Whelen TA4437M User Manual

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ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.
51 Winthrop Road Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684 Phone: (860) 526-9504
Traffic Advisor™ Systems
Models: TA4437A, TA4437M, TA4437L
Installation Guide:
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. Lens 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!
For warranty information regarding this product, visit www.whelen.com/warranty
©2002 Whelen Engineering Company Inc. Form No.13701D (100406)
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Installation: Mounting the Traffic Advisor™
Note: The mounting procedure shown here uses the optionally available mounting kit. If this kit is not used, it is the customers responsibility to determine the best mounting method/style for their specific application.
1. Remove the two lower brackets of the mounting feet from the mounting kit and secure them to the upper brackets with the supplied hardware (Fig.
1).
2. Slide mounting feet to their desired position inside the groove in the extrusion and secure with supplied hardware.
3. Loosen the hex nuts holding the upper and lower brackets together and place the T/A in the desired position on the proposed mounting surface. Adjust the lower brackets of the mounting feet to rest firmly on the mounting surface and trace the outline of these brackets onto that surface. If the T/A power cable is to pass through the mounting surface, be sure to mark the area for this passage hole.
Fig. 1
NOTE: Upper bracket of mounting feet slide inside
groove, and can be positioned to fit requirements.
NOTE: The mounting brackets feature 2 holes that can be used when assembling the lower and upper brackets together to position the light array assembly at 2 different heights.
MOUNTING SURFACE
#10-24 X 1-1/4"
PPH MACHINE SCREW
1/4" SPLIT
LOCKWASHER
1/4-20 X 7/16"
HEX NUT
4. Remove the T/A from the mounting surface and separate the lower brackets of the mounting feet from the upper brackets. Align the lower brackets with the outlines traced in the previous step and trace the mounting hole locations onto the mounting surface. Make sure that the
lower bracket is facing in the same direction as it was when it was outlined on the mounting surface in step 3.
5. Examine the back side of the mounting surface to insure that no damage will occur when drilling the mounting holes. Drill the mounting holes with a 7/32” drill. If a wire passage hole has been marked, drill the hole using a drill bit sized for the cable and a rubber grommet (customer supplied).
6. Secure the lower brackets to the mounting surface.
7. Lower the T/A assembly onto the two lower brackets and secure both brackets together with the supplied mounting hardware. Before tightening the upper and lower brackets together, adjust the T/A to an angle best suited to its mounting location.
8. Slide the cable through the wire passage hole and route the cable to the control head mounting location. Refer to your control head manual for wiring.
Fig. 2
1/4-20 X 3/4" HEX HEAD SCREW
1/4" INTERNAL TOOTH LOCK WASHER
#14 X 1/2" PHILLIPS PH "A" POINT SMS
1/4" EX. TOOTH LOCKWASHER
MOUNTING BRACKET
#10-24 WHIZ NUT
MOUNTING SURFACE
Wiring:
CAUTION: Do not connect the T/A System to power until the installation is completed. When servicing or troubleshooting always disconnect it from the power source.
Refer to the wiring diagram on the last page and wire as shown.
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!
Servicing the Light Array:
1. Disconnect the lightbar from the power source and remove the end cap on the side that you wish to replace the lighthead.
2. Slide the lighthead you wish to replace out of the base (Fig. 3).
LAMP 1
Fig. 3
splice and install new lighthead with new butt splices.
Cut old lighthead from wire harness at butt
LAMP 2 LAMP 3
LAMP 4
3. Cut the wires off of the old lighthead (removing the old butt splice). Then, using a new butt splice, install the new lighthead then slide the lighthead(s) back into the base.
NOTE: Replacing a lens or halogen bulb does not require removing the lighthead.
Halogen Bulb Replacement:
1. Remove the two lens screws and remove the lens.
CAUTION: To avoid personal injury, do not replace the lamp with your fingers. Use the lamp replacement tool supplied with spare lamp kits.
CAUTION: Replacing any bulb requires the use of safety glasses. Do not handle the bulb with bare hands. Use gloves.
2. Be sure the power is turned off. Locate the removal tool included with
your new bulb. Use the small end of the tool to lift the base of the bulb assembly away from the socket until the bulb is free. Use either of the methods shown in Figure 2, depending upon application. Use a pliers to hold the tool and aid bulb removal.
3. Insert the alignment tab of the new bulb into the bulb holder and press
firmly into socket to lock the new bulb into place.
4. Wipe any finger prints from the glass bulb with a soft cloth or tissue.
Replace lens and lens retaining screws.
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S
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REFLECTOR MODULES
SLIDE SIDE-WAYS INTO
GROOVES LOCATED
INSIDE HOUSING.
