Whelen R1A User Manual

ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

51 Winthrop Road Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684 Phone: (860) 526-9504

Installation Guide:

Raider™ LED Lightbar

(Single Lighthead)

Fax: (860) 526-4078 Internet: www.whelen.com Sales e-mail: autosale@whelen.com Canadian Sales e-mail: autocan@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.

• 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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Specifications:

Input Voltage: 12.8 VDC +/- 20% Input Current: Peak - 400ma / Avg - 160ma Sync Phase: Phase I & II @ 400ms Input Scan-Lock™: +12 VDC

Installation:

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

Note: When routing wires, it is important that you choose a path that will keep the wires away from any excessive heat or any vehicle equipment that could compromise the integrity of the wires (ex. trunk lids, door jams, etc.).

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.

1. Position the unit in its proposed mounting location. Draw a pencil line onto the mounting surface along the top and bottom of the extrusion and a “centerline” centered between the two.

2. Two 1/4” holes are required to mount this unit. These holes may be located anywhere along the horizontal centerline that you drew in step one. It’s best to locate the holes as far apart as possible. Mark the hole location onto the mounting surface.

3. Using a 1/4” drill bit, drill a hole in the areas scribed in step 2.

4. Insert the two hex-head mounting bolts (included) into one of the 3 channels in the housing. There is a hole in each channel.

5. Align these bolts with the 2 mounting holes and insert them into the mounting holes.

6. Install an elastic stop nut onto each bolt and tighten firmly.

Extrusion end view (without end cap)

MOUNTING

SURFACE

Mount to any 1 of 3 channels in the extrusion

MOUNTING

SURFACE

#10-24 X3/4" HEX HEAD (

)

QTY 2

Wiring: Refer to the wiring diagram on the next page.

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!

Scan-Lock™ (Blue)

This lighthead has 25 flash patterns (69 patterns for Split-LED) some of which are available in 2 or 4 modes; Phases 1, 2, 3 or 4 (See SYNC). The patterns are changed with the BLUE wire. With the lighthead on:

To advance to the next pattern, apply +12 VDC to the BLUE wire for less than 1 second. To cycle backwards to previous patterns, apply +12 VDC for more than 1 second.

To reset to the factory default pattern, turn off power to the lighthead. While applying +12 VDC to the BLUE wire, turn the lighthead back on. Continue to apply voltage to the BLUE wire for 5 seconds.

With SYNC, all lightheads configured to display the Phase 1 mode of a given pattern will flash simultaneously. Any lightheads configured to display the Phase 2 mode of a pattern, will alternate with any Phase 1 lightheads with the same pattern.

Sync (Grey)

To sync two lightheads, configure both lightheads to display the same Phase 1 pattern. With the power off, connect the GREY wire from each lighthead together. When the lightheads are activated, their patterns will be synchronized. To configure the two lightheads to alternate their patterns, advance the pattern of either lighthead to Phase 2 of the current pattern.

EXAMPLE:

DRIVER SIDE

Phase 1

)

QTY 2

(

#10-24 ELASTIC

STOP NUT

Phase 1

Phase 2

Standard Lighthead Patterns:

1. SignalAlert™75 ....PH.1

2. SignalAlert™ PH.2

MOUNTING

SURFACE

. CometFlash® ....PH.1

375

. CometFlash® PH.2

4 75....

. DoubleFlash PH.1

5 75....

. DoubleFlash PH.2

6 75....

. SingleFlash PH.1

7 75.....

. SingleFlash PH.2

8 75.....

9. ComAlert™75 .....PH.1

NOTE: BOLD = CA Title XIII Compliant Pattern = SYNC PatternItalic

1 . ComAlert™ PH.2

0 75 .....

. LongBurst™ .....PH.1

11 75

2. LongBurst™ PH.2

1 75.....

. PingPong™ PH.1

13 75.....

. PingPong™ PH.2

14 75.....

