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Chapter 2: Installing your TVS
Chapter 2 explains how to mount, install, and connect equipment to your TVS.
Topics in chapter 2 include:
 What you need to know before installing your TVS below
 Connecting equipment to your TVS on page 14
 Finishing the installation on page 22
What you need to know before installing your
TVS
Before installing your TVS, you need to do some initial preparation:
1. Read Understanding power surges and surge suppression on page 9.
 If you do not install external surge suppression devices, you risk damage to
the electronics inside your TVS, which may cause your TVS to fail.
 Because it is not possible to completely protect this product internally from
the effects of power surges and other transients, we highly recommend that
you install external surge suppression devices. For specific
recommendations, see your electrical contractor.
 If you do not take these precautions, you acknowledge your willingness to
accept the risk of loss or injury.
2. Using Appendix D: Installation worksheet on page 56, list all the equipment you want to control
using this TVS. Install the equipment and make your electrical connections according to the
sheet.
3. Using Appendix E: Configuration worksheets on page 57, decide which relays and variable
stages you want to use for each piece of equipment, and how you want the equipment
configured. You can connect more than one piece of equipment to a single relay or stage as long
as the total current and horsepower draw does not exceed the relay or stage’s limit. For more information,
read Electrical ratings on page 10.