Whelen TADF6 User Manual

®

ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

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

Duo Color LED Traffic Advisor™

Installation Guide:

6 Light & 8 Light

Fax: [phone]
Internet: www.whelen.com
Sales e-mail: [e-mail]
Canadian Sales e-mail: [e-mail]
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. 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!

Automotive: Traffic Advisor

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

©2010 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.14420 (110910)

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#8 LED#7 LED#6 LED#5 LED#4 LED#3 LED#2 LED#1 LED

MOMENTARY

switch

Battery

BLACKGROUND

BLUE

RED

BLACK

GREY

LEFT TA

POSITIVE

WARNING

RIGHT TA

WHITESCANLOCK

10 AMP
FUSE

1 AMP
FUSES

SPST switch

es

Snap
bracket into
extrusion, over
lighthead. Bracket
fits around lighthead (End
bracket shown. all brackets
will mount in the same manner).
Tighten the screw on the bracket to secure it.

FRONT VIEW

FRONT VIEW

Place lighthead
into extrusion

Snap-InSnap-In

Tighten Screw

Snap-InSnap-In

#10-24 ELASTIC

STOP NUT

#10 FLAT

WASHER

Extrusion end view (without end cap)

MOUNTING SURFACE

MOUNTING SURFACE

#10-24 X 3/4"

HEX HEAD

Mount to any 1
of 3 channels
in the extrusion

Installation:

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

IMPORTANT WARNING!

Note: When routing wires, it is
very 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.).

Note: 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 onto its 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. Four 3/16” 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. Drill a hole in each of the hole locations marked.

4. Insert the four hex-head mounting bolts (included) into the bolt head
access provided in the channel at either the top, bottom or rear of the
extrusion.

5. Slide the bolts along the track and align them with the 4 mounting
holes, than insert them into the mounting holes.

6. Install a flat washer and elastic stop nut onto each bolt and tighten.

Wiring:

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!

Wire Connections:

Extend the RED wire to the battery and install a 10 amp fuse block
(customer supplied) on the end of the wire. Remove the fuse before
connecting any wires to the battery. Connect the RED wire to the
POSITIVE (+) battery terminal.

IMPORTANT: Leave no more than 2 feet of wire between fuse block
and battery. The wire between fuse and battery is unprotected, do
not allow this wire to come in contact with any other wires.

Extend the BLACK wire to the battery and connect it to the battery ground.
If your vehicle has a cable extending from the negative terminal of the
battery to the chassis, it is best to attach the black wire at the chassis
connection.

at the battery to carry that

Operation:

RED . . . . . . . . . Positive / Apply +VBAT to Power Lightbar . . . . . FUSE @ 10 AMPS

BLACK. . . . . . . Negative / Connect to Ground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A

BLUE . . . . . . . . Apply +VBAT and the TA Sweeps LEFT . . . . . . . . FUSE @ 1 AMP

GREY. . . . . . . . Apply +VBAT and the TA Sweeps RIGHT . . . . . . . FUSE @ 1 AMP

BLACK. . . . . . . Apply +VBAT and ALL Lights FLASH . . . . . . . . . . . FUSE @ 1 AMP

WHITE . . . . . . . Scan-Lock™ Flash Pattern Selection . . . . . . . . . . . FUSE @ 1 AMP

BLU & GRY . . . Apply +VBAT to both the BLUE and GREY wires for SPLIT TA

Scan-Lock™ (WHITE)

In order to program flash patterns, the lightbar must be on and either
LEFT or RIGHT TA or WARNING must be powered up.

TO CHANGE PATTERNS: To cycle forward to the next available pattern

apply +12 volts to the WHITE wire for less than 1 second and release.
To cycle back to the previous pattern apply +12 volts to the WHITE wire
for more than 1 second and release.

TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT PATTERN: When the desired pattern is
displayed, allow it to run for more than 5 seconds. The light will now
display this pattern when initially activated.

TO RESTORE THE FACTORY DEFAULT PATTERN: This will reset all
patterns back to there default settings. Disconnect main power and apply
power to the WHITE wire. With power applied to the WHITE wire, turn
main power back on. After 3 seconds remove power from the WHITE wire.

A Normally Open momentary switch should be used to control Scan­Lock™ operation.

The following is a list of all the available flash patterns:

Flash Patterns:

1. SignalAlert™75

2. CometFlash® 75

3. SingleFlash 300

4. SingleFlash 120

5. SingleFlash 75

6. ActionFlash™

7. ActionScan™

TA Direction

1. Sequence On Solid

2. 1 Lamp TripleFlash™

3. 2 Lamp TripleFlash™

Service:

This section shows you
how to access the lightbar
for service or lighthead
replacement. To replace a
lighthead, first loosen the
set screw(s) on the
bracket. Now squeeze the
clip together so that it
disengages from the
extrusion and pull the
bracket straight out. With
the bracket removed the
lighthead lifts out and can
be unplugged from the
harness and removed
from the lightbar.

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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