +12
VDC to the WHT/VIO wire. While continuing to apply power to Scan-Lock™ turn

lighthead(s) on. The factory default pattern will be displayed.

A normally open momentary switch is best suited for this.

Flashing Take-Down and Alley Light Patterns:

# Pattern Lamps

1. . . . .SingleFlash 240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Take-Down & Alley Lights

2. . . . .DoubleFlash 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Take-Down & Alley Lights

3. . . . .SingleFlash 240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Take-Down Only

4. . . . .DoubleFlash 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Take-Down Only

5. . . . .SingleFlash 240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alley Lights

6. . . . .DoubleFlash 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alley Lights

7. . . . .OFF

Lightbar Patterns:

1. ActionScan™

2. SignalAlert™

3. CometFlash®

4. DoubleFlash 75

5. SingleFlash 75

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6. LongBurst™75

7. SingleFlash 60

8. SingleFlash 90

9. SingleFlash 120

10. SingleFlash 300

11. DoubleFlash 120

12. ActionFlash™75

13. ActionFlash™150

14. PingPong™75

15. FlimFlam™

16. ModuFlash™

17. Off

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41

35

36

37

38

38

ITEM

PART NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

QTY QTY

2

3

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1

21

BASE, EXTRUDED CENTURY 47.400" MACHINED

11-36D421-047

GROMMET, 1.562" THERMOPLASTIC RUBBER

21-11245004-1

PLUG, VENT .750 DIA HOLE LIGHTBAR

21-7263998-00

SCREW, 10-24 X 1" PPHMS SS

14-104216-160

CABLE CLAMP, 3/8"D, 1/2"W .203" MTG HOLE, BLACK

26-0115037-06

NUT, 10-24 CAD PLATED WHIZ OR STEEL ZINC PLATED

13-104111-063

TY WRAP, 6" BLACK

26-0215001-06

SUB ASSY, CENTURY ELITE I/O BASEPLATE 12V

01-026D625-00

GROMMET, PLASTI- #8/10 .275-.290 SQ HOLE, .057 HD HT

21-17060704-3

SCREW, 8 X 1/2 PPHSMS 410 SS

15-081416-080

SUB ASSY, LR11 ALLEY LIGHT CENTURY LIGHTBAR

01-026D364-30

SUB ASSY, 6LED CORNER BLU/BLU L32 12V CENTURY MLE

01-026E054122

SUB ASSY, LR11 TAKE DOWN LIGHT CENTURY LIGHTBAR

01-026D367-30

1

2

10

10

A/R

A/R

A/R

1

1

1

1

1

1

46-076D061-00

ASSY, INPUT CABLE 12/C 17' ECONO JUSTICE LC I/O

2

14-040285-063

SCREW, 4-40 X 3/8 TORX PH TRILOBULAR 410 SS, BLACK OXIDE

A/R

11-36D421-041

BASE, EXTRUDED CENTURY 41.100" MACHINED

1

1

2

07-76D360-000

PLATE, LR11 & L32 CORNER MOUNT CENTURY LIGHTBAR

A/R

01-026D523111

SUB ASSY, 6 LED CORNER AMB/AMB CENTURY LIGHTBAR

A/R

A/R

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

10

10

A/R

A/R

A/R

2

A/R

2

A/R

A/R

A/R

01-026E054133

SUB ASSY, 6LED CORNER WHT/WHT L32 12V CENTURY MLE

01-026E054144

SUB ASSY, 6LED CORNER GRN/GRN L32 12V CENTURY MLE

01-026E054155

SUB ASSY, 6LED CORNER RED/RED L32 12V CENTURY MLE

CENTURY LIGHTBAR 50"

CENTURY LIGHTBAR 44"

01-0687190-__

01-0687190-__

1

3

44

32

2

33

34

22 23

21

25

24

10

26

12

11

13

14

15 16

181719

20

4

22

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

40

41

42

43

44

SUB ASSY, 12LED LTHEAD BLUE CENTURY LIGHTBAR

01-026E017-20

SCREW, 10-24 X 1.25" WAX DIP SHOULDER PHTX TRI POINT SS

14-104286-16J

SEAL, EXTRUDED CENTURY LTBAR

38-0523713-00

DOME, OPTIC OPEN END CENTURY LIGHTBAR

68-1986987-*0

SEAL, DIVIDER CENTURY LIGHTBAR

38-046D289-00

A/R

DIVIDER, LENS CENTURY LIGHTBAR

38-046D288-00

19-36D291-000

CLAMP, SLIDE-LOCK LENS MOUNT CENTURY LIGHTBAR

26-0215001-03

TY WRAP, 3" BLACK

10-0322935-00

LABEL, "FRONT" LIGHTBAR ASSYS

10-0523732-00

LABEL, MODEL & SERIAL NO. CENTURY

15-04541A-080

SCREW, 4 X 1/2 PPH PLASTILOC ZINC BLACK, SS

01-026E017-50

SUB ASSY, 12LED LTHEAD RED CENTURY LIGHTBAR

A/R

ASSY, HARNESS FRONT 44" CENTURY ELITE

46-0787067-00

1

02-0344217-00

SUB ASSY ENDCAP, CENTURY LIGHTBAR

8.27

1

02-0341742-01

ASS'Y, MTG FOOT W/PADS/HARDWRE

68-196D587-30

DOME, CLEAR SINGLE CTR 6.062" CENTURY LIGHTBAR

46-0787067-01

ASSY, HARNESS FRONT 55" CENTURY ELITE

46-0786829-01

ASSY, HARNESS TRAFFIC ADVISOR 50" JUSTICE ECONO

A/R

01-026E017-10

SUB ASSY, 12LED LTHEAD AMBER CENTURY LIGHTBAR

A/R

01-026E017-30

SUB ASSY, 12LED LTHEAD WHITE CENTURY LIGHTBAR

A/R

01-026E017-40

SUB ASSY, 12LED LTHEAD GREEN CENTURY LIGHTBAR

A/R

A/R

A/R

A/R

A/R

2

A/R

2

2

4

2

2

1

12

1

1

4

1

46-0786829-00

ASSY, HARNESS TRAFFIC ADVISOR 44" JUSTICE ECONO

02-0344331-00

2

SUB ASS'Y, ANCHOR PLATE, CENTURY SERIES

4

2

4

2

14

A/R

1

1

4

2

2

1

1

9.38

2

A/R

01-026D679-10

SUB ASSY, 6 TIR ARRAY AMBER 10D X 30D CENTURY LTBAR

45

P/N 01-026D411-10

SUB ASSY, L32 WARNING LT AMBER
CENTURY LIGHTBAR

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