16. SingleFlash 90

17. SingleFlash 120

18. SingleFlash 300

Split Lighthead Patterns:

1. SignalAlert™75 ....PH.1

2. SignalAlert™ PH.2

3. SignalAlert™ PH.3

4. SignalAlert™ PH.4

5. CometFlash® ....PH.1

6. CometFlash® PH.2

7. CometFlash® PH.3

8. CometFlash® PH.4

9. DoubleFlash PH.1

10. DoubleFlash PH.2

11. DoubleFlash PH.3

12. DoubleFlash PH.4

13. SingleFlash PH.1

14. SingleFlash PH.2

15. SingleFlash PH.3

16. SingleFlash PH.4

17. ComAlert™75 .....PH.1

18. ComAlert™ PH.2

19. ComAlert™ PH.3

20. ComAlert™ PH.4

21. LongBurst™ .....PH.1

22. LongBurst™ PH.2

23. LongBurst™ PH.3

24. LongBurst™ .....PH.4

25. PingPong™ PH.1

26. PingPong™ PH.2

27. PingPong™ PH.3

28. PingPong™ PH.4

29. SSNF PH.1

30. SSNF PH.2

31. SingleFlash60.....ALT

32. SingleFlash60.....SIM

33. SingleFlash90.....ALT

34. SingleFlash90.....SIM

35. SingleFlash120....ALT

75 ....

75....

75 ... 75 ... 75 ... 75 ...

75....

75 .....

75.....

75 ....

75 .........

36. SingleFlash120....SIM

37. SingleFlash300.....ALT

38. SingleFlash300.....SIM

9 DoubleFlash 150 ....ALT

40 DoubleFlash 150 SIM

. ....

41 ComAlert™150 ALT

. .....

42 ComAlert™150 SIM

. .....

43 ActionFlash™ 50 ....ALT

44. ActionFlash™ 50 ....SIM

45. ActionFlash™ 150 ...ALT

46. ActionFlash™ 150 ...SIM

47. ModuFlash™ .......ALT

48. ModuFlash™ .......SIM

49. DoubleFlash 120 ...ALT

50. DoubleFlash 120 ...SIM

51. PingPong™ 120....ALT

52. PingPong™ 120 ....SIM

53. TripleFlash™75 ...ALT

54. TripleFlash 75....SIM

55. TripleFlash 120 . . ALT

56. TripleFlash 120...SIM

57. SigAlertCal.™.....ALT

58. SigAlertCal.™.....SIM

59. Action1..........ALT

60. Action1 ..........SIM

61. Action2..........ALT

62. Action2 ..........SIM

63. CalScan™......Alt/Sim

64. ActionScan™ ....Alt/Sim

65. SteadyFlash 60

66. SteadyFlash 75

67. SteadyFlash 90

68. SteadyFlash 120

69. Steady & Steady

NOTE: BOLD = CA Title XIII Compliant Pattern

= SYNC PatternItalic

IMPORTANT WARNING!

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

IMPORTANT! It is the responsibility of the installation technician to make sure that the installation and operation of this product will not interfere with or compromise the operation or efficiency of any vehicle equipment!

PASSENGER SIDE

Phase 1

Phase 2

DoubleFlash 150

ComAlert™15075 ....

20. . ActionFlash™

21 1

22. ActionFlash™ 2

23. ModuFlash™

24. ActionScan™15. SingleFlash 60

25. Steady

LEFT

then

RIGHT

then

™ ™ ™

BOTH sides flash together (ON-OFF-ON).

then

BOTH sides flash together (OFF-ON-OFF).

then

PHASE 1

side lights up and

ON OFF

PHASE 2

side lights up and

ON OFF

PHASE 3

ON ON

PHASE 4

ON ON

RIGHT

with side.alternates

then

ONOFF

LEFT

with side.alternates

ONOFF

then

ONOFF

then

OFFOFF

then

OFFOFF

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

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