Wiring the beacon 100 gas monitor – RKI Instruments Beacon 100 User Manual
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Beacon 100 Gas Monitor Operator’s Manual
Wiring the Beacon 100 Gas Monitor
This section describes procedures to connect the AC power source, DC power source,
external alarm(s), recorder, and detector. See Figure 3 for a general wiring diagram of all
external wiring to the Beacon 100.
WARNING: Make all connections to the Beacon 100 before you plug in or turn on
the AC or DC power source. Before you make any wiring adjustments,
always verify that all power sources are not live.
Connecting the AC Power Source
NOTE:
If you are using DC power as the primary power source, go to the next section,
“Connecting the DC Power Source”.
Perform the following procedure to connect the AC power source to the Beacon 100.
WARNING: Verify that the power source is unplugged or turned off at the power
source before you continue with this procedure.
1.
Open the housing door, and locate the AC terminal strip. See Figure 1, Beacon 100 Gas
Monitor Component Location on page 7, to assist you in locating the AC terminal
strip.
2.
Guide the AC power wiring through the conduit hub on the bottom of the Beacon 100
housing.
CAUTION:
Do not route power and detector wiring through the same conduit hub. The power
wiring may disrupt the transmission of the detector signal to the monitor.
3.
Connect the AC line to the AC power terminal strip as shown in Figure 3 on page 13,
hot to H, neutral to N, ground to G.
Connecting the DC Power Source
WARNING: Verify that the power source is unplugged or turned off before you
continue with this procedure.
Perform the following procedure to connect the DC power source to the Beacon 100.
1.
Open the housing door, and locate the DC external wiring terminal strip. See Figure 1,
Beacon 100 Gas Monitor Component Location, to assist you in locating the bottom
external wiring terminal strip.
2.
Guide a DC power cord through one of the conduit hubs on the bottom of the Beacon
100 housing.
CAUTION:
Do not route power and detector wiring through the same conduit hub. The power
wiring may disrupt the transmission of the detector signal to the monitor.
3.
Connect the DC line to the DC power terminal strip as shown in Figure 3.