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RUNNING/CONNECTING THE CONTROL CABLE
(For scoreboards with Wireless Remote Control, skip this step.)
The control cable may be buried with or without conduit if it is direct burial-rated. If it is not direct
burial-rated cable, then it must be buried in sealed, watertight conduit. The same is true for the
electric cable powering the scoreboard. The two may be buried in the same trench but they must be
kept at least 4-
6” apart. If conduit is required for both, separate conduits must be used.
The control cable should run from the scoreboard to a location that is within 20 feet of the
scorekeeper’s location. Here, the supplied junction box cover should be installed in a 2x4, single-
gang junction box. The keyboard will connect to the receptacle on the junction box cover via the
included 20-ft. control cable.
At the scorekeeper’s location
:
1. Bring the control cable into a 2x4 single-gang junction box located within 20 feet of the
scorekeeper.
2. Connect the leads inside the junction box to those on the junction box cover using the crimp-on
butt connectors already attached to the leads on the junction box cover. Connect the leads in
the control cable to those on the junction box cover according to the label on the junction box
cover.
NOTE:
If the colors of the wires in the control cable differ from those referenced on the label
or shown in the following diagrams, make a note of what color lead on the junction box cover
you connect to what color lead in the control cable. Keep this information for reference when
connecting the other end of the control cable to the terminal block inside the scoreboard.
3. Secure the junction box cover to the installed junction box.
At the scoreboard
:
1. Remove the signal/power access door located on the back of the scoreboard. For access door
location, refer to the diagram on the following page.
2. From the ground, run the control cable through sealed, rain tight conduit then through a rain-
tight conduit fitting into the left side of the signal cable/power access door and into the
scoreboard.
3. Inside the scoreboard, connect the control cable leads to the appropriate terminals on the
terminal block, according to the label above the terminal block.
