Allstar Products Group ANSI/UL 325 owner manual Connecting the AC Wiring Volt Installations

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

CONNECTING THE AC WIRING

115 VOLT INSTALLATIONS:

Starting at the GS4000 Control box proceed as follows:

1.Attach to Terminal - L1 - the 115 VAC HOT wire, normally black.

2.Attach to Terminal - L2 - 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 GS4000 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 PROTECTORS MOUNTED ON THE GS4000 CONTROL BOARD DEPENDS UPON A SOLID GROUND. ALSO, UL LISTING REQUIRES THAT THE GS4000 FRAME BE GROUNDED.

WARNING!

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DAMAGE DUE TO LIGHTNING, ENSURE A SOLID GROUND FROM THE GS4000 GROUND WIRE IN THE SERVICE ENTRANCE 2 x 4 HANDY BOX TO THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE GROUND OR TO A EARTH GROUND STAKE NEAR THE GS4000.

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 GS4000. 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 GS4000 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 GS4000, 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 circuitry. Several manufacturers offer suitable surge protectors.

WIRING 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. If wiring one control box to one mechanical unit (standard) follow wiring as shown in Figure 13, page 13. For bi-parting installations (one control box and two mechanical units) see page 13 and Figure 15, page 14.

RIGHT HAND AND LEFT HAND INSTALLATION

The GS4000 Control panel is configured at the factory for right hand operation - mechanical unit mounted to the right of the gate leaf as you look at the installation from the inside (secured side). For left hand operation - mechanical unit mounted to the left of the gate leaf as you look at the installation from the inside (secured side) - move the 8 pin high voltage harness connector (white) and the 3 pin limit harness connector (orange) from the right hand connector blocks on the control board to the left hand connector blocks, see Figure 12, below.

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LOCATION OF

RIGHT-HAND &

LEFT HAND

HARNESS

CONNECTIONS

LIMITS

HIGH VOLTAGE

Figure 12: Right/Left Hand Control Board Connectors

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