Connecting the AC Wiring

C: INSTALLING THE OPERATOR

WARNING!

RISK OF ELECTROCUTION

DO NOT BEGIN THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION PROCEDURES UNTIL THE POWER IS TURNED OFF AT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER

115 VOLT INSTALLATIONS:

Starting at the HDSWG 1000 4 x 4 handy box proceed as follows:

1.The BLACK wire attaches to the 115 VAC HOT wire, normally black.

2.The WHITE wire attaches to the 115 VAC NEUTRAL wire, normally white.

3.The GREEN wire attaches to the GROUND wire, normally green.

230 VOLT INSTALLATIONS:

Note: in 230 VAC wiring systems, there will be two "HOT" wires, normally a red and a black wire. If there is a white wire, typically it will be a neutral wire. Starting at the HDSWG 1000 4 x 4 handy box, proceed as follows:

1.The BLACK wire attaches to one of the 230 VAC HOT wires, normally black.

2.The RED wire attaches to the other 230 VAC HOT wire, normally red.

3.The GREEN wire attaches to the GROUND wire, normally green.

PROPER OPERATION OF THE SURGE PROTECTOR MOUNTED ON THE HDSWG 1000 BACKPLANE BOARD DEPENDS UPON A SOLID GROUND. ALSO, UL LISTING REQUIRES THAT THE HDSWG 1000 FRAME BE GROUNDED.

WARNING!

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DAMAGE DUE TO LIGHTNING, ENSURE A SOLID GROUND FROM THE HDSWG 1000 GROUND WIRE IN THE SERVICE ENTRANCE 2 x 4 HANDY BOX TO THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE GROUND OR TO A EARTH GROUND STAKE NEAR THE HDSWG

ADDITIONAL LIGHTNING PROTECTION

For those areas where a high probability of ground lightning strikes exists (Florida, Georgia, etc,) additional lightning protection should be installed in the HDSWG 1000. Although it may not be possible to protect against all strikes, additional protection will substantially reduce the occurrence of lightning damage. Allstar's lightning data indicates that the most strikes enter the HDSWG 1000 through the power lines. Effective protection requires that the surge current from the lightning strike be shunted to ground. This must be done without raising the potential of the circuitry in the HDSWG 1000, with respect to ground, to the levels that will damage the solid state circuitry. Lightning strikes generate enormous currents for very short periods of time. Unfortunately, the period of time is long enough to damage solid state components and many times, other components. The key to success is a very low resistance path from the surge protector to ground for these currents in addition to a surge protector that will act fast enough to protect the solid state circuity. Several manufacturers offer suitable surge protectors.

CONNECTING THE MECHANICAL UNIT TO THE CONTROL BOX

It will be necessary to run two conduits from the Control Box to the Mechanical Unit. One will be used for the A-C power lines and another for the low voltage, class 2 wiring. See Figure 8. There are cutouts on the bottom of the Control Box to accept these two conduits.

Note the different wiring configurations for right-hand installations and left-hand installations (see Figure 12, page 13). For proper operation, the limits and motor must be wired as shown.

BI-PARTING WIRING

For a Bi-Parting installation, an additional two conduits must be installed between the First Mechanical Unit and the Second Mechanical Unit. (See Figure 8, page 8.) For a Bi-Parting installation, one operator must be a Left Hand unit and the other a Right Hand unit.

The two motors of the Bi-Parting HDSWG 1000's will be wired in parallel. BOTH motors will run until both are shut off. If the two gate leafs do not open exactly the same amount, then the first gate leaf to reach it's open position will have to be held (or mechanically stopped) in that positon until the second gate reaches its open position. Now, both motors can be turned off. The stop for the first gate can be installed externally or the HDSWG 1000 internal Stop Pall mounted on the large output drive sprocket of the HDSWG 1000 may be used.