Whelen TAM65 User Manual

ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

51 Winthrop Road Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684 Phone: (860) 526-9504 Fax: (860) 526-4078

Super-LED® Traffic Advisor™

Model(s) TAM65, TAM85, TAM85**,

TAM65W, TAM85W, TAM85W**

Installation Guide:

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!

Automotive: Traffic Advisor

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

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Mounting:

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.

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

There are two ways to mount the light array. Both require the unit to be secured to the mounting surface using sheet metal screws (supplied). The cable harness can either be routed directly into the mounting surface or out the side of the end cap (see below). When facing the LED. display, the cable harness should exit from the right side of the bar.

Note: When the Traffic Advisor is mounted to the rear of the vehicle, the cable exit must be on the passenger side. If not, the flash pattern sequence you choose on the control head will be incorrect. For example, a left flashing pattern will flash right.

1. Position the unit in its proposed mounting location to ensure that it fits properly. With the unit in place, use an awl or other suitable tool and scribe the areas to be drilled, based on the desired style.

Style 1 - Remove the unit from its mounting area and, using a 5/8” drill bit, drill a hole for the cable harness. Affix the 5/8” grommet to the hole and feed the cable harness through the grommet.

Style 2 (OPTIONAL) - To route the cable harness through the end cap a 5/ 8” passage hole must be drilled. Remove the endcap from the light array via the machine screws, so as to prevent damage

to the cable harness, and drill the hole. Place the 5/8” grommet on the hole and feed the cable through. Once this is done, secure the endcap back onto the light array.

2. Using an appropriately sized drill bit, drill a hole in each of the areas scribed in the previous step.

3. Return the unit to its mounting location and, using the supplied hardware, mount the unit as shown below.

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!

Note: Do not install the fuse required in the fuse block, until all wire

connections are completed.

Installation is now complete. Refer to the wiring diagram below and the manual that comes with your control head.

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

IMPORTANT WARNING!

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

REF. A

OPTIONAL MOUNTING

Cable

Harness

Endcap Seal

Lens

#10 X 3/4" P.P.H.S.M.S.

TAM65 / TAM85 / TAM85_ _ / TAM65W / TAM85W / TAM85W_ _

Lamp 1 Lamp 2 Lamp 3

COLOR

BROWN RED ORANGE

4 5 6

Lamp 4 Lamp 5 Lamp 6

YELLOW GREEN BLUE

7 8 9

Lamp 7 Lamp 8 Batt. / Pos

VIOLET GRAY WHITE

1 2 3

FUNCTION

NOTE: Switches fuses and fuse blocks are not supplied

3 Amp

BACK LIGHT CONTROL: to +12VDC

POS 3 / WHITE

Fuse

source that is activated with the vehicles ignition switch

BATTERY: Negative

BATTERY: Positive

NOTE: For programming and function information,

TACTLD1

POS 2 / BLACK

POS 1 / RED

10 Amp

Fuse

SWITCH

CONTROL

refer to the instructions that are supplied with the control head.

REF. A. Optional Mounting

5/8 Grommet

" goes in wire hole. Shown here on wire harness for illustration purposes.

N/C

10 11 12

DIP

FLASHER POWER (to +12V / fuse @ 5A)

N/C

WHITE-BLUE

Aux. Input SP/ST switch fused at 3 Amps.

20 AMP

TACTLD1 / REAR VIEW

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Requires an

FLASHER GROUND

12 POSITION

CONNECTOR

#10 - 24 X 1.25 TX P. HD.

Drill hole in endcap, run cable through.

TAM65 & TAM65W

6 LT / SW. GND.

1=BROWN

RED

N/C

YELLOW

GREEN

N/C

VIOLET

GRAY

WHITE

N/C

IO =

N/C

11 =

124

12 =

ORANGE

BLUE

N/C

TAM85 & TAM85W

8 LT / SW. GND.

1=BROWN

RED

ORANGE

YELLOW

GREEN

BLUE

VIOLET

GRAY

WHITE

= N/C

Flasher wires are only present on: TAM85_ _

TAM85__&TAM85W_ _

8 LT / SW. GND.

1=BROWN 2=

RED

N/C

YELLOW

GREEN

N/C

VIOLET

GRAY

WHITE

IO =

N/C

11 =

N/C

12 =

N/C

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