Whelen Engineering Company WPA3FM User manual

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ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.
51 Winthrop Road
Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Internet: www.whelen.com
Sales e-mail: [e-mail]
Canadian Sales e-mail: [e-mail]
Customer Service e-mail: [e-mail]
Automotive: Sirens/Switches
Installation Guide:
WPA3FM, WPA3BM Marine Siren
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!
©2006 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.14037B (050808)
For warranty information regarding this product, visit www.whelen.com/warranty
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!
CAUTION
Loud siren noise can cause
hearing damage and/or loss.
Refer to OSHA Section 1910.95 prior
to putting ANY siren into service!
Wear
Protection!
ACTIVATION OF THIS
SIREN MAY DAMAGE
UNPROTECTED EARS!

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Mounting: Bail Strap MountMounting: Console Mount
Mount bail strap to siren
as shown here. The
customer supplies the
hardware to mount the bail
strap to the mounting area.
Recommended
Mounting Pattern
(Not to Scale)
Operation:
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
can be adjusted to High, Medium or Low volume.
LIGHTS
AUX
WAIL
YELP
OVERRIDE
™.
A/H
MICROPHONE VOLUME
This switch will only function if a siren tone is activated.
10-24 X 3/8" LG
SEMS BLK OXIDE
#10 SPLIT
LOCKWASHER
CUSTOMER
SUPPLIED
SCREW
3.500"
1.750"
2.750"
2.125"
5.500"
4.250"
7.000"
3.500"
Mounting hole for customer
supplied #6 screw (4 Places)
CUT-OUT
CUT-OUT
CUT-OUT
MIC.
WPA SERIES™
®
MICROPHONE
JACK
Lights
Off
Auxiliary
Function
Wail
Tone
Off
Yelp
Tone
Manual
Override
Off
Air
Horn
High
Medium
Low
OVERRIDEWAILLIGHTS VOL HI
AUX A/HYELP VOL LO
TO CRUISE LIGHTS / 10 AMPS MAX ORANGE/
TO LIGHTS / 10 AMPS MAX RED/
YELLOW
P1
P2
Connect to:
CONTROL
HEAD
Connect to: REMOTE AMPLIFIER
10 AMP FUSE
BATTERY GROUND / BLACK
POSITIVE (+) SPEAKER / ORANGE
NEGATIVE (-) SPEAKER / BROWN
10 AMP FUSE
CHASSIS
GROUND
100 WATT
SPEAKER
POS. BATTERY (+) / RED
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 the load. DO NOT USE
CIRCUIT BREAKERS WITH THIS PRODUCT!
BATTERY
INTERCONNECT INPUT HARNESS
Wiring Diagram
CAUTION
Loud siren noise can cause
hearing damage and/or loss.
Refer to OSHA Section 1910.95 prior
to putting ANY siren into service!
Wear
Protection!
ACTIVATION OF THIS
SIREN MAY DAMAGE
UNPROTECTED EARS!