Installation manual

CONTROL PANELS
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CAPTAINS PANEL
This manually-operated control panel is equipped with
a KEY SWITCH; an RPM gauge;
PREHEAT and
START buttons; an INSTRUMENT TEST button; three
indicator lamps, one for
ALTERNATOR DISCHARGE,
one for low OIL
PRESSURE, and one for high ENGINE
RPM GAUGE: REGISTERS REVOLUTIONS PER
'MINUTE OF THE ENGINE AND CAN BE RECALI-
BRATED FOR ACCURACY FROM THE REAR OF
THE PANEL.
START BUTTON: WHEN PRESSED, ENERGIZES
THE STARTER'S SOLENOID WHICH CRANKS THE
ENGINE. IT WILL NOT OPERATE ELECTRICALLY
UNLESS THE PREHEAT BUTTON IS PRESSED AND
HELD AT THE SAME TIME,
COOLANT TEMPERATURE; and an alarm buzzer
for low OIL
PRESSURE or high WATER TEMPERA-
TURE. The RPM gauge is illuminated when the key
switch is turned
ON and remains illuminated while the
engine is in operation.
ALARM: THE ALARM WILL SOUND IF THE ENGINE'S OIL PRESSURE
FALLS BELOW 15 PSI. IN THIS EVENT, THE ALARM WILL EMIT A
PULSATING SIGNAL. THE ALARM WILL ALSO SOUND IF THE WATER
TEMPERATURE IN THE FRESHWATER COOLING CIRCUIT RISES TO
205°F. IN THIS EVENT, THE ALARM WILL EMIT A CONTINUOUS SIGNAL.
NOTE: THE ALARM WILL SOUND WHEN THE KEY SWITCH IS TURNED
ON. THIS SOUNDING IS NORMAL. ONCE THE ENGINE STARTS AND THE
ENGINE'S OIL PRESSURE REACHES 15 PSI, THE ALARM WILL SILENCE.
TEST BUTTON: WHEN
PRESSED, TESTS THE
ALTERNATOR, THE OIL
PRESSURE, AND THE
WATER TEMPERATURE
CONTROL CIRCUITS.
WHEN PRESSED, THE
/
ALTERNATOR, THE OIL
PRESSURE, AND THE
WATER TEMPERATURE
INDICATOR LIGHTS IL-
LUMINATE IN ADDITION
TO SOUNDING THE
ALARM BUZZER.
KEY SWITCH: PROVIDES
POWER ONLY TO THE IN-
STRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER.
, THE KEY SWITCH SHUTS THE
ENGINE DOWN WHEN THE
KEY IS TURNED OFF,
PREHEAT BUTTON: WHEN PRESSED, ENERGIZES
THE ALTERNATOR'S REGULATOR, THE FUEL LIFT
PUMP, THE FUEL SOLENOID ON THE INJECTION
PUMP, AND THE ENGINE'S GLOW PLUGS. IT BY-
PASSES THE ENGINE'S OIL PRESSURE ALARM
SWITCH, IN ADDITION, THIS BUTTON ENERGIZES
THE START BUTTON.
,....,., WESJERBEKE
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