Security Siren/Strobe  (490-0478)     Installation     Faxback Doc. # 15883
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Before installing your Security Siren/Strobe Light, check that your alarm
system's siren output is capable of supplying the 600 mA required by the
siren and strobe light.

CAUTION:  Your alarm could be damaged or fail to function correctly if its
          siren output is overloaded.

Select a location where:

    The siren is audible and the strobe is visible from outside your home.

    The siren is high enough (6 to 10 feet) to be out of reach, and is not
    directly exposed to precipitation or temperature extremes, such as on a
    covered porch or under an eave.

    You can properly route the positive and negative wires from your
    control center to this location (your local Radio Shack store carries
    the necessary wire for routing from your control center to the siren).

CAUTION:  Be sure you can drill holes in the wall at the mounting location
          without striking electrical wires or water pipes.

Follow these steps to install the siren.

1.  Using the siren's case as a template, mark the locations of the two
    screw holes.

2.  Drill two 3/16-inch holes in the marked locations.

3.  Drill another hole 3/16-inch in diameter, about 1/2 inch to the right
    of the lower screw hole, to allow you to route the siren's black and
    red wires into the wall or eave.

4.  Route the positive and negative wires from your control center through
    the hole you drilled in Step 3 so they extend to the siren's mounting
    location.

5.  Use a wire connector (such as Radio Shack Cat. No. 64-3057, not
    supplied) to connect the siren's black (negative) wire to your alarm
    system's negative wire.

6.  Use another wire connector to connect the siren's red (positive) wire
    to your alarm system's positive wire.

7.  Once the wires are connected, gently push them back into the hole you
    drilled in Step 3.

8.  Position the siren so UP on the back of its case is upright.

9.  Insert the two supplied stainless steel screws into the holes you
    drilled in Step 2.  Tighten the screws.


(ALL-07/13/95)