Installation manual
CONTROL
PANELS
WESTERBEKE offers two optional
panels-
select
the instruction page that applies to the panel you
pur-
chased.
ADMIRALS
PANEL
This manually-operated control panel is equipped with a
KEY
SWITCH and
RPM
gauge with an ELAPSED
TIME
meter which measures the
engine's
running time
in
hours and in
1110
hours. The panel also includes a
WATER
TEMPERATURE
gauge which indicates water
temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, an OIL
PRESSURE
gauge which measures the engine's oil pressure in
pounds per square inch, and a
DC
control circuit VOLT-
AGE
gauge which measures the system's voltage. All
gauges are illuminated when the key switch is turned
ON
and remain illuminated while the engine is in operation.
The
panel also contains two rubber-booted push buttons,
one for
PREHEAT
and one for START.
RPM
GAUGE:
REGIS-
TERS
REVOLUTIONS
PER
MINUTE
OF
THE
ENGINE
AND
CAN
BE
RECALIBRATED
FOR
ACCURACY
FROM
THE
REAR
OF
THE
PANEL.
HOUR
METER:
REGIS-
TERS
ELAPSED
TIME,
AND
SHOULD
BE
USED
AS
A
GUIDE
FOR
THE
MAINTENANCE
SCHEDULE.
WATER
TEMPERATURE
GAUGE:
THIS
GAUGE
IS
GRADUATED
IN
DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT
AND
IS
ILLUMINATED
WHILE
THE
KEY
SWITCH
IS
TURNED
ON.
THE
ENGINE'S
NORMAL
OPERATING
TEMPERATURE
IS
170°·190°
F
PREHEAT
BUTTON:
WHEN
PRESSED,
ENERGIZES
THE
ALTERNATOR'S
EXCITER,
THE
FUEL
LIFT
PUMP,
THE
FUEL
SOLENOID
ON
THE
INJECTION
PUMP,
AND
THE
ENGINE'S
GLOW
PLUGS.
IT
BY-
PASSES
THE
ENGINE'S
PROTECTIVE
OIL
PRES-
SURE
ALARM
SWITCH.
IN
ADDITION,
THIS
BUTTON
ENERGIZES
THE
START
BUTTON.
START
BUTTON:
WHEN
PRESSED,
ENERGIZES
THE
STARTER'S
SOLENOID
WHICH
CRANKS
THE
ENGINE.
THIS
BUTTON
WILL
NOT
OPERATE
ELECTRICALLY
UNLESS
THE
PREHEAT
BUTTON
IS
PRESSED
AND
HELD
AT
THE
SAME
TIME.
You will notice that when the engine is shut down with
the Key Switch turned
OFF, the water temperature gauge
will continue to register the last temperature reading in-
dicated by the gauge before electrical power was turned
OFF. The oil pressure gauge will also hold its reading.
The temperature gauge will once again register the en-
gine's
true temperature when electrical power is restored
to the gauge
A separate alarm buzzer with harness is supplied with
every Admiral
Panel.
The
installer is responsible for
electrically connecting the buzzer to the four-pin connec-
tion on the
engine's
electrical harness.
The
installer
is also responsible for installing the buzzer in a location
where it will be dry and where it will be audible to the
operator should it sound while the engine is running.
The
buzzer will sound when the ignition key is turned
ON
and should silence when the engine has started and
the
engine's
oil pressure rises above
15
psi.
/
OIL
PRESSURE
GAUGE:
THIS
GAUGE
IS
GRADU-
ATED
IN
POUNDS
PER
SQUARE
INCH
(PSI)
AND
IS
ILLUMINATED
WHILE
THE
KEY
SWITCH
IS
TURNED
ON.
THE
ENGINE'S
NORMAL
OPERATING
OIL
PRESSURE
RANGES
BETWEEN
30-60
PSI.
KEY
SWITCH:
PROVIDES
POWER
ONLY
TO
THE
INSTRUMENT
PANEL
CLUSTER.
THE
KEY
SWITCH
SHUTS
THE
ENGINE
DOWN
WHEN
THE
KEY
IS
TURNED
OFF.
DC
VOLTMETER:
INDICATES
THE
AMOUNT
THE
BATTERY
IS
BEING
CHARGED.
SHOULD
SHOW
13V
TO
14V.
AUTOMATIC
ALARM
SYSTEM
/
HIGH
WATER
TEMPERATURE
ALARM:
AN
ALARM
BUZZER
HAS
BEEN
SUPPLIED
WITH
THE
INSTRUMENT
PANEL.
IF
THE
ENGINE'S
FRESH
WATER
COOLANT
REACHES
210°
F
(98°C),
THIS
SWITCH
WILL
CLOSE
SOUNDING
THE
ALARM
WHICH
WILL
EMIT
A
CON-
TINUOUS
SIGNAL.
LOW
OIL
PRESSURE
ALARM:
A
LOW
OIL
PRESSURE
ALARM
SWITCH
IS
LOCATED
OFF
THE
ENGINE'S
OIL
GALLERY.
THIS
SWITCH
MONITORS
THE
ENGINE'S
OIL
PRESSURE.
SHOULD
THE
ENGINE'S
OIL
PRESSURE
FALL
TO
5
-10
PSI,
THE
SWITCH
WILL
CLOSE
SOUNDING
THE
ALARM.
IN
THIS
EVENT,
THE
ALARM
WILL
EMIT
A
PULSATING
SIGNAL.
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