Whelen CE4AAAA User Manual

ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

51 Winthrop Road Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684

Century™ Elite Lightbar

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

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

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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.

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

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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