Troubleshooting - Code 3 Banshee Installation & Operation Manual

PROBLEM
NO SIREN OUTPUT
EXTERNAL 20A FUSE BLOWS
NO OUTPUT FROM SPEAKER, BUT TONES
HEARD INSIDE AMPLIFIER
SIREN TONES VOLUME TOO LOW /
GARBLED
HIGH RATE OF SPEAKER FAILURE
SIREN SOUNDS BY ITSELF
SIREN RUNS PROPERLY BUT SHUTS
DOWN WHILE RUNNING, THEN STARTS
RUNNING AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES

Troubleshooting

(Refer to wiring diagram on page 9.)
PROBABLE CAUSE
A. NO PRIMARY SIREN SIGNAL
B. BLOWN FUSE OR NO POWER
C. SHORTED SPEAKER OR SPEAKER
WIRES.
D. NO INPUT SIGNAL
E. LOW VOLTAGE TO SIREN AMPLIFIER
(< 10VDC AT BANSHEE POWER PORT)
A. AMPLIFIER POWER WIRES REVERSED
POLARITY
A. SPEAKER NOT CONNECTED / OPEN
CIRCUIT IN SPEAKER WIRING
B. DEFECTIVE SPEAKERS
A. HIGH RESISTANCE IN WIRING /
DEFECTIVE SPEAKER
B. SPEAKERS PHASED IMPROPERLY
(200W)
A. HIGH VOLTAGE TO SIREN
B. NON CODE 3 APPROVED SPEAKER
CONNECTED (LOW FREQUENCY)
C. NON 100 WATT SPEAKER CONNECTED
A. INPUT SHORTING TO POSITIVE OR TO
GROUND
A. VEHICLE CIRCUIT BREAKERS
NOT RATED PROPERLY AND ARE
OVERHEATING, OR ARE NOT
FUNCTIONING PROPERLY
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REMEDY
A. CHECK WIRING AND VERIFY PRIMARY
SIREN OPERATION
B. CHECK FUSE AND POWER WIRING
C. CHECK SPEAKER AND WIRING
D. CHECK WIRING AND DIP SWITCH
SETTINGS
E. CHECK WIRING AND VERIFY VEHICLE
VOLTAGE
A. CHECK POLARITY
A. CHECK SPEAKER WIRING
B. REPLACE SPEAKER(S)
A. CHECK SPEAKER(S) WIRING / REPLACE
SPEAKER(S).
C. CHECK SPEAKER WIRING TO BOTH
SPEAKERS
A. CHECK VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM
B. USE CORRECT SPEAKER
C. USE CORRECT SPEAKER
A. CHECK WIRING FOR SHORTS
A. USE A BREAKER RATED AT 1.25 TIMES
THE AMPERAGE OF THE EXPECTED LOAD
CURRENT