Board Upgrades - Paragon DTC 1000 Operation & Maintenance Instructions Manual

Board Upgrades

WARNING! Be careful to attach the wires to the cor-
rect terminals. Reversing wires can burn up circuit
board components and the transformer. Damage
from miswiring is not covered by warranty!
Upgrading to the DTC 1000 Board
From the DTC 100 Series
1 UNPLUG kiln.
2 Remove the 4 corner screws holding the DTC
100C or DTC 100 faceplate to the switch box.
Lift out the faceplate.
3 Loosen screws along the terminal strip on the
back of the board. Remove all connecting wires.
4 Cut off the wire connection terminals from the
wire ends. (Except for thermocouple wires; they
attach to the DTC 1000 the same way as the
DTC 100 series.)
5 Strip 1/4" of insulation from the end of each wire.
(Insulation must be kept out of the connector
s leeve. ) C rimp a
push-on connector
(furnished with re-
placement board) to
the wires. If your
DTC 100 series kiln
h as a green wire,
crimp it together with
the red wire. Also,
crimp the blue and
black wires together.
Use the type of crimping
tool shown in the photo
above. The indent goes on
the side opposite the seam
of the connector. Test each
22
Back of DTC 1000
Board, Top
#13 Yellow
#12 Red
Connect
thermocouple to
#11 Yellow
center screws #10
& 11.
#10 Red
Do not use #8,
#9 Yellow #9, #12 and
#13.
#8 Red
co nnect ion by
gr as ping t he
push-on connector
with one hand and
pull ing the wir e
firm ly wit h t he
other.
6 Connect wires
to board using the diagram below. Install DTC
1000 faceplate to the switch box.
Upgrading from DTC 600 &
DTC 800 Series
UNPLUG kiln and remove the 4 corner screws hold-
ing the board to the switch box. Lift out the faceplate.
Transfer wires from your board to the new board. Use
the color coding shown in the diagram. If your kiln used
the AOP output, the AOP wire attaches to terminal #1.
#2 DO NOT USE
#4 DO NOT USE
#5 White (Transformer)
(24vAC)
#7 Orange (Transformer)
(24vAC)
#1 AOP (Auxiliary Output)
#3 Red or Red & Green (Relay)
If your DTC 100 kiln has a
green wire, crimp red & green
together (+12vDC)
#6 Blue (Transformer) Black
(Relay) Crimp blue and black
wires together (Ground)