Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 185 Emerson
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381333–319 A 50 Hanove r Road, F lorham Park, New J ersey 07932–1591 USA For sales or service call 1 800 800–2726 (A SCO ) www.ascopower .com AS CO PO WER TECH NO LOGI E S CA NA DA PO Box 1238, .
Seri es 185 381333–319 A Namepl ate The T rans fer Switch nam epla te incl udes data for each spec ific A SCO Se ries 185 A TS . Use th e A TS on ly with in the limits shown o n this nameplate. Ca talog Num ber Identif icatio n A typ ica l Cata l og Number is shown be l ow with i ts elements ex plained .
INST ALLA TION Series 185 1 381333–319 A Instal lation of the ASCO Series 18 5 automatic transfer switc h (A TS) m ust be perfor med by a lic ensed elec trician. It m ust be in stall ed ac cor ding to th e National E lec tric al Code (NEC) and all l ocal el ectric al code requirem ents.
CONT ROLLER Seri es 185 2 381333–319 A The Gr oup 4 dig ital Con trol ler is us ed in A SCO Ser ies 185 autom atic transfer sw itches. It provides the sensing , timing, a nd control functions for the A TS. T his micro– processor–based control ler includes buil t–i n control buttons and sta tus lights for control of the A T S and generator.
CONT ROLLER Series 185 (continued) 3 381333–319 A 3 - - - Gene rator S tarting Contacts The generat or starti ng contacts connections are on t he controller. R efe r to the generato r manual. Disconnect the ge nerator b attery and ve rify that the ig nition sw itch is in the OF F position.
Seri es 185 CONT ROLLER (cont inued) 4 381333–319 A S2 DIP switch S1 DIP switch Fi gure 6. DIP switches S1 and S 2 at the top right. The ti me delay setti ngs are shown in Figures 6 and 7 and in T able C. The se nsor setti ngs are shown in Figure 6 and in T abl e D.
CONT ROLLER Series 185 (continued) 5 381333–319 A 6 - - - Remote Contr ol F eatures These remote c ontrol feat ures r equire a custom er– sup pli e d no rma lly– clos ed co nt act s ui t able f o r a 5 V dc lo w energ y circ uit. R efer to the w iring diag ram pr ovided w i t ht h eA T S .
FU N CTIO NA L TE ST Seri es 185 6 381333–319 A After ins talling th e Series 185 autom atic trans fer switch (A TS) perfor m the fol lowing th ree–part func tional test. 1 --- M a n u a l O p e r a t i o n A hand le is provided on th e transfer sw itch for main te - nance purposes only.
Sequence of Operat ion - - - Ut ility Failur e Seri es 185 7 381333–319 A wait 1 0 se c. for generator to warm up generator runs unloaded for 5 min. generato r starting Ut ility fails (longe r tha n 3s e c .
TR OUBLESHOOTING Seri es 185 8 381333–319 A This troubleshooting g uide describes some of the simple caus es of probl ems with the instal lation of the automatic transfer switch. T roubleshooting beyond the scope of this gu ide sho uld n ot be attem pted b y the instal le r.
TR OUBLESHOOTING Series 185 (continued) 9 381333–319 A Probl em Cause a nd Sol ution The A TS does not im mediatel y transfer th e load to the generator. 1. V erify that the Generator Acc epted lig ht is on . If it is off , see p revio us tro ubl e- shooting probl em.
INDEX Seri es 185 Printed in U .S.A. Copy right - - - ASCO Power T echn ologies, L.P . 2008 10 381333–319 A A A utomatic Generator Exerc iser, light, 2 B b a t t e r y ,c l o c k ,3 buttons, push, 2.
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