Whelen M04ZB User Manual

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ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

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

LED Motorcycle Lightbar

Harley-Davidson® Electra Glide®

Installation Guide:

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Internet: www.whelen.com
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Customer Service e-mail: [e-mail]

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 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

©2006 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.14087B (090910)

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Mounting Location

Remove these 3 screws
to remove windshield and
loosen the upper facia.

Remove these 4 screws
from the rear of the faring
and remove the facia from
the motorcycle.

Mounting

IMPORTANT! The lightbar should be located a
minimum of 16" from any radio antennas!

This product is designed to mount in the lowest, visable
section of the motorcycle windshield. The mounting
procedure requires removal of the front facia panel of the
motorcycle.

1. Remove the 3 screws along the base of the
windshield from the upper section of the faring facia
panel.

2. Remove the 4 remaining screws (shown above) that
secure the facia panel to the faring. With these
screws removed, the facia and windshield can now
be removed from the motorcycle faring.

Simultaneous

Simultaneous

3 Amp fuse

(TIR3 models)

5 Amp fuse

(LINZ6 models)

(+)

Battery

to +12VDC

to Ground

Sync

(-)

RED

BLACK

GREY

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!

3. Position the lightbar into its mounting position. The
base of the lightbar fits onto the three screw bosses
used by the screws removed in step 1.

4. With the facia panel removed, the lightbar should
now be wired.

5. Route the wires to their respective destinations. It is
left to the installation technician's discretion to select
a path for these wires that will both protect them
from possible damage and not interfere with the
operation of any other vehicle components or
equipment.

6. Using the original hardware removed in steps 1 & 2,
remount the faring and windshield according to the
motorcycle manufacturers service manual.

IMPORTANT! Before returning the vehicle to active
service, visually confirm the proper operation of this
product, as well as all vehicle components/
equipment.

IMPORTANT WARNING!

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

at the battery to carry that

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