R™
ADVI
BLACK
ORANGE
RED
WHITE
WHITE
GREEN
WHITE
WHITE
WHITE
100MA
BLK
YEL
LED
68-1963583-30
68-1963583-20
68-1963583-50
LED OPTIC LENS:
AMBER 68-1963583-10
RED
CLEAR
BLUE
12.8 VDC +/-20%
12.8 VDC +/-20%
5 AMPS PER OUTPUT
40 CYCLES PER. / MIN
3
68-1963583-30
68-1963583-20
68-1963583-50
LED OPTIC LENS:
AMBER 68-1963583-10
RED
CLEAR
13
BLUE
LED LIGHTHEADLED LIGHTHEAD
TIR LIGHTHEADTIR LIGHTHEAD
TACTRL1A & TACTLD1 / SPECIFICATIONS
INPUT VOLTAGE
BACK LIGHT VOLTAGE
OUTPUT CURRENT
BACK LIGHT CURRENT
SWEEP RATE
N/C
WHITE
BLACK
456
REFLECTOR MODULES
SLIDE SIDE-WAYS INTO
GROOVES LOCATED
INSIDE HOUSING.
REFLECTOR MODULES
SLIDE SIDE-WAYS INTO
GROOVES LOCATED
RED
WHT
LAMP 1 LAMP 2 LAMP 3 LAMP 4
HALOGEN
6
INSIDE HOUSING.
HT TRAFFI
9
5
2
7
RAM-4LI
8
12
6
DIA
WIRIN
J1 CONNECTOR
GREEN
PIN 1
ORANGE
RED
PIN 3
PIN 2
BLACK
WHITE
PIN 5
PIN 4
N/C
PIN 6
J1
10
HALOGEN OPTIC LENS:
HALOGEN LIGHTHEADHALOGEN LIGHTHEAD
68-1963237-10
68-1963237-20
68-1963237-30
68-1963237-40
68-1963237-50
68-1963237-V0
RED
BLUE
CLEAR
GREEN
AMBER
VIOLET
#6 X 1/2" PPH THREAD FORMING SCREW
68-1963583-50
LED OPTIC LENS:
RED
AMBER 68-1963583-10
(12 volt) 12V / 20W
P/N 34-0041987-04T
SNAP-IN HALOGEN LAMP
68-1963583-30
68-1963583-20
BLUE
CLEAR
FRONT VIEW
2015
19
TIN
LI
PART
DESCRIPTION
J2
J1
J2 WIRING
GREEN
RED
123
16
17
16
WHITE
BLACK
456
J1 WIRING
GREEN
RED
123
18
14
ORANGE
N/C
ORANGE
HT ARRAY
POSITION 1
ASSY INPUT CABLE/
HALOGEN SNAP-IN 2 WIRE 2 POS 12V-20W AMBER
MOUNTING KIT (OPTIONAL)
TRAFFIC ADVISOR 4 LED 12VDC / AMBER
ASSY / TIR STEADY / AMB-AMB/2POS
INTERNAL HARNESS
ENDCAP
4 LIGHT HOUSING
GROMMET 3/8"2SCREW 6-32 X 1/2" PPHMS SELF TAP/
CABLE CLAMP
TRAFFIC ADVISOR 4 TIR-SUPER LED / AMBER12VDC
TRAFFIC ADVISOR 4 HALOGEN 12VDC AMBER
HOUSING 6 POS PIN AMP/
HOUSING 8 POS SOCKET AMP/
ASSY / LED STEADY MAX / AMBER-AMBER
TA4437A HALOGEN TRAFFIC ADVISOR SYSTEM
TA4437M TIR TRAFFIC ADVISOR SYSTEM
TACTL1A CONTROL HEAD
TA4437L LED TRAFFIC ADVISOR SYSTEM
TA4437M LIGHT ARRAY / AMBER / HALOGEN / 12 VOLT
6 POS PIN HOUSING
INPUT CONNECTOR
TACTLD1 12V / LED CONTROL HEAD
TA4437L LIGHTARRAY / AMBER / LED / 12 VOLT
TA4437M LIGHT ARRAY / AMBER / TIR / 12 VOLT
POSITION 12
TA4437L T.A. LI
01-0441769-01
01-0683614LA4
01-0683614-A4401-06835772A4
01-0683614MA4
ITEM PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION
TA4437M
QTY QTY
QTY
TA4437A
1
A/R A/R
A/R
11-241413-000
46-0942424-00
01-0263763-12
2
3
5
4
1
4
1
2
1
2
26-0121053-00
21-11121603-0
11-463394-000
9
8
7
6
11
1
1
8
1
1
8
1
1
1
8
39-0406323-04
46-0746073-00
01-0363265-1A
39-0408323-04
11
12
13
10
1
1
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
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PART NUMBER
01-0682970-01
ITEM
QTYQTYQTY
TA4437A / TA4437M / TA4437L T.A. SYSTEM / PARTS LISTING
46-0942423-00
39-0406323-04
01-0683614-A4
01-0682340-00
01-0682970-02
01-0682970-00
14
17
16
15
-
--
111
2
1
2
22
-
01-0683614MA4
01-0683614LA4
01-0683850-00
19
20
18
-
11
2
-
-
-
-
1
20 AMP
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TACTRL1A / TACTLD1 / REAR VIEW
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