Whelen WPA3BM User Manual

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ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.
51 Winthrop Road Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684
WPA3FM, WPA3BM Marine Siren
Installation Guide:
Phone: (860) 526-9504 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
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 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!
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
©2006 Whelen Engineering Company Inc. Form No.14037B (050808)
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Wiring Diagram
Connect to:
REMOTE
AMPLIFIER
Lights
Off
Auxiliary Function
AUX
Wail
Tone
Off
Yelp
Tone
P2
POSITIVE (+) SPEAKER / ORANGE
NEGATIVE (-) SPEAKER / BROWN
BATTERY GROUND / BLACK
POS. BATTERY (+) / RED
OVERRIDEWAILLIGHTS VOL HI
Manual
Override
Off
Air
Horn
A/HYELP VOL LO
Medium
High
Low
10 AMP FUSE
WPA SERIES™
MICROPHONE
JACK
MIC.
INTERCONNECT INPUT HARNESS
TO LIGHTS / 10 AMPS MAX RED/
TO CRUISE LIGHTS / 10 AMPS MAX ORANGE/
10 AMP FUSE
100 WATT
SPEAKER
WARNING! All customer supplied wires that
YELLOW
P1
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 the load. DO NOT USE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WITH THIS PRODUCT!
BATTERY
CHASSIS GROUND
Operation:
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Pressing will engage the lights
Pressing will engage the auxilliary function
Pressing will activate the siren WAIL tone
Pressing will activate the siren YELP tone
Pressing will change the WAIL tone to YELP or change the YELP tone to PIERCER
Pressing will activate your air horn
MICROPHONE VOLUME
LIGHTS
AUX
WAIL
YELP
OVERRIDE
™.
A/H
This switch will only function if a siren tone is activated.
can be adjusted to High, Medium or Low volume.
HEAD
CONTROL
Connect to:
Recommended Mounting Pattern (Not to Scale)
1.750"
3.500"
2.750"
3.500"
5.500"
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Mounting hole for customer
supplied #6 screw (4 Places)
7.000"
ACTIVATION OF THIS SIREN MAY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED EARS!
Protection!
Wear
Mounting: Bail Strap MountMounting: Console Mount
2.125"
4.250"
Mount bail strap to siren as shown here. The customer supplies the hardware to mount the bail strap to the mounting area.
CAUTION
Loud siren noise can cause hearing damage and/or loss.
Refer to OSHA Section 1910.95 prior to putting ANY siren into service!
10-24 X 3/8" LG SEMS BLK OXIDE
#10 SPLIT LOCKWASHER
CUSTOMER SUPPLIED SCREW
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