ARC 6001Z User manual

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ARC 6001Z Control System Instructions
Features
• Relay board features nine 40 Amp replaceable relays with fuse protecon for Start, Oil Pressure
Controlled Ignion, Ignion, Fuel Pump, Water Pump, Fan, Taillight, Auxiliary and one User Controlled Relay.
• Dual funcon switches for Water Pump/Fan and Taillight/Interior Light.
• Dedicated computer/data Logger circuit controlled by the ignion switch with a 6 second shutoff delay.
• Automac low oil pressure shutdown for ignion.
• Built in neutral safety circuit.
• Built in bump start circuit.
• Interior lights built in to switch panel.
• Output LED indicators on relay board outputs.
• Backlit Kill Buon for safety.
• Two auxiliary fused power take offs.
• Colored and labeled wire for every circuit.
Wiring Instructions
Switch funcons and installaon notes
Roll bar mount switch panels mount to roll bar with 3 hose clamps through slots on rear of switch panel. Panel
mount versions use screws through mounng holes on each corner of the switch panel.
Starter switch - The starter switch must only be used to operate the starter solenoid. When the starter switch is
pressed it will acvate the START relay and iniate the oil pressure hold cycle for the ignion circuit (if the neutral
safety switch is closed). Connect the relay terminal marked START to the starter solenoid. Please note this switch
will be dimly lit or not at all if the car is not in neutral. The switch will only be lit and acve when the neutral safety
switch is closed.
Ignion switch - This switch acvates the ignion relay and the data logger power terminal marked D/L on the green
4 terminal connector. Connect the relay output marked IGN to any component you want to turn on and off with
the ignion switch. This IGN output does NOT have oil pressure shut down protecon. For oil pressure shut
down protecon of the ignion, connect the included red jumper wire from IGN terminal to the IGN IN terminal.
Connect IGN OUT to your ignion system turn on lead.
Fuel switch - Connect relay terminal marked FUEL directly to fuel pump. This is a 40 Amp circuit; addional fuel
pump relays are not necessary or recommended.
Water Pump/Fan switch - This is a dual funcon switch. One press acvates the water pump. Press a second me to
acvate fan and water pump together. Or press and hold the switch for two seconds to acvate both water pump
and fan with one press. Connect relay terminal marked WTR PUMP directly to the water pump and connect
terminal marked FAN directly to the fan.
Aux - This switch can be used to power any accessory. This circuit has a 40 Amp capacity, wire relay terminal marked
AUX to your component.

Tail/Int - This is a dual funcon switch. Press once for taillights. A second press will shut off the taillights and turn on
the interior lights built into the boom of the switch panel. Alternavely, if the switch is off, pressing the switch
and holding for two seconds will turn just the interior lights on. Connect the relay terminal marked TAIL to your
taillights.
Kill Buon - This switch will shut off all switches on the control panel. The Data Logger circuit will remain powered
aer hing the kill switch for 6 seconds and then shut off as well. This will allow data processing to complete.
Relay board funcons and installaon notes
12V/16V circuit breaker - The relay board comes set for 12V baery operaon. If running a 16V baery move the tan
colored circuit breaker to the 16V terminals. (See wiring Diagram on last page) This seng has no effect on the
output of the relays, it is there to protect the LEDs and electronics of the switch panel from the addional voltage
of 16V baeries.
The 12V/16V breaker will protect the ribbon cable from accidental short circuits. If this 5 Amp
circuit breaker trips, shut the baery disconnect off immediately and check the ribbon cable for
damage.
Do not replace this circuit breaker with any value larger than 5 Amps.
Ribbon Cable - Connect the ribbon cable from the plug on the switch board to the red labeled connector on the relay
board. Make sure the red marker tape on the ribbon cable lines up with the red marker tape on the switch panel
and relay board.
GND Terminal - Connect the terminal marked “GND” to a good steel chassis ground.
Red #6 Cable - Connect the heavy red cable to baery +
Relay Output Screw Terminals - Relay outputs marked START, IGN, FUEL, WTR PUMP, FAN, AUX, TAIL all correspond
to switches on the control panel. Please reference the “switch funcons and informaon” secon for info on
wiring these connecons.
+BAT1, +BAT2 - These two terminals are fused constant power take offs which can be used for any purpose where a
constant power source is needed.
USER TRIGGER - This female terminal is the control trigger for the USER relay. A ground trigger from a switch, ECU,
Autoshi, etc. will acvate the USER relay.
OPS OUT, OPS IN - Connect these wires to a Normally Open oil pressure switch. Do not use a three terminal oil
pressure switch or a single terminal oil pressure switch. Use only a normally open two terminal switch. See the
Oil Pressure Shutdown secon for more info.
Oil Pressure Bypass Switch - Move this switch in the direcon of the arrow to bypass the oil shutdown feature. Use
this to troubleshoot a bad oil pressure switch.

Green 4 posion terminal
Bump Start - Connect this to a grounded bump start switch. When this terminal is triggered with a ground signal
from a bump switch the starter relay will engage
N/S Out & N/S In - these two terminals connect to a neutral safety switch. The neutral safety switch should be closed
only when the shier is in park or neutral. Connect N/S out to one side of the switch and the other side of the
switch to N/S in. The starter switch will not light up and funcon if these terminals are not connected through a
closed neutral safety switch. The neutral safety fuse is 1 Amp MAX. Do not replace this fuse with anything higher
than 1 Amp or damage to the relay board will occur and the warranty will be voided. If this fuse blows check all
wiring to and from the neutral safety switch for short circuits.
DL PWR - this terminal is turned on with the ignion switch. When the ignion switch is turned off, this terminal will
stay on for approximately 6 seconds longer to allow data to finish downloading. Note that this circuit has a
maximum capacity of 5 Amps. Replacing the 5 Amp fuse with a larger value could damage the relay board and will
void the warranty.
Oil Pressure Shutdown
The ARC oil pressure shutdown with controlled startup override allows the engine to be started by momentarily
bypassing the oil pressure switch while cranking. When the engine starts the oil pressure rise is monitored and the
yellow LED will light during this me. If the oil pressure minimum requirement is not met within approximately 5
seconds the yellow LED marked OP DLY will go out and the engine will shut off. If the pressure is correct the yellow
LED will go off, but the engine will connue to run if the minimum pressure is maintained. The ignion switch can sll
manually shut the ignion off also. With this system the oil pressure switch never carries more than one tenth of an
Amp to assure it doesn’t fail from excessive current load, while sll maintaining a forty Amp ignion circuit capacity.
Through bypassing the pressure switch during cranking, excessive cranking to build oil pressure is avoided. This
excessive cranking would drain the baery, overheat the starter, and tends to flood the motor and wash the rings.
An oil pressure override switch is provided to bypass and/or test your oil pressure switch.
Manufacturer
Part Number
Acvaon Pressure
Stewart Warner
SW76051
2 PSI
Stewart Warner
SW76575
4 PSI
Stewart Warner
SW76576
10 PSI
Stewart Warner
SW76052
15 PSI
Stewart Warner
SW76053
35 PSI
Longacre
52-43600
12 PSI
To avoid nuisance tripping make sure to select an oil pressure switch with a seng low enough to account for
the lower oil pressure at idle with hot oil. In bracket race situaons somemes hing brakes near the finish line
will result in lower oil pressure levels as well.
This system will not work with three terminal oil pressure switches or single terminal oil pressure switches.
Use only two terminal normally open oil pressure switches.

Wiring the oil pressure shut down system
Connect the supplied red jumper between the terminal marked IGN and IGN IN. Any accessories you wish to turn on
with the ignion switch but not be controlled by the oil pressure switch can also be connected to IGN.
Connect IGN OUT to your ignion system turn on lead.
Connect the OPS OUT to one terminal of the oil pressure switch. Connect OPS IN to the other terminal on the oil
pressure switch.
If a bad oil pressure switch is suspected the bypass switch can be moved in the direcon of the arrow to bypass the oil
pressure switch.
When the system is funconing correctly with adequate oil pressure the IGN, IGN IN & IGN OUT green LEDs will all be lit
when the car is running. If the car shuts off and the green IGN OUT LED is out but the IGN and IGN IN LEDs are sll, lit
that indicates that the engine was shut off by the oil pressure shutdown circuit.
General Troubleshoong
Starter switch is dim and will not work - shier is not in park or neutral or neutral safety switch is not connected or is
defecve. A neutral safety switch must be connected to the terminals marked N/S for the starter switch to light up bright
and work.
Some switches won’t turn on/switches randomly shung off - tan circuit breaker must be set to correct baery voltage
posion for the car. Move the breaker to the correct terminals for the baery in the car (12V terminals for 12V baery
16V terminals for 16V baery).
Check for a weak baery. A weak baery can have enough Voltage to light up the switch panel, but when switches are
turned on, the load from accessories will cause the baery voltage to sag low enough to unlatch the relays. Make sure
the baery is fully charged and have the baery load tested or try another known good baery.
Ignion shung on and off - Oil pressure switch seng is too low, or oil pressure switch is defecve. Set bypass switch to
bypass posion to test. Also check the wiring to the oil pressure switch for damage. If the wiring to the oil pressure
switch is allowed to short to chassis ground an internal fuse will trip to protect the relay board. The fuse will automacally
reset once the fault is corrected. Check the wires to the oil pressure switch and replace any damaged wiring.
Switch panel geng hot - Tan 12V/16V circuit breaker is in the wrong Voltage posion. Move the breaker to the correct
seng for the baery voltage in the car.
Switch panel not working correctly, and all/some lights are off - Make sure the ribbon cable is plugged into the relay board
correctly. It is possible to plug the ribbon cable into the relay board connector off center. Unplug the connector and plug
it back in making sure the pins are centered le to right on the connector.
Check the tan circuit breaker. If the tan 5 Amp circuit breaker is tripped, the ribbon cable insulaon is damaged and is
shorng to ground. Inspect the ribbon carefully for faults. Do not change or alter the 5 Amp circuit breaker or damage to
the board will occur voiding the warranty. If this breaker is tripping, there is a fault with the ribbon cable.
Check the terminal marked GND on the relay board. This terminal must go to a good chassis ground for proper
operaon.
Make sure the ribbon cable plug in the switch panel is oriented with the red tape marks aligned.
Switches working erracally, buzzing sounds - Do not use a baery charger as a power supply to operate the switch
panel. Baery chargers can output a rippling DC voltage that will cause electronics to malfuncon. The switch
panel should only be operated when connected to a 12V or 16V baery. When charging the baery, the master
disconnect switch for the car should be turned off.
Switches working erracally, buzzing sounds - Do not use a baery charger as a power supply to operate the switch
panel. Baery chargers can output a rippling DC voltage that will cause electronics to malfuncon. The switch
panel should only be operated when connected to a 12V or 16V baery. When charging the baery, the master
disconnect switch for the car should be turned off.

Steel
Chassis
Ground
Start
Output
Oil Pressure
Controlled
Ignition Output Fuel Pump
Output
Igintion Power
w/o Oil Pressure
Control
Water Pump
Output
User Relay
Output Ground Trigger
For User Relay
Tail Light
Output
Auxiliary
Output
Fan
Output
Switch 1 must only be used as the starter switch.
Relay board provides power to your
accessory, the accessory must be
grounded for it to function.
The relay board must be grounded using the
“GND” terminal on the relay board.
If you are running a 12 Volt battery then the circuit
breaker must be in the12V terminals. If you are
running a 16 V battery then move the circuit
breaker to the 16V terminals.
DO NOT Zip Tie the ribbon cable to
the roll bar. Only use supplied velcro straps
or electrical tape.
Oil Pressure Switch must be Normally
Open 2 prong switch. See instruction sheet
for more info on switch
The Bump Start Switch will provide a Ground
Signal to the relay board for operation.
If the Shifter is not in “Park” or “Neutral”, the
Starter switch is not functional. The switch will
not light unless the shifter is in the correct position.
The “DL Power” fuse is 5 Amps. This is the Data Logger
circuit, 5 Amps is the MAX value for this circuit.
If it blows a fuse do not put a bigger fuse in. Instead, find
the issue that is causing the fuse to blow.
GND USER
TRIGGER
WTR PUMP
FUEL
TAILUSER
IGN
START
OIL PRESSURE
DELAY LED
AUTOROD CORPORATION MODEL 6001RGZ REV D
RIBBON
CONNECTOR
FAN
AUX
IGN
IN
IGNITION JUMPER - SUPPLIED
OPS IN
OIL PRESSURE
BYPASS
SWITCH
Normally OPEN
2 Terminal
Oil Pressure Switch
To Bypass Oil
Pressure Shutdown
Slide Switch Up
OPS OUT
IGN
OUT
Bump Start Switch
Neutral
Safety
Switch
IGN
OUT
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Steel
Chassis
Ground
Steel
Chassis
Ground
BUMP START N/S OUT N/S IN DL PWR
ARC-6001Z
Relay Board
Battery
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1
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
5
30
30
5 Amps MAX
+ BAT 1
+ BAT 2
Data Logger
Constant Fused 12 V Power
IGNITION
STARTER
FUEL PMP FAN
TAIL INT
AUX
ON ON ON ON ON
OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
ENGINE
START
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