Whelen SAK23 User Manual

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ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

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

SA315 Siren Speaker Bracket

Installation Guide:

2007 Expedition

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DANGER! Sirens produces 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.

• 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 owners 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!

ACTIVATION OF THIS
SIREN MAY DAMAGE
UNPROTECTED EARS!

CAUTION

Loud siren noise can cause
hearing damage and/or loss.

Wear

Refer to OSHA Section 1910.95 prior

Protection!

to putting ANY siren into service!

Automotive: Sirens/Switches

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

©2007 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.14118A (043008)

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Insert tabs into
existing holes in
vehicle

Installation:

SA315 / Rear View

The SA315 siren speaker mounting kit comes with 3 long bolts (1/4-20 X 1-1/2” Hex Head SS). The longer bolts are needed
to go through the mounting bracket, through the siren housing and into the siren driver. They will replace 3 of the 4 short
bolts (“A”) that now secure the siren driver to the speaker housing. Your speaker is shipped with 2 or more of the short
bolts installed. A short bolt be used in the hole that go through the bracket so it will properly secure the
driver to the housing. If you need to remove all 4 bolts at once be sure to hold the driver securely in place (Fig. 1).

IMPORTANT: For drainage purposes, the speaker must be oriented so that the
wire passage hole is in the “6 o’clock” position (closest to the road).This is also
the drain hole for the siren. Improper mounting will result in premature driver
failure and void the product warranty.

must does not

Fig. 2

SA315

Fig. 1

1/4" SPLIT
LOCK WASHER

wire passage
/drain hole

1/4-20X1-1/2"

HEX HEAD SS

(Speaker & Bracket)

1/4" SPLIT

LOCK WASHER

1/4 X 20 X 1-1/4
HEX HEAD (Speaker Only)

WARNING: The use of a magnetically mounted warning device on the
outside of a vehicle in motion is not recommended and is at the sole
risk and responsibility of the user.

1. Remove the bolts holding on the hood latch, then pull the hood latch
away from its mounting area. Do not remove the cable (Fig. 3).

2. Mount the siren speaker to the bracket as shown (see information
and warnings on siren to bracket mounting).

Fig. 3

3. Insert the 2 tabs protruding from the back of the mounting bracket
into the corresponding holes in the vehicle as shown (Fig. 2).

4. Remount the hood latch over the speaker bracket using the original hardware. Go by
the marks the bolts made on the hood latch to line up the bolts.

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

IMPORTANT! Be sure the speaker bracket is perpendicular to the road so that the
speaker will project siren tones in a direction parallel with the road.

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

ACTIVATION OF THIS
SIREN MAY DAMAGE
UNPROTECTED EARS!

CAUTION

Loud siren noise can cause

Wear

Protection!

hearing damage and/or loss.

Refer to OSHA Section 1910.95 prior
to putting ANY siren into service!

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