Whelen SAK40 User Manual

®

ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

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

SA315 Siren Speaker Bracket

Installation Guide:

2011 Ford F-350

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DANGER! Sirens produce 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.

• 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 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!

Automotive: Sirens/Switches

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

©2011 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.14476A (062112)

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Installation:

SA315 / Rear View

wire
exit &
drain
hole

A

A

A

A

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

IMPORTANT: The SA315 mounting kit comes with

3 long screws (1/4-20 X 1-1/2” Hex Head). The
longer screws are necessary to go through the
mounting bracket, siren housing and into the
siren driver. They will replace
3 of the 4 shorter screws
(“A”) now secure
the driver to the speaker
housing.

short screw
be used in the hole
that go
through the bracket
to properly secure the
driver to the housing.
If you need to move the
location of any of the short
bolts try not to remove all
of them at once

.
If you do need to remove all 4 bolts at once
be sure to hold the driver securely in place.

must

does not

since
there will be nothing to
hold the siren driver to the speaker housing

which

Your speaker
is shipped with 1 or
more of the short
screws installed.
A

Mounting the speaker to the bracket:

1/4" SPLIT
LOCKWASHER

1/4 - 20 X 1-1/4"
HEX HEAD SCREW

1/4 - 20 X 1-1/2"
HEX HEAD
SCREW

1/4" SPLIT
LOCKWASHER

The speaker bracket mounts behind
the front bumper, where the plastic
filler panel for the driving light is
located (Fig. 1). If a filler panel or a
driving light is present, it must be
removed before installing the
speaker.

1. Remove the hardware holding in
the plastic filler panel and remove
the panel.

2. NOTE: Figure 2 shows the

bumper with the plastic filler
panel installed to show the
location of the mounting holes.
Figure 3 shows the bumper
with the plastic filler panel
removed. There is a grommet

plug in the frame (Fig. 2 “A”).
Remove this grommet plug. This
oblong hole will be one of the
speaker bracket mounting holes.

3. There are 2 more holes in the frame, toward the outside of the vehicle.
The outer (larger) hole (D) will be the other mounting hole for the
bracket (Fig. 3). This hole is located under a brace attached to the
frame so the mounting bolt will have to be fed up from the bottom.

4. Secure the siren speaker to the speaker bracket (See information on mounting
the speaker to the bracket above).

5. Mount the speaker bracket to the vehicle (Fig. 4). Feed the mounting bolt located
toward the outside of the vehicle, up from the bottom because there is a brace
nearby making it difficult to install the bolt from the top (Fig. 5).

6. Tighten all mounting hardware firmly and installation is complete.

7. Extend the WHITE (positive) and BLACK (negative) speaker wires to your siren
amplifier and connect as shown in the amplifiers instructions. Test the siren to
confirm proper operation.

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! 